Resources tagged with: Comparing and interpreting data
There are 67 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Comparing and interpreting data, you may find related items under Handling, processing and representing data.
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Box Plot Match
Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
Half a Minute
Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
Estimating Time
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
What's the Weather Like?
With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Olympic Triathlon
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
What's in a Name?
Here's a very elementary code that requires young children to read a table, and look for similarities and differences.
Going for Gold
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?
Our Sports
This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.
Which List Is Which?
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
If the World Were a Village
This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?
The Domesday Project
Take a look at these data collected by children in 1986 as part of the Domesday Project. What do they tell you? What do you think about the way they are presented?
Birdwatch
Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?
Class 5's Names
Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?
Olympic Records
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
The Time Is ...
Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.
Who's the Best?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
What Does Random Look Like?
Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.
The Car That Passes
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
In the Playground
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
Reaction Timer
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Substitution Cipher
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
Real Statistics
Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?
Match the Matches
Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches.
Tree Tops
Can you make sense of information about trees in order to maximise the profits of a forestry company?
Being Curious - Primary Statistics
Statistics problems for inquiring primary learners.
Guess the Houses for Two
Guess the Houses game for an adult and child. Can you work out which house your partner has chosen by asking good questions?
Terrariums
Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
Decathlon: the Art of Scoring Points
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
Investigating Epidemics
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
It's a Scrabble
Letters have different values in Scrabble - how are they decided upon? And would the values be the same for other languages?
Substitution Transposed
Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?
Secondary Cipher Challenge Part 1
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
Charting More Success
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Charting Success
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Retiring to Paradise
When Charlie retires, he's looking forward to the quiet life, whereas Alison wants a busy and exciting retirement. Can you advise them on where they should go?
Avalanche!
Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled
Guess the Houses
This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
Understanding Hypotheses
This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.
Birds in the Garden
This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?
Three Spinners
These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?
Data Matching
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Enriching Data Handling
This article for teachers looks at some suggestions taken from the NRICH website that offer a broad view of data and ask some more probing questions about it.
Compare the Squares
In this problem you will do your own poll to find out whether your friends think two squares on a board are the same colour or not.
Meaningful Statistics
This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
Inspector Morse
You may like to read the article on Morse code before attempting this question. Morse's letter analysis was done over 150 years ago, so might there be a better allocation of symbols today?
Cricket Ratings
Like all sports rankings, the cricket ratings involve some maths. In this case, they use a mathematical technique known as exponential weighting. For those who want to know more, read on.
Not Necessarily in That Order
Baker, Cooper, Jones and Smith are four people whose occupations are teacher, welder, mechanic and programmer, but not necessarily in that order. What is each person’s occupation?
Winning Team
Nine cross country runners compete in a team competition in which there are three matches. If you were a judge how would you decide who would win?
Calendar Capers
Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...