Comparing and interpreting data

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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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Olympic Triathlon

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
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Box Plot Match

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
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Tree Tops

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Can you make sense of information about trees in order to maximise the profits of a forestry company?
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Which List Is Which?

Age

14 to 16

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
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Guess the Houses for Two

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

1 out of 3

Guess the Houses game for an adult and child. Can you work out which house your partner has chosen by asking good questions?
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What's in a Name?

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

2 out of 3

Here's a very elementary code that requires young children to read a table, and look for similarities and differences.
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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.
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Three Spinners

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

1 out of 3

These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?