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exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #CBF8F9;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:20px\"><font color=\"#1b1b1e\" face=\"lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif\"><strong>Welcome to the February\u00a0Newsletter<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif\">We\u00a0appreciate how hard it is for teachers on the frontline over the past 2 years, and we are hoping that we have seen the very worst of the pandemic pass. Given the loosening of restrictions across\u00a0the island this\u00a0month, we hope that this will bring the opportunity for more in-person events throughout this year.<br>\nToday is St Brigid's day, traditionally the first day of spring, and while there may still be cold weather ahead, it is a time of hope. St Brigid is an enigma and\u00a0the day can belong to all as Brigid was also the name of the Celtic goddess and the ancient pre-Christian\u00a0festival on Imbolc took place at this time to celebrate the end of Winter and beginning of Spring.\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0So, as we emerge from Winter\u00a0 and Covid (hopefully) we have a lot of news, resources and coming events to share with you.<\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0\n\n<h3 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #444444;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color:#FF8D06\">In this issue:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#Maths Week 2022\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths Week 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#NISF\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Northern Ireland Science Festival<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#St. Brigid's Day\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">A Puzzle for St. Brigid's Day<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"#maths news\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#Target Boards\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><font face=\"lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif\">Target Boards<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"#Maths at Work\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths at Work<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#Highlights\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Highlights<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#upcoming events\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Upcoming Events<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#puzzle of the week\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><font face=\"lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif\">Puzzle of the Week<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#DC Beagle\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">DC Beagle: Maths Beyond the Textboo<\/a><a href=\"#DC Beagle\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">k<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Best wishes,<br>\nThe Maths Week Team<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"1746214\" height=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/4549dd7f-1137-6a5a-f04c-e4c3cd14072b.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 500px;height: 83px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"500\"><\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnShareBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnShareBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnShareBlockInner\">\n <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnShareContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-left: 9px;padding-bottom: 0;padding-right: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border: 1px none;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnShareContent\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnShareContentItemContainer\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if mso]>\n <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n <tr>\n <![endif]-->\n \n <!--[if mso]>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n <![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-bottom: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnShareContentItemContainer\">\n <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" class=\"mcnShareContentItem\" style=\"border-collapse: separate;border: 1px none;border-radius: 0%;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" style=\"padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 9px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\" class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=*|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|*\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/icons\/social-block-v2\/outline-dark-facebook-48.png\" alt=\"Share on FB\" style=\"display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"\"><\/a>\n <\/td>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"padding-left: 5px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=*|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|*\" target=\"\" style=\"color: #202020;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: normal;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Share on FB<\/a>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <!--[if mso]>\n <\/td>\n <![endif]-->\n \n <!--[if mso]>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n <![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-bottom: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnShareContentItemContainer\">\n <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" class=\"mcnShareContentItem\" style=\"border-collapse: separate;border: 1px none;border-radius: 0%;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" style=\"padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 9px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\" class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=*|URL:MC_SUBJECT|*: *|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|*\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/icons\/social-block-v2\/outline-dark-twitter-48.png\" alt=\"Tweet this\" style=\"display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"\"><\/a>\n <\/td>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"padding-left: 5px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=*|URL:MC_SUBJECT|*: *|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|*\" target=\"\" style=\"color: #202020;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: normal;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Tweet this<\/a>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <!--[if mso]>\n <\/td>\n <![endif]-->\n \n <!--[if mso]>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n <![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 0;padding-bottom: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnShareContentItemContainer\">\n <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" class=\"mcnShareContentItem\" style=\"border-collapse: separate;border: 1px none;border-radius: 0%;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" style=\"padding-top: 5px;padding-right: 9px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"24\" class=\"mcnShareIconContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"*|FORWARD|*\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/icons\/social-block-v2\/outline-dark-forwardtofriend-48.png\" alt=\"Send to a friend\" style=\"display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"\"><\/a>\n <\/td>\n <td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" class=\"mcnShareTextContent\" style=\"padding-left: 5px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <a href=\"*|FORWARD|*\" target=\"\" style=\"color: #202020;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: normal;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Send to a friend<\/a>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <!