Over 76,000 registered for the Maths Week Olympiad!

Online, October 17- October 24

We have two sets of papers; for Northern Ireland and for the Republic. The Olympiad includes question papers for all classes primary and secondary. This is the only Olympiad of its kind (in the world) to cater for the foundation phase.

The papers consist of 20 questions and 5 bonus questions. Every learner that takes part will receive a certificate (either bronze, silver or gold included in the online folder) for achieving marks from 1-20 out of 20. Any marks higher than 20 will receive a platinum certificate.

Find out more on the Maths Week 2022 Olympiad.

To register your interest in this year’s Olympiad with papers suitable from Year 2 /Senior Infants to Year 11/3rd Year please complete This Form.

Maths Week Scavenger Hunt (Year 11 & Transition Year Students)

Online

Calling all Year 11 and Transition Year Classes. Friday 21 October 2022, 10.00am!

Join the Maths week team for a fun, collaborative and energetic scavenger hunt that will have you competing with other schools. The challenges are designed to accommodate all abilities and creativity is highly recommended. All you need is 1 mobile phone for the class and someone that is designated as the director. You will need to download the Goose Chase App to take part. Instructions will be emailed to you just before the event commences.

Target Boards (Primary)

Every Day Of Maths Week, Online

Target Boards are a great fun way for your class to practice arithmetic during Maths Week. Pupils won’t even realise they are working! There is a senior section for upper primary schools and a junior section for younger pupils.

Target Boards run every day of Maths Week, and a leaderboard to compete for! Its all about the fun of working together. There’s still time to register and play.

Maths Week Mini Quiz with Franz Schlindwein (Audience: Primary Y3-Y4 / 2nd-3rd)

11:11am - 12:11pm

Registration will remain open until 10 am.

Using physical maths resources, we pose 8 questions, live to pupils via Zoom. The pupils work together on the problems and submit one answer sheet per class. The event takes no longer than one hour and is scheduled for 11am to start at 11.11. All pupils P3 and P4 classes/ 2nd and 3rd are welcome to participate.

Launch of NALA Numeracy research report: Adult Learner’s understanding and conceptualisation of numeracy in Ireland. (Adult)

2:00pm - 3:00pm

NALA Numeracy research report: Adult Learner’s understanding and conceptualisation of numeracy in Ireland.

I'm a Mathematician, Get me out of here!

Show your students how maths is relevant to their everyday lives this October 2022 with I’m a Mathematician, Get me out of here.

Throughout October and Maths Week, connect your students with people working in a diverse range of careers which use maths in this online, student-led enrichment activity.

Bring maths to life for your students by getting them to take part in live Chats, ask follow-up questions, and vote for their favourite mathematician to win €500!

I’m a Mathematician is 100% online, and accessible from any web browser with an internet connection. No audio or video kit is required.

Reserve a place for your class below!

Tonight, Comedy in Galway

Bright Club at the Mick Lally Theatre

Thursday, 7:30pm, October 20

If you are in or near Galway come to Bright Club for a special Maths Week comedy night.

Details on their website

Tour of "Tombs of distinguished mathematical scientists in Mount Jerome" led by Colm Mulcahy

Saturday, 1:30pm, October 22

Mount Jerome, Dublin

Colm Mulcahy will lead the group on a historical walk, through the tombs of distinguished mathematical scientists including

Jan Lukasiewicz (1878-1956)

Percy Ludgate (1883–1922)

Charles Jasper Joly (1864-1906)

George Salmon (1819–1904)

William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865)

John Hewitt Jellett (1817–1888)

Robert Perceval Graves (1810-1893)

*For this event places are limited and booking is essential*

Celebration of Mind at the Botanic Gardens (Families)

Sunday, 11am - 4pm, October 23

Glasnevin, Dublin

On the last day of Maths Week and as part of the Halloween festival, Maths Week Ireland visits the Botanic Gardens in Dublin. This Celebration of Mind event is part of a worldwide effort to celebrate the work of Martin Gardner, prolific writer of puzzle books. There will be a wide variety of maths demonstrations, puzzles, mazes, maths tricks, and much more. Mathematicians, magicians, and puzzlers will engage all ages as part of Maths Week Ireland’s annual celebration highlighting the fun and accessibility of mathematics while celebrating Halloween too! This event is open to all but is particularly suited to families with children.

Have You Got Maths Eyes?

October 16 - November 30

Maths Week in collaboration between with TU Dublin and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Dublin West Education Centre are running a special Have you got Maths Eyes Poster competition.

Create a Maths Eyes style poster using a photograph taken in your local area and add in an accompanying tagline highlighting the mathematics that you have seen in the photo using your maths eyes.

Posters can be submitted in the schools category or in the project category.

Poem Competition: Write a pi-ku!

A pi-ku is a poem that takes the form of a haiku, but uses the digits of pi (3.14159...) instead of the usual 5-7-5 pattern.

You can use the digits of pi as the number of letters, syllables, or words per line.

Your pi-ku should be about the magic of maths!

John Hooper Statistical Poster Competition 2023

The John Hooper Medal for Statistics is awarded to the winner of this national poster competition. The goal of the competition is to improve students’ abilities to describe their environment with the help of statistics and to use statistics as a tool for making sense of daily life.

Try out our Puzzles For All!

Puzzles are a fun and enjoyable way to challenge yourself and improve numeracy. They allow you to develop problem solving skills without even trying!

Here you will find a selection of puzzles, problems and brainteasers for all ages. Try them out yourself and with those around you.

How can I help my child deal with maths anxiety?

An article by Dr Flavia Santos and Dr Mariuche Gomides

Success in maths depends on what we think and feel about this discipline. Of course, our cognitive abilities, such as attention, intelligence, memory and visuospatial skills and the quality of teaching, schools and resources are also important.

Positive thoughts, beliefs and emotions keep us motivated to learn maths at home or in the classroom. In turn, unpleasant experiences can lead to a feeling of fear and discomfort about maths that could interfere with maths performance in everyday life and academic situations. This nervousness toward maths is known as maths anxiety.

To read more click the button below

Meet Maggie Gough, the forgotten Irish maths pioneer

A wonderful article on RTE’s website about Wexford woman Maggie Gough, the first Irish woman to obtain a Doctorate in Maths

Maths Puzzles Over Coffee

DkIT - Carrol Building

In Dundalk IT, all week there will be lunch time puzzles for Dundalk IT Students in the Carrol Building led by Maths Lecturers from 12pm to 2pm.

The Rediscovery Centre’s Maths Detectives Workshop

Countrywide

Maths Detective Workshop: Presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing maths skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum.

Mol Mata

Mol Mata, an Irish Language cross-border Maths initiative from The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)and An Comhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltacht and Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) with support from the PDST. The initiative was launched yesterday, to promote mathematics, problem solving and higher order thinking skills among primary school children on both sides of the border.

Mol Mata was developed to make the teaching and learning of Maths more interesting and interactive for primary school children in terms of developing their thinking skills and mathematical language abilities in an enjoyable way.