These activities are based on maths usually encountered in secondary school while studying for GCSE at UK Key Stage 4 (ages 14 to 16). KS4 students may also enjoy some of our articles.
  • Project Ideas: World Records - Correlations and Predicting the Future

    This activity suggests a number of investigative projects, focusing on athletics and swimming, exploring some of the trends between performances in different sports at the same time in history and in the rate of improvement of records over time. These project ideas provide opportunities for mathematical modelling and for handling, processing and analysing data, and are aimed at GCSE and A Level students (Key Stages 4 and 5).

  • Speed and accuracy

    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 (Key Stage 4).

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