--[if mso]>\n <\/td>\n <![endif]-->\n \n <!--[if mso]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n <![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <span><\/span>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!-- \n <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #CBF8F9;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><a id=\"Maths Week 2022\" name=\"Maths Week 2022\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Maths Week 2022 Annoucement<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746242\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/de0f111f-52ec-2114-36cd-c4f1d5d66fa2.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 500px;height: 113px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"500\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">The dates for Maths Week 2022 have been announced! It will take place from the 15th to the 23rd of October 2022. The Maths Week team are already planning the programme, as a hybrid of online and face-to-face activity. If you have any ideas please get in touch.\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Keep an eye on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">our websit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2021\/christmas-puzzles\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">e<\/a>\u00a0and social media for all the latest updates.<\/span><\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n \n <br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/\" id=\"NISF\" name=\"NISF\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746322\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/54fff6ee-2390-e4da-fda7-120e4fb4a81a.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 272px;height: 146px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"272\"><\/a>Northern Ireland Science Festival will take place this month with over 180 events across more than 50 venues. One event of interest to the mathematically minded will take place at QUB where\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter<\/strong>\u00a0and RSS Statistical Ambassador<strong>\u00a0Dr Anthony Masters<\/strong>\u00a0will make <a href=\"https:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/events\/covid-by-numbers-making-sense-of-the-pandemic-with-data-with-david-spiegelhalter-anthony-masters\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">sense of the pandemic through the number<\/a>s.\u00a0\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #F7C692;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"St. Brigid's Day\" name=\"St. Brigid's Day\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>A Puzzle for\u00a0St Brigid\u2019s Day<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"1746334\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/525a3698-5a1f-4609-b29b-e37d4fda8af0.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 200px;height: 203px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"200\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">St Brigid\u00a0approached a local chieftain looking for land for a once-off rural dwelling. The chieftain had heard of St Brigid\u2019s powers and was anxious not to cross her.<br>\n\u201cThis is my best field \u2013 the fence that bounds it is a perfect square and it has an area of 1 hectare, and it has road frontage! But, I am not a rich man and I can\u2019t spare much\u201d.<br>\nSt Brigid\u00a0reassured him suggesting that she would just cast her cloak on this particular field and would only take as much land as it would cover. The hard-pressed chieftain had heard of the magic cloak and offered the venerable developer an alternative. He gave her a rope.<br>\n\u201cThis rope is 99m long \u2013 you can have as much land as you can separate from the rest of the field with this rope. And by the way, when you divide the field into two portions you can only take the smaller portion.\u201d<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong><em>What is the maximum amount of land that the wily saint can separate from the rest of the field?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Solution below.<\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\">Ulysses 100th Birthday tomorrow<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"1746370\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/acc01176-b09f-56d9-a8d6-eb239c0ad2fa.png\" style=\"border: 0px initial;width: 232px;height: 296px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"232\"><\/span><\/strong><br>\nTomorrow 2 February is the 100th birthday of James Joyce's little book, Ulysses. A famously difficult read, it is nevertheless regarded as one of the greatest and most influential novels of the last 100 years. The book covers just one day -June 16 1904- in Dublin following a range of characters that are both local and parochial and at the same time universal. It can be a difficult journey without a guide but there are several accessible resources on the internet.\u00a0 Mathematics and science (especially astronomy) feature in several places and this is celebrated every June at the Bloomsday festival at Dunsink Observatory in \"The Heaventree of Stars\" organised by DIAS, The James Joyce Centre, Joyceboro and Maths Week Ireland. If you are curious, have a look at the recordings featuring music, song and story:\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/youtu.be\/X_cM7gKd7N0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">2020 Heaventree\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">\u00a0 Maths of Ulysess, with Maths Week Ireland founder, Eoin Gill from 32 - 42 mins\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OA2afPCiCnk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">2021 Heaventree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"> Here Eoin relates the true story of Joyce's ghost 47 - 1.01mins<\/span><br>\n(btw If you happen to have a first edition, it is probably worth over 50k !)<\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #F7C692;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <h1 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 40px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\">The Atlas of Irish Mathematics: Belfast 1900-1939.<\/span><\/h1>\n<span style=\"color:#000000\">The latest installment of the bi-monthly blogs exploring mathematical heritage of the island is available on the mathsireland website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathsireland.ie\/blog\/2021_12_cm\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/a>. <span style=\"color:#000000\">This valuable online resource is curated by Prof Colm Mulcahy with the support of teachers and academics North and South. The latest blog lists 132 (including 33 women) mathematicians from Belfast, educated in Belfast or working in Belfast in the early half of the 20th Century. There are many unknowns and Colm would be very grateful for any additional information.