Maths News

2024 Mathematics Week celebration

The college will celebrate Mathematics Week next week from August 5-9 . As in the previous years, the whole week is full of different activities that will provide opportunities for each student to enjoy the many applications of Mathematics in their daily lives. Each student is encouraged to enter at least one of the activities set for the week.The theme for this year’s Maths Week is : You are more than a Number !!!Some activities line–up for the celebration include the traditional Bake a cake/cupcake contest and the Song and Poem Contest. We will also have Brain teaser competition at the beginning of each Maths lessons. There will also be a Spelling competition, Olympic - inspired games in the oval during lunchtime and Trivia questions to answer in your Maths classes.

Let’s enjoy the whole week because MATHS IS FUN !!!!!

2024 AUSTRALIAN MATHS COMPETITION

Marian Catholic College will participate in this year’s Australian Mathematics Competition.

It will be on Thursday, August 8, Period 4in the Hall. The competition will be for 75 minutes. There are 30 questions, 25 of which is a multiple choice questions, and 5 questions require a number answers. Students need to bring a 2B pencil and an eraser only. No calculator is allowed.

This competition is one of the largest educational mathematics competition in Australia. It is an engaging problem solving that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives.

The Competition started in Australia in 1978, was the original, and is now one of the largest of its kind in the world. It is designed to attract students to the joy of maths by demonstrating its place in everyday life and making it fun. More than 40 countries participate in the AMC each year and is recognised as an international benchmark for mathematics performance.

I hope that it will excite and inspire students’ interest in mathematical problem solving and I look forward to sharing the students’ pride in their achievements on the competition.

E. BLANCO

Mathematics Leader of Learning