Maths in the City Dublin

October 12th 12pm-4pm

The Maths Week team will be taking their live pop-up maths exhibit to the streets of Dublin this Maths Week. We will have shows and activities for all the family at the Bank of Ireland Plaza on College Green in the heart of Dublin city centre. Stop by for a taste of the lighter side of maths puzzles, games and challenges to engage and entertain people of all ages. No Booking required

Munster Maths and Science Festival

13th October  11:00am - 4:00pm

The Munster Maths and Science fair takes place on Sunday the 13th of October at the Mallow GAA Sports Complex from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This will be a great opportunity for the whole family to learn about Maths and Science.

Maths in the City Belfast

October 19th

Join us from 12 – 4 pm on Saturday 19th October for Maths in the city. The Maths Week team will be taking their live pop-up maths exhibit to Victoria Square Shopping Centre Belfast this year. We will have entertainment and activities for all.

Maths and Magic in Spanish

15th October

A mathematical show to discover that mathematics is everywhere: from serious applications, such as cryptography, to fun and leisure.With the collaboration of the attendees, dates and numbers will be guessed, magical knots will be tied and untied as well as other amazing tricks with cards or ropes will be shown in this performance by mathematician and magician, Fernando Blasco

Hamilton Walk

October 16th 1:30 pm

Join us for a journey through scientific discovery. The walk will retrace Hamilton's steps from Dunsink Observatory to Broombridge in Cabra where he had his Eureka moment. Hamilton performed a piece of mathematical graffiti by scratching his quaternion formulas on the canal bridge. In an act of mathematical vandalism. The walk commemorates Hamilton's famous creation of a strange new number system, called Quaternions, on the banks of the Royal Canal in Dublin on October 16, 1843.

RIA Hamilton Lecture: The Geometry and Algebra of the Mandelbrot Set

16th October 6:00pm-8:30pm

This year’s Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture features distinguished Harvard Professor Laura DeMarco on the algebra and geometry of the Mandelbrot (M) set. She will explore the many mathematical ideas that have been put applied to the Mandelbrot set which has been studied for 45 years and continues to baffle mathematicians. The talk will explore how our in-depth knowledge of M has provided insight into recent (and seemingly unrelated) research in geometry, dynamics, and arithmetic.

Andrew Jeffrey

Mathemagician at the Helix

October 17th 2024

10 - 11 am 3,4 Class

12-1 pm  5,6 Class

Andrew Jeffrey, aka The Mathemagician, is a teacher, lecturer, magician, and keynote speaker and has been described as a mathematical evangelist. He is the author of several books, including ‘Be A Wizard With Numbers’, ‘Magic for Kids’, ‘100 Top Tips for Top Maths Teachers’, ‘Top 20 Maths Displays’, and the brand new ‘Cool, Calm and Calculators.’ A former vice -principal, Andrew travels Europe inspiring and entertaining teachers and students alike with his Magic of Maths shows.

Oide Webinar: Preparing for Maths Week

Post-Primary Teachers
26th September 2024 7:00-8:00pm

2024 Maths Week Information Webinar -  This webinar will highlight key information regarding events due to take place during Maths Week . The webinar will consider teaching & learning strategies and supporting resources will be provided to teachers to use in their classroom as part of maths week.

Maths Week Olympiad will take place each day from 12-20th October with papers for all year groups.

There are two sets of papers one from Northern Ireland and one for the Republic. Last year more than 80,000 students took part, make sure you are part of it this year.

Maths Week TV will take place each day from 14-18th October

10-11 am Primary

11-12 pm Post-Primary

I’m a Mathematician, Get me out of here.

Online 14 - 18 October

Read the Maths Week spread in NI4KIDZ

NI4Kidz is a vibrant magazine aimed at parents and teachers in Northern Ireland. It offers a wealth of information on family-friendly activities, events, and competitions. Ideas for Maths week and the upcoming festivities are also given a center spread. Whether you’re looking for the latest events or tips on making the most of family time, the magazine has something for everyone.

Maths Eyes Award Ceremony

The ‘Have You Got Maths Eyes?’ award ceremony took place at The Clock Tower, Department of Education Dublin on Wednesday 11 September. The competition received 338 Submissions out of which 28 were Shortlisted. On the day the shortlisted entries were congratulated by Minister for Education Norma Foley following which they were presented with a plaque and a poster print of their entry during the ceremony. Parents and teachers of the shortlisted entries were present to celebrate their achievements in developing a positive approach and discovering a new perspective on maths, which is all around them in their daily life.  

Have You Got Maths Eyes 2024

Details of this year’s Have You Got Maths Eyes? Competition will be announced soon.

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson (born August 26, 1918—died February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon.

Coleman’s intelligence and skill with numbers became apparent when she was a child; by the time she was 10 years old, she had started attending high school. In 1937, at age 18, Coleman graduated with highest honours from West Virginia State College (now West Virginia State University), earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and French. She subsequently moved to Virginia to take a teaching job. In 1939, however, she was selected to be one of the first three African American students to enroll in a graduate program at West Virginia University.

Flavia Santos

Cognitive neuroscientist Flavia Santos was born

6 October in Brazil, and was educated at the Univ

of Sao Paulo. After stints at Sau Paulo State

University and then the University of Minho in

Portugal, she moved to UCD. There she is mainly

focused on numerical cognition development and

factors that affect its functioning such as maths

anxiety, and leads the Music and Math Cognition

Lab.

Paddy Barry

Paddy Barry (1934-2021) was born 20 October

in Ballynacargy, outside Mullingar, and grew up

in Glenville and Mallow, Cork. He was educated

at UCC and the University of London, and then

spent 4 decades on the staff back at UCC. He

was responsible for 3 books: George Boole;

a Miscellany, the influential Geometry with

Trigonometry, and Advanced Plane Geometry.

Speed of the car

"I was walking along the road at three and a half miles an hour," said Mr Pipkins, "when the car dashed past me and only missed me by a few inches. "Do you know at what speed it was going?" asked his friend. "Well, from the moment it passed me to its disappearance round a corner took twenty-seven steps and walking on I reached that corner with one hundred and thirty-five steps more. "Then, assuming that you walked (3½mph), and the car ran, each at a uniform rate, we can easily work out the speed."

A poultry poser

Three chickens and one duck sold for as much as two geese; one chicken, two ducks, and three gees were sold together for £25.00. What was the price of each bird in an exact number of pounds?

Mistaking the hands

"Between two and three o’clock yesterday," said Colonel Crackham, "I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand, and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was. What was the correct time to the nearest minute?

Answers

TIMING THE CAR

As the man can walk 27 steps while the car goes 162, the car is clearly going six times as fast as theman. The man walks 3½ miles an hour: therefore the car was going at 21 miles an hour.

A POULTRY POSER

Chicken £2, Duck £4, Goose £5

MISTAKING THE HANDS

23 minutes past three o’clock