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Howday partner, I need your help in securing
the perimeter from them pesky bandits
Our
compound is
secure andwe
still have
money left
I need to use a
guard,,CCTV and small
camera. Iwill use Loci
to helpme secure the
compound!
Brilliant idea!!
Use theCCTV at
the back of the
hut.
Here are our
presentations to
win the contract to
secure your
compounds.
Last week, electron
stole the answers
from our secret
classroom
I think the
start of the
general
formula is
5n - ...
We need to work as
a team to find a
solution to the T-
Total investigations
Stefano and Ben make a
discovery.....
Your words here...
7 times the
grid size,
would that
work???
This had been a year of change for
the Maths department. We have
moved from the old modular system
to linear and our current year 11s
have now sat these exams.
They have been working very hard
to ensure they achieve their best by
attending after school and half term
revision sessions. We wish them all
the luck with their results and the
future and hope to see many coming
back to study Mathematics in the
Sixth Form.
Maths challenges
KEVICC has seen various Maths chal-
lenges successes and thought you
might like to see what our young
students are up against. Here are
some questions for you to challenge
yourself…
Several year 9 girls will be going to a
day hosted by Exeter University this
term to see how Maths is used in the
workplace.
This will be an opportunity for stu-
dents to work with Engineers and
Climatologists and see Maths beyond
the classroom.
Junior Maths Challenge
(Years 7 and 8)
Sam wants to complete the diagram
so that each of the nine circles con-
tains one of the digits from 1 to 9 in-
clusive and each contains a different
digit. Also the digits in each of the
three lines of four circles must have
the same total. What is this total?
A17 B 18 C 19 D 20 E 21
5
2
Intermediate Maths Challenge
(Years 9, 10 and 11)
In King Arthur's jousting tournament,
each of the several competing knights
receives 17 points for every bout he
enters.
The winner of each bout receives an
extra 3 points. At the end of the tour-
nament, the Black Knight has exactly
one more point than the Red Knight.
What is the smallest number of bouts
that the Black Knight could have
entered?
A3 B 4 C 5 D 6 E 7
Senior Maths Challenge
(Years 12 and 13)
The product
√6
x
√12
x
√18
x
√24
x
√30
x
√36
x
√42
can be expressed in the form
2
3 5 7
What is the value of a+b+c+d ?
a cb d
Using new software, the Maths
department are able to let us
have a glimpse of classes at
work on various problems ...
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… looking to the future
These are exciting times and the
Maths department has been looking
forward to the next academic year.
We are pleased to be able to offer new
courses to our KS3,4 and 5 students
with the availability of GCSE Statistics
and AS Use of Mathematics. We will,
of course be running the usual Maths
challenges throughout the year. In
addition, we are hoping to be in a
position to offer a year 10 residential
trip to London in the Spring of 2015.
More details will follow shortly.
Students in year 12 attended the
Let Mathematics take you Further
conference at Plymouth University,
organised by the Further Mathemat-
ics Support Program. The key aim
for the day was to emphasise that
mathematics is fun, challenging and
essential to a variety of careers. Stu-
dents soon realised that, by actively
choosing to study mathematics at
A Level, they will have gained a val-
uable passport to a range of exciting
university courses and inspirational
careers. The day was informative and
raised students’ aspirations.
Here is just a selection of the ‘hands
on’ workshops that were attended:
Wave energy devices
This was a good opportunity to see
the exciting new COAST Laboratory in
the Marine Science building.
Mathematics and Custard
An application of the mathematical the-
ory of non-Newtonian fluidmechanics.
Weather Forecastingat theMet Office
The computer programs that they use
are written by a collaboration of mete-
orologists, physicists, chemists, hydrol-
ogists, computer scientists ... and math-
ematicians.
SwedeBuild - Modelling with Lego
This activity introduced students to
the maths of Linear Programming.
Magical Maths
A lot of magic tricks rely on the logi-
cal processes of mathematics.
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