This data-handling activity encourages mathematical investigation and discussion and is designed to be accessible to secondary maths students at Key Stages 3 and 4.

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



You can send us your answers - a selection of solutions will be published on the NRICH website in July 2011.

Further information

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Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website, where you can also find thousands more mathematical resources including problems, investigations and games for all ages from 5 to 19..