<br>\nThis blog is the second visit to Belfast:\u00a0 seventy two mathematicians connected to Belfast before 1900 were previously listed<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathsireland.ie\/blog\/2018_06_cm\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<br>\nColm Mulcahy has recently been appointed adjunct professor with Calmast at Waterford IT to work on maths engagement.\u00a0\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #6DCED1;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #1B1B1E;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"maths news\" name=\"maths news\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Maths News<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #C9F8FA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h1 data-epic-field=\"title\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 40px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>Students take top prize at BT Young Scientist for devising way to solve an ancient geometry problem<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Two third-year students from Synge Street CBS, Dublin have been announced as the winners of the 58th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar, both aged 15, took home the top prize for their project entitled \"A New Method of Solving the Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">The quadrisection triangle problem concerns finding two perpendicular lines which divide a given triangle into four equal areas.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">In 1687, Jacob Bernoulli published his solution to the problem with a general algebraic solution.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">To read the full article, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/2022\/0114\/1273682-young-scientist\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">www.rte.ie<\/a><\/span>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #F7C692;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"Target Boards\" name=\"Target Boards\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Target Boards for February<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746250\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/113b16c4-9639-3088-35f9-81d2621500e5.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 400px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Target Boards will make their return for the Spring term.<br>\nThese are available\u00a0now and can be accessed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2021\/targetboard-instructions-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Games and Competitions<\/a>.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n 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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #CBF8F9;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"Maths at Work\" name=\"Maths at Work\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Maths at Work<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746246\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/c1c90218-807b-fef2-7e79-f5ad068cecfd.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 400px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Do you have a story to tell?\u00a0<br>\nIf so, get in touch with us about how you use maths at work.<br>\nContact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mathsweek@wit.ie\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">mathsweek@wit.ie<\/a>\u00a0or fill in our\u00a0form at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2021\/submit-your-maths-at-work-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">www.mathsweek.ie<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #CBF8F9;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"Highlights\" name=\"Highlights\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745998\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/7bf7d7f9-ddc3-3ae2-89e5-6c926a6bb021.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 350px;height: 114px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"350\"><br>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Gathering 4 Gardner<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Gathering 4 Gardner hosts monthly Zoom sessions which often feature approachable maths topics of interest to students. In October\u00a0NUIG's Rachel Quinlan, gave a talk on the use of origami to make wallpaper patterns. To view the talk in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ywud6THM-qs\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #F7C692;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h1 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 40px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: center;\"><font face=\"lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>IMTA CPD Sessions: Teaching Probability with Casino Games<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"1746338\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/e9dc6651-d34b-004b-b295-996717e87812.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 350px;height: 350px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"350\"><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Check out the Irish Maths Teachers Association next CPD session on February 2nd at 7:30pm. WIT's, Dr. Padraig Kirwan will be giving a talk on casino games and how they can be used in the teaching of probability.<br>\nIf you are interested in attending <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZcud-uhrzwsEtLlFLq-j7omWt5zGLdFcGgj\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">register here.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte 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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><u><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>Dates for your diary in 2022:<\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{0ca28db5-ef18-451b-93cc-6ed5c087bcc0}{76}\" paraid=\"1444470980\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>February<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imta.ie\/peters-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Peter's Problem<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{0ca28db5-ef18-451b-93cc-6ed5c087bcc0}{76}\" paraid=\"1444470980\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Register by emailing your name and school to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:petersproblem2022@gmail.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">petersproblem2022@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>February 9th<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/maths-is-more-free-online-event-so-what-is-mathematics-090222-registration-238376599827\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths is More: So what is mathematics?<\/a>\u00a0with White Rose Maths, Online<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">February 27th<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/events\/covid-by-numbers-making-sense-of-the-pandemic-with-data-with-david-spiegelhalter-anthony-masters\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Covid by Numbers - Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data<\/span><\/a>, Belfast<br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>March 4th<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cso.ie\/en\/interactivezone\/competitionsandawards\/johnhooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">John Hooper Statistical Poster Competition - closing date for posters to be submitted.