Collecting data

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Three Ball Line Up

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
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In the Playground

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

2 out of 3

What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
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Real Statistics

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?
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The Car That Passes

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

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?
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The Hair Colour Game

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

2 out of 3

The class were playing a maths game using interlocking cubes. Can you help them record what happened?
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Reaction Timer

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

1 out of 3

This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
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Estimating Time

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

2 out of 3

How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
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Two and One

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

3 out of 3

Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?
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Birds in the Garden

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

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?
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Compare the Squares

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

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.