Pure Mathematics + Cybersecurity
Break a secret with number theory: how RSA works
Encrypt and decrypt a message with small primes by hand, then in code, and see why large primes matter.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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Mathematics projects 11
Investigations, models, simulations and visual proofs that show mathematics at work, from school topics to university-level modelling.
11 Mathematics projects
Applied Mathematics + Finance and Banking
Study compound interest and inflation
Model how savings grow with interest and how inflation changes their real value.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Statistics and Probability · Data Analysis
Predict cricket scores with a simple model
Use the score at 10 overs to predict the final total and measure how wrong you are.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Statistics and Probability · Statistics
Analyse whether a class's exam marks are normally distributed
Plot anonymous marks from several tests and check how well a bell curve describes them.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Finance and Banking
Study the mathematics of loans and EMIs
Derive the EMI formula from a geometric series and build a full repayment schedule.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Pure Mathematics + Programming
Visualise fractals with code
Draw the Koch snowflake, Sierpinski triangle and Mandelbrot set and measure a fractal dimension.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Programming
Solve the travelling salesman problem for your city
Find a short route through 15 places in your city and compare exact and heuristic methods.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Statistics and Probability + Media and Journalism
Use statistics to check a newspaper claim
Pick five statistical claims from the news, find the original data and judge each.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Applied Mathematics · Operations Research
Use linear programming to plan a diet or a timetable
Formulate a real two-variable problem, solve it graphically and check with a solver.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Geography
Model population growth of your town
Fit exponential and logistic models to census data and forecast the next count.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Statistics and Probability + Earth Science
Build a statistical profile of your local weather
Use ten years of daily data to describe what is normal and what is extreme for each month.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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