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{976ba499-e25f-4866-8c3a-3b63e861bef2}{163}\" paraid=\"1038270306\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>March 5-11th<\/strong><br>\nEngineers Week & <a href=\"https:\/\/engfest.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">SE EngFest<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{bd65e156-d3cd-49bd-9e97-5249dd822581}{118}\" paraid=\"1350194089\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>March 14th<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idm314.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">International Day of Mathematics<\/a><br>\n<br>\n<strong>March 30th<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womeninstem.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Women in STEM Summit 2022<\/a>, Dublin<br>\n<br>\n<strong>April 12-14th<\/strong><br>\nMathematical Association Conference \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/maconference.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Mathematical Visions<\/a>\u2019, online<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{61cd1eaa-d977-49e7-991a-35204e619132}{222}\" paraid=\"1500371158\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>April 20-21st<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eusea.info\/eusea2022-conference-cork-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">European Science Engagement Association<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eusea.info\/eusea2022-conference-cork-ireland\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eusea.info\/eusea2022-conference-cork-ireland\/\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">22 Conference,<\/a> Cork<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{61cd1eaa-d977-49e7-991a-35204e619132}{81}\" paraid=\"1329600077\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>June 20-24th<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ilas2020.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">24th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society<\/a>, Galway<br>\n<br>\n<strong>July 6-14th<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icm2022.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">International Congress of Mathematicians<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{a8f3f4fb-0d75-441f-86f6-56b4d87604b1}{150}\" paraid=\"1375293054\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>October 15-23rd\u00a0<\/strong><br>\nMaths Week Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n \n <img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746326\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/0848f6f8-6242-1d7c-aa6c-67f59d4be05f.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 550px;height: 236px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"550\"><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">This meeting attracts maths education specialists and teachers from around the world.\u00a0<br>\nMore info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.articulatetechnology.co.uk\/math\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.articulatetechnology.co.uk\/tl_files\/images\/math\/KingsCollegeConference.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><br>\n\u00a0\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 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alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/7b86698e-17d6-1cff-b236-99b88c49c13d.png\" width=\"564\" style=\"max-width: 1080px;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if 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normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <span style=\"font-size:13px\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Follow us on social media for updates:<br>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MathsWeek\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">@MathsWeek<\/a><br>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathsweek\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">@mathsweek<\/a><br>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mathsireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 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style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #C9F8FA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"1745606\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/43d38fa8-a0ac-a2fe-9337-06cf18e52830.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 300px;height: 326px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"300\"><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>The Maths Map of Ireland<\/strong><\/span><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Maths Map of Ireland is an exciting new project from Maths Week Ireland and the ESB. The project will see the creation of a Maths Map; to include historical places and people relevant to maths; maths trails and contemporary maths figures and places of interest.\u00a0<br>\n<br>\nIf you would like to add to the Maths Map of Ireland, please email <span style=\"color:#FF0000\">mathsweek@wit.ie <\/span>with the subject MATHS MAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 38px 18px 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <span><\/span>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!-- \n <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E9EAF7;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <br>\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" data-file-id=\"1744754\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/09bc65d9-53ef-4258-bd3d-8de4ed26c60f.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 150px;height: 106px;margin: 15px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"150\"><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"DC Beagle\" name=\"DC Beagle\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>DCBEAGLE Challenges<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>BEYOND THE TEXTBOOK \u2013 Maths Week Ireland<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><strong>Douglas Buchanan ~ dcbeagleb@gmail.com ~ <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcbeagle.com\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>www.dcbeagle.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> ~ @dcbeagle1<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<p style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><br>\n<strong>Here's How To Get Kids Excited About Math (Yes, It's Possible!)<\/strong><br>\nNigel Nisbet obtained a maths degree in London and is now teaching in the United States:<br>\n\u201cI'll never forget my first day as a high school teacher in America. My dream was pretty simple: Mold eager minds into future science, technology, engineering and math leaders who will help define the 21st century.<br>\nMy reality was a little different.