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Your first prediction

Can I predict next month's temperature?

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🎓 School maths · Years 9–10Statistics — Fit a line of best fit and extend it to predict.Maths by year →

The Case. Spring is here and each month has been a little warmer than the last. Could you predict next month's temperature before it happens? Drawing a trend line and extending it is the first real step toward how AI forecasts everything — from the weather to how much a shop will sell.

Your tools. numpy's np.polyfit draws the best straight line through your data — the 'trend'. You extend the line to guess the future.

Investigate. Press Run. The green dot is the computer's prediction for next month.

  • Change next_month to predict further ahead.
  • Real life isn't a perfect line — why might the guess be wrong?

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