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Broad Topics > Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics > Mathematical modelling

### Ramping it Up

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Look at the calculus behind the simple act of a car going over a step.

### Big and Small Numbers in Physics - Group Task

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Work in groups to try to create the best approximations to these physical quantities.

### Branching Processes and Extinction

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An advanced mathematical exploration supporting our series of articles on population dynamics for advanced students.

### The Not-so-simple Pendulum 1

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See how the motion of the simple pendulum is not-so-simple after all.

### Population Dynamics Collection

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This is our collection of tasks on the mathematical theme of 'Population Dynamics' for advanced students and those interested in mathematical modelling.

### Population Dynamics

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This problem opens a major sequence of activities on the mathematics of population dynamics for advanced students.

### Dam Busters 1

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At what positions and speeds can the bomb be dropped to destroy the dam?

### Population Dynamics - Part 5

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Fifth in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Model Solutions

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How do these modelling assumption affect the solutions?

### The Wrong Stats

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Why MUST these statistical statements probably be at least a little bit wrong?

### Pdf Stories

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Invent scenarios which would give rise to these probability density functions.

### Population Dynamics - Part 4

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Fourth in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Population Dynamics - Part 3

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Third in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Population Dynamics - Part 1

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First in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Stemnrich - the Physical World

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PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics

### Population Dynamics - Part 2

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Second in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Predator - Prey Systems

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See how differential equations might be used to make a realistic model of a system containing predators and their prey.

### Population Dynamics - Part 6

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Sixth in our series of problems on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Physnrich

##### Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level:

PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics

### Over-booking

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

The probability that a passenger books a flight and does not turn up is 0.05. For an aeroplane with 400 seats how many tickets can be sold so that only 1% of flights are over-booked?

### Guessing the Graph

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Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?

### Population Ecology Using Probability

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An advanced mathematical exploration supporting our series of articles on population dynamics for advanced students.

### Bionrich

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bioNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of the biological sciences, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your. . . .

### Engnrich

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engNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH Advanced site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of engineering

### Twenty20

##### Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:

Fancy a game of cricket? Here is a mathematical version you can play indoors without breaking any windows.

### Spot the Card

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It is possible to identify a particular card out of a pack of 15 with the use of some mathematical reasoning. What is this reasoning and can it be applied to other numbers of cards?

### In Constantly Passing

##### Stage: 4 Challenge Level:

A car is travelling along a dual carriageway at constant speed. Every 3 minutes a bus passes going in the opposite direction, while every 6 minutes a bus passes the car travelling in the same. . . .

### Chemnrich

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chemNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of chemistry, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your study. . . .

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This is the section of stemNRICH devoted to the advanced applied mathematics underlying the study of the sciences at higher levels

### Modelling Assumptions in Mechanics

##### Stage: 5

An article demonstrating mathematically how various physical modelling assumptions affect the solution to the seemingly simple problem of the projectile.

### Drawing Doodles and Naming Knots

##### Stage: 2, 3, 4 and 5

This article for students introduces the idea of naming knots using numbers. You'll need some paper and something to write with handy!

### The Legacy

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Your school has been left a million pounds in the will of an ex- pupil. What model of investment and spending would you use in order to ensure the best return on the money?

### Rocking Chairs, Railway Games and Rayboxes

##### Stage: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

In this article for teachers, Alan Parr looks at ways that mathematics teaching and learning can start from the useful and interesting things can we do with the subject, including. . . .

### Maximum Flow

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Given the graph of a supply network and the maximum capacity for flow in each section find the maximum flow across the network.

### Shaping the Universe III - to Infinity and Beyond

##### Stage: 3 and 4

The third installment in our series on the shape of astronomical systems, this article explores galaxies and the universe beyond our solar system.

### Scratch Cards

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To win on a scratch card you have to uncover three numbers that add up to more than fifteen. What is the probability of winning a prize?

### Concrete Calculation

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The builders have dug a hole in the ground to be filled with concrete for the foundations of our garage. How many cubic metres of ready-mix concrete should the builders order to fill this hole to. . . .

### Time to Evolve 2

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How is the length of time between the birth of an animal and the birth of its great great ... great grandparent distributed?

### Fixing the Odds

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You have two bags, four red balls and four white balls. You must put all the balls in the bags although you are allowed to have one bag empty. How should you distribute the balls between the two. . . .

### Escalator

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At Holborn underground station there is a very long escalator. Two people are in a hurry and so climb the escalator as it is moving upwards, thus adding their speed to that of the moving steps. . . .

### Chocolate 2010

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First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to eat chocolate. Multiply this number by 2...

### The Mean Game

##### Stage: 5

Edward Wallace based his A Level Statistics Project on The Mean Game. Each picks 2 numbers. The winner is the player who picks a number closest to the mean of all the numbers picked.

### FA Cup

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In four years 2001 to 2004 Arsenal have been drawn against Chelsea in the FA cup and have beaten Chelsea every time. What was the probability of this? Lots of fractions in the calculations!

### Designing Table Mats

##### Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:

Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.

### Cushion Ball

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The shortest path between any two points on a snooker table is the straight line between them but what if the ball must bounce off one wall, or 2 walls, or 3 walls?

### Impuzzable

##### Stage: 5

This is about a fiendishly difficult jigsaw and how to solve it using a computer program.

### What's a Knot?

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A brief video explaining the idea of a mathematical knot.

### The Use of Mathematics in Computer Games

##### Stage: 5

An account of how mathematics is used in computer games including geometry, vectors, transformations, 3D graphics, graph theory and simulations.

### Investigating Epidemics

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Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
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