<br>\n\u2026.. I discovered that most of my students were repeating basic algebra\u2014some for the third time\u2014and many struggled with even routine elementary math problems. They'd switched off to math long before I met them\u201d<br>\nDo read his inspirational <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindresearch.org\/blog\/get-kids-excited-about-math\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">blog<\/a> and also watch his TEX presentation to see how he changed his ways in approaching maths teaching.<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Puzzle of the week<\/strong> (another H E Dudeney infamous conundrum)<br>\n<strong>Moo! Moo!<\/strong><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\"Supposing,\" said my friend Farmer Hodge, \"that cow of mine to have a she calf at the age of two years, and supposing she goes on having the like every year, and supposing everyone of her young to have a she calf at the age of two years, and afterwards every year likewise, and so on. Now, how many do you suppose would spring from that cow and all her descendants in the space of twenty-five years?\" I understood from Hodge that we are to count from the birth of the original cow, and it is obvious that the family can produce no feminine beef or veal during the period stated.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Spatial Awareness<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tantrix.com\/english\/TantrixGameLogon.html\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Tantrix<\/a> \u2013 a great game involving hexagons with lines running through them. Many activities and at the bottom are puzzles using the Shockwave app.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcya.com\/games\/tangrams\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Tangrams online<\/a> \u2013 covering all age groups.<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Paper and Pencil games and puzzles<\/strong><br>\nWith the simplicity of using just a sheet of paper and a pencil there is an unlimited number of games and activities (for all ages). An ideal approach for \u201cwet breaks\u201d, isolation at home, involving the family.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathwithbaddrawings.com\/2020\/04\/22\/six-strategic-games-from-a-strange-and-bottomless-mind\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Six Strategic Pen-and-Paper Games<\/a> (from a Strange and Bottomless Mind) \u2013 six activities for all ages<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathpickle.com\/games-puzzles-and-manipulatives\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Math Pickle<\/a> \u2013 several activities all accompanied by a presentation and printable material.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Puzzle of the month solution<\/strong><br>\n<strong>A question of transport<\/strong><br>\n\u00a0<br>\nNote the following series of numbers, first considered by Leonardo Fibonacci (born at Pisa in 1175), who practically introduced into Christian Europe our Arabic numerals: 0, 1, 1,2,3,5, 8, 13,21,34, ... , 46,368. The twenty-fifth term is 46,368, and if we add all the twenty-five terms or years together we get the result, 121,392, as the correct answer. But we need not do that addition. When we have the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth terms we simply say (46,368 multiplied by 2) plus 28,657 equals 121,393, from which we deduct 1.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Maths books in the library<\/strong><br>\n\u00a0<br>\nWhen I did some school inspecting the disappointment was in the library with the lack of books related to maths. In this site <a href=\"https:\/\/intentionalfamilylife.com\/stories-about-math\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Intention Family Life<\/a>, the author lists some books for you to discover. They are suitable for 8 \u2013 12 year olds.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\nThe Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett<br>\nWhat\u2019s the Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis<br>\nThe Librarian who measured the Earth by Kevin Hawks<br>\nSir Cumference and the Fraction Faire by Cindy Neuschwander<br>\nThe Multiplying Menace Divides by Pam Calvert<br>\n\u2026.. and several more<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Final Words<\/strong><br>\nDo remember the date 22\/2\/22 is looming!<\/p>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n <tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n <tbody><tr>\n \n <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n \n <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n <tbody><tr>\n <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n <div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\"><a id=\"St. Brigid's Day\" name=\"St. Brigid's Day\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>A Puzzle for\u00a0St Brigid\u2019s Day<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"1746334\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/525a3698-5a1f-4609-b29b-e37d4fda8af0.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 200px;height: 203px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"200\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">There are many ways of looking at this puzzle, which makes it useful as\u00a0a class exercise. Different pupils may take different approaches and this can lead to fruitful discussion.\u00a0<br>\nHere are three such approaches Circle, Triangle and Quadrant.\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0A square field of 1 hectare as sides 100m long. The rope is 99 m long and the biggest area marked out by the rope alone would be a circle. The perimeter is 99m which equals 2<\/span>\u03c0r<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746342\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/f87b3ecd-8b00-fd38-47de-74bb8c5715b6.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 396px;height: 332px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"396\"><br>\nWe\u00a0can do better than this. Using two sides of the fence we can use the rope to make the hypotenuse of a triangle. You could experiment with different length sides, but an isosceles\u00a0triangle would be a good bet. So we need to calculate the length of the sides of an isosceles triangle with hypotenuse\u00a0of 99m.\u00a0 If we call the length of a side, L, then Pythagoras tells us that the\u00a0<br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746346\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/7701d12e-e0c3-e1ce-d91f-49b9af6c6f1a.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 662px;height: 438px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"662\"><br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif\">Can we go one better? The circle is nature's efficient way of fitting the maximum area into a given perimeter. The free standing circle wasn't as good as the triangle formed using the sides of the field. Let's try to combine the two approaches - and mark out a quadrant.\u00a0<\/span><br>\nThis quarter of a circle will have a perimeter of 99m. The whole circle would have a perimeter of 4x99m.\u00a0<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1746366\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/9959c68d-c9fa-74e2-7ee6-0054893ea638.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 741px;height: 584px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"741\">So, the area of quadrant computes as 3119.75 m<sup>2 <\/sup>. This is the maximum area that Brigid could enclose. 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