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November 23, 2017
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Smack-ball

During our lecture on maths in sport we were instructed to either improve the rules of an existing sport or to create our own sport. We decided that since none of us knew enough about one particular sport we would create our own. We created a game called smack ball. The aim of the game […]

November 23, 2017
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Tessellation

Believe it or not, tessellation is something surrounding us in our daily lives. Look at the tiles in your bathroom, they will all be the same. Inside your kitchen? The tiles will show examples of tessellation as will the floor if it is wooden. Like chocolate? Who doesn’t?! Well that also shows tessellation as well […]

November 22, 2017
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Maths in Business

In a recent Maths workshop we looked at another way in which maths appears in our every day lives. Our focus of the workshop was supply chains and logistics. We began by talking about food miles, which according to the oxford dictionary is, “a measure of the distance travelled by foods between the place where […]

November 22, 2017
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Can Animals Count??

In a recent input with Richard we were faced with the question “do you think animals can count?”, after a few moments of silence and deep thought this sparked a very interesting discussion on whether or not we thought animals have any form of numerical understanding. Some of us making suggestions like “my dog knows […]

November 22, 2017
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Maths in Sports

In one of our inputs with Richard, we looked at exploring mathematics within sport. I was not surprised that maths was an integral part of sport, unlike art and stories, which was more surprising to me. We were given the first ever recorded football league table to look at. Our first task was to take […]

November 22, 2017
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My Future with Fundamental Mathematics – Final Reflection on Discovering Mathematics

Semester 1 of second year is nearing its end and we are all preparing for our assignments and exam. I am deliberately taking the time away from the heavy studying to reflect upon the learning I have gained in the Discovering Mathematics module as I think it will be beneficial to create a short final […]

November 22, 2017
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Netball with a Twist

I have never considered in depth the mathematical concepts that underpin sports. The scoring is about the only maths I can think of. However when given the task to create a new sport or update an existing one, I found that maths was key to making the game more challenging and exciting. Our table looked […]

November 22, 2017
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Beans! Beans! Beans!

Today’s input was all about logistics and supply chain maths. We paired ourselves up and became the managers of our own stores. We were given a budget and a list of products, then told to choose 5 items we wanted to purchase and sell in our shop for the summer, autumn, winter and spring periods. […]

November 21, 2017
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Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics

  When I was first asked to describe what profound understanding of fundamental mathematics (PUFM) meant, the panic and fear immediately set in. To me this was something that seemed really complicated and confusing however upon further research and reading I have discovered this is not the case. Liping Ma believes that there are four […]

November 21, 2017
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Can Animals Count?

There are similarities between humans and animals, yes, but do they have the ability to count? I would have originally said not a chance, however after today’s input I’m not so sure. We looked at various examples of animals “counting” the first being Clever Hans. Clever Hans was around in the 1900’s, he was a […]

November 21, 2017
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Can maths be creative?

To me the obvious answer to this question was no. When I look back to my time learning maths in school my memories mainly consist of textbooks pages, worksheets, and more textbook pages. For most of us this was, and still is our experience of maths within the classroom. According to the ‘Trends in International […]

November 20, 2017
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Application of maths for a business simulation.

In a workshop, I took part in a business situation which demonstrated an application of Profound understanding of fundamental mathematics in the real world! An overview of what was involved in this business simulation:   We had 5,000 Euros to spend for each quarter of the year We had to choose a maximum of 5 […]

November 20, 2017
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Mathematics and creativity?

Maths AND creativity?? I know! two words you would never normally put together. Maths is usually a subject people associate with lessons that involve worksheet upon worksheet where your answer can either be right or wrong. Where is the fun in that? No wonder so many children hate maths when they are stuck doing the […]

November 19, 2017
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Liping Ma’s Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics

As I write this blog, semester 1 of 2nd year is almost at its end. I get misty-eyed when I think about this model nearly being over as I have enjoyed it so much and learned things I would never have known about otherwise. Truly fascinating module. It’s nothing to do with complex equations or […]

November 18, 2017
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Counter Intuitive Maths – The Monty Hall Problem

I found the concept of counter intuitive maths very interesting as it applies to many situations I have faced, like sitting a multiple choice test. Counterintuitive is something that goes against what you believe to be right based on common sense or logic. Learning about the psychology and thinking process behind it has been interesting […]

November 18, 2017
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Maths and Play

Play is an important part of learning and is vital to a child’s development. Play is used across the curriculum to aid learning. There is a focus on active learning in Curriculum for Excellence, it aims to provide opportunities for investigation and exploring. Through play, children can discover and ask questions they may not of […]

November 17, 2017
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“Maths is truth, truth maths”: Romanticism, Poetry and Mathematics

The Romantic Period, an intellectual, literary and artistic movement that swept across Europe, saw a change in the way society viewed the world during the late 1700s and early 1800s (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2005). Nature was increasingly becoming more valuable to the Romantics during a time of industrial revolution, where trade and business was becoming king. […]

November 16, 2017
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Mathematics and Motorcyclists

Today in Discovering Mathematics, we considered the mathematics behind motorcycles and racing. Motorcycles and motorcycle racing, is not something which I have ever had a particular interest in. However, it was interesting to see the mathematics behind them and understand how different mathematic concepts affect the way they drive, the speed which they drive at, […]

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