Competition May 2009
Many thanks to all the students who entered the competition in April. We had over 200 entries, alas there can be only one winner.
The winner for April 2009 was,
Jessica is a first year student from Loreto Abbey, Dalkey. She correctly stated that the sum of the numbers 1 to 100 = 5050. To see a solution the competition for April 2009, click here.
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes, why not enter our competition for May... see below for more details.
Project Maths Student Competition.
Each month Project Maths will launch a new student competition. There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs, such as portable DVD players, Digital Cameras, i-tunes music vouchers and much more.
For the moment, the competition is only open to First and Fifth year students involved in the project maths pilot program.
The competition will be based around the "Mathematician of the Month".
The mathematician for May 2009 is,
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) |
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Einstein was born in Ulm in Germany in 1879 and moved to Switzerland in 1895, becoming a Swiss national in 1901. He is best remembered for his theories of relativity and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his work on Planck’s quantum theory. He was an outspoken proponent of world peace, which made him frequently unpopular with the authorities. He lived to see his famous equation, E = mc2 used for both military applications and also nuclear power plants. He hated the thought that the universe was based on random chance so much so that at a famous conference he is said to have risen up and said “Gentlemen, God does not play dice”.
To read more about Albert Einstein click here |
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To enter this months competition, simply answer the question below
In the first square there are 4 line segments : In the second square there are 12 line segments : In the third square there are 24 line segments
How many line segments will there be in the fourth square?
To view a printable version of this competition, click here
Once you have found the answer, e mail it to [email protected]
Don't forget to include the following information,
1. Your answer, and a brief explanation of how you found it;
2. Your full name;
3. The name of your school;
4. Your age, year and class;
5. The name of your maths teacher.
The competition closes at 5.00 p.m. on Monday the 25th of May 2009. No entries will be accepted after this time.
Note: By entering this competition, you agree to accept the competition terms and conditions as laid down by the Project Maths Development Team.
To view a copy of the terms and conditions, click here
The Project Maths competition is sponsored by Intel Education (Ireland)
