Tuesday, 2 September 2014

MATHEMATICS

ALGEBRA

Read the following link from the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/upshot/the-world-cup-draw-is-unfair-heres-a-better-way.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0

Your task is to create a 'fairer way' to create the world cup draw.

The following site from FIFA showing the sides that qualified for the 2014 World Cup

scroll down to Qualification spots by continent

FIFA_World_Cup_qualification

and also scroll further down to look at the 

Qualification competition entrants over time


You will need to create a table, include enough places for 32 places at Russia 2018 and fully explain your reasoning.

below is a link to an alternative draw
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/03/upshot/world-cup-draw-simulation.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0


And here is another article about how the World Cup Draw is made to help your understanding before you embark on your new qualification method.

World Cup Soccer








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