Maths Week news and media

Maths Week numbers continue to rise

Maths Week Numbers continue to rise across all engagement platforms Interim analysis of schools registrations show strong participation across the whole island. See Wednesdays breakdown here

2020-10-14T08:51:36+01:00|Categories: News|

Targetboards get off to a great start

An amazing 23,329 valid answers were submitted by primary schools from all over the island. The leaders of the Junior challenge is Fourtowns Primary School Ahoghill, Antrim on a score of 2648 And five and a half hours drive away is the senior leaders, Kealkill NS in West Cork on 3071 It is early [...]

2020-10-12T20:04:50+01:00|Categories: News|

International Day of Mathematics

International Day of Mathematics - idm314.org As part of the 2020 celebration of the International Day of the Mathematics people all over the world created short clips showing us how "Mathematics is Everywhere" with examples fro daily life, activities, hobbies, passions and places. The video below was put together from some of the [...]

2020-06-24T14:54:54+01:00|Categories: Featured, News|

Maths Week Ireland Award

Maths Week Ireland Award Distinguished Mathematician Dr. Mark McCartney of Ulster University receives Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths The distinguished mathematician and researcher, Dr. Mark McCartney (Ulster University, Jordanstown) has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award for his contribution to [...]

2020-07-10T14:36:20+01:00|Categories: Featured, News|

Competition!

"Now children" said Mrs. Wiggs, if a Boston boy planted 50 cents worth of beans in his back yard, and sold the crop for 50 dollars, what per cent profit did he make on the cost?" Send your answers to mathsweek@wit.ie with the subject MRS WIGGS and we will give copies of Mrs. Wiggs Special [...]

2020-07-10T14:37:28+01:00|Categories: News|

Dr Sheila Donegan named National Businesswoman of the Year in STEM

Calmast director Dr Sheila Donegan has received the Network Ireland Business Woman of the Year in the STEM Category. This is the first year that STEM has been included and the category was sponsored by Facebook. Helen Smyth of Facebook (left) and Helen Wycherley, President Network Ireland (right) present the Network Ireland Business Woman [...]

2020-07-10T14:30:41+01:00|Categories: Featured, News|

Maths Week Celebrates George Stokes

Wednesday 13th August was the 200th anniversary of the birth of legendary Irish mathematician, George Gabriel Stokes, whose maths is today used to model climate change.  Marking the occasion, Ireland’s Maths Week 2019 will include Stokes’s work in events and information for schools and the general public from 12th – 20th October next.  [...]

2020-07-10T14:40:31+01:00|Categories: Event, News|
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