This activity is designed to be accessible to both GCSE and A-level maths students (Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5), who can tackle it at different levels.

Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website.




Further information

If you're finding hard to get started, try looking at this hint.

Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website.

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You can read more about some of the challenges involved in designing an Olympic venue, including some issues about seating, in our article How the Velodrome found its form, based on an interview with the structural engineers involved in the design team for the London 2012 Velodrome.