The Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games took place in Vancouver from 12-28 February 2010, where around 6,850 athletes and officials from more than 80 different countries participated in 15 different sports.
Throughout the Games we promoted numeracy skills by featuring a daily numeracy brain teaser relating to the Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Take the challenge and pass it on to your friends, family and colleagues. Just click each day on the right to visit each question. Remember not to use a calculator! The questions are multiple choice and whether you get the question right or wrong, you will learn an interesting fact along the way!
Seventy five per cent of the adult population (16-65) in England have numeracy skills below level 2 (GCSE grades A*-C). People with good maths and English skills are more likely to be in employment and half of all jobs are closed to people with skills below level 1 (GCSE grades D to G).
The government has set a target for 95% of adults to achieve a level of functional numeracy skills by 2020 in the UK.