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Maths and Sports: Jumping
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After training hard, Ben and Mia have improved their performance in the long jump and high jump. Can you work out the length and height of their original jumps? This activity explores multiplication, division and fractions in the context of sports training, and is designed to be accessible to primary school pupils at Key Stage 2.

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Mathematics
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Match the matches
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Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches. This data handling activity is designed to get children talking meaningfully about mathematics, presenting and justifying arguments, and is aimed at primary school pupils at Key Stage 2.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Now and Then
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Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. What will the results be in 2012? This slightly more challenging activity encourages children to examine data and consider different kinds of influencing factors, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 2.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Olympic Measures
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Can you match these records and measurements to the correct event at the Olympic Games? This activity invites students to engage with units of measurement and orders of magnitude, and is aimed at secondary students at Key Stage 3.

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Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings
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This activity explores shapes and circles by encouraging children to look really hard at something they will see very often in the run-up to London 2012, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.

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Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Our Sports
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What events are there in your school sports day, and in the Olympic Games? What are your favourite races and sports? This activity encourages discussion and decisions about how to collect and display data, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 2.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Speed and Accuracy
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This activity investigates the importance of accurate measurement in competitive sport, looking at examples from athletics and swimming. It is aimed at secondary maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).

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Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Sports Equipment
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Sports such as hockey, football, basketball and tennis use balls of different sizes. Can you arrange a selection of different balls in a line each touching the next to make the shortest line? This activity offers opportunities for creative thinking and problem solving and helps pupils to understand the properties of circles. It can be presented using your school's own sports equipment and is aimed at primary school pupils (Key Stage 2).

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Maths and Sports: Triathlon and Fitness
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The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories? This activity provides a real-life context for working with proportionality, speed, rates, and units of measurement and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students (age 11-14).

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Mathematics
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Lesson Plan
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University of Cambridge
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Maths and Sports
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Cubes Within Cubes
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On this one page website sharpen your logic, geometry, spatial thinking, and problem solving skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Lesson
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Fractional Triangles
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On this one page website sharpen your logic and equivalent fraction skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Lesson
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Game-Do You Measure Up?
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This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or available right at the website.

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Mathematics
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Game
Provider:
University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Got It
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Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.

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Mathematics
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Game
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University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Instant Insanity
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Excellent interactive challenge working with cube nets to stack them in a specific order. Manipulate the cubes online to solve the problem.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Lesson
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University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Net Cuts
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In this enrichment game, the nets for nine solids are displayed. The twist is that each net has been cut into two pieces. The challenge is find the pieces that go together.

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Mathematics
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Game
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University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Put Out The Flags
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Sharpen your logic and percent skills while working on this challenge. A strategy for solving the problem and the solution are available from links on the left.

Subject:
Mathematics
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University of Cambridge
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NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023
NRICH: Seating Arrangements Plus!
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Using your reasoning skills and the clues provided, try to figure out who is sitting where at this table of six. Check the solution and see if you are correct. You can choose similar games and math problems on this page, or choose math exercises at a higher or lower level from the left navigation bar. Lots of math fun brought to you by the Millennium Mathematics Project from the University of Cambridge.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
University of Cambridge
Provider Set:
NRICH
Date Added:
08/07/2023