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...Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in today’s complex world. Maths is a varied and broad subject which crops up everywhere and when you least expect it. See the patterns, structures, discoveries, applications and people of...

...we see or hear. By the end of this activity, you will learn: how to read and ask questions about health data and reports in the news how to look at graphs and charts, and make sure they don't mislead you general rules to follow when looking at statistics in the news. [Activity banner image. Everyday maths: statistics in the news.] Everyday maths: statistics in the news...

...data in the following table. It gives the temperatures of five cities on a Monday in January. CITY TEMPERATURE London 0°C Paris –1°C Madrid 10°C Delhi 28°C Moscow –10°C a.Which city was the coldest? b.Which city was the warmest? c.How many cities have a temperature below 5°C? You buy a jumper for £24 and a skirt for £18. How much do you spend altogether? You...

...data was obtained the sex of the participants from whom the data were obtained four columns of figures describing the mean, standard deviation and the 5th and 95th percentiles the source of the survey – this turns out to be vital since some of the data is taken from quite narrow sections of the population. The main part of the handbook, which is section 7, uses this...