MATHS

YEAR 10 SMARTIE PROBABILITY TASK 

During the Term 3 remote learning, Mrs Nayyar’s Maths Methods students conducted an experiment to test the probability of the various smartie colours received in a 50g packet, as part of the current probability unit we are studying.

Individually, we were first dealt with the task of sorting our smarties in colour, in order to convert the data into a bar graph, either online or in our books. We then had to answer questions in regard to the data that was collected, such as; the total number of smarties or the colour with the highest and lowest frequency. The final step of the experiment was to create a table, with the frequencies and probability of each colour of the smarties. In the following lessons, we combined the whole class’ results into a spreadsheet, whilst engaging in discussions about the frequency and probability, in order to accurately compare our results.   

In total, we sorted through 969 smarties to discover that orange was our most frequently occurring colour, with 137 smarties, while pink was our least frequently occurring colour, with only 112 smarties.

Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed this task, especially because it was a great way to disengage from our screens and it sparked collaborative ideas across the board, with the best part of the experiment being able to eat the smarties at the end! 

James Barrett, Elly Booth, Gianna Cacace, Leo Loscher, Nadya Mapitiya, Alice Papadimitriou and Eran Rosinger 

Year 10 Students

DIVING INTO DECIMALS

To get into the Olympic spirit and sharpen our maths skills, Year 7O was given a fascinating maths task involving the Olympics. While studying a unit on decimals, Ms Dixon taught us not just how to calculate the decimal problems, but also how to calculate the scores of the Olympic diving. 

Who doesn't want to watch the Olympics in class? After solving the maths problems we got to check if we did it successfully and if we got the same score as the judges. Sure enough we did! 

A big thank you to Mrs Gill who taught Mrs Dixon how to calculate the diving scores.

Emily Ellis

Year 7 Student