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5 November 2024 / 2 December 2024 by Charlton C
You can now sign up to receive a free monthly newsletter from us and become a member of our ever-growing online Maths Society community.
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31 October 2024 / 2 December 2024 by Charlton C
Everyone at Maths Society wishes you a very happy Halloween! We marked the occasion with a ghoulish maths-inspired pumpkin…
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28 August 2024 / 31 October 2024 by Charlton C
Maths Society has launched Mathsounds, a podcast made by students, dedicated to bringing the joy and knowledge of the world of maths to everyone. In our first episode, which you can now listen to on our website, we explore the concept of Pi, and whether it is the most important constant in mathematics.
Competitions
28 July 2024 / 1 November 2024 by Charlton C
Are you a student or school interested in participating in a UKMT Maths Challenge this coming academic year? Make sure you know how to sign up and when they take place.
Feature Maths News
25 July 2024 / 26 July 2024 by Charlton C
Following 12 days of intense mathematical competition at the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad, the United States topped the points table and won the competition for the ninth time, 2 points ahead of China. Here are the results from IMO 2024.
Feature
19 July 2024 / 29 October 2024 by Charlton C
All of the Maths Society’s coverage of the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad in Bath, the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world for pre-university students, including one of our own members’ attempt to reach the UK team. Find all the news from IMO 2024 here.
11 July 2024 / 25 July 2024 by Charlton C
The 65th International Mathematical Olympiad, IMO for short, is taking place at the University of Bath this summer, welcoming over 600 competitors from more than 110 countries to the most significant annual international olympiad in the world.
26 March 2024 / 25 July 2024 by Charlton C
The Justice Secretary was again seen wearing our Maths Society badge, this time at the Despatch Box in the House of Commons. The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, who as the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain is responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts, was answering questions on Justice.
Events Feature
23 March 2024 / 30 October 2024 by Charlton C
The Maths Society recently ran a stall at a local Spring Fair, where we gave visitors the opportunity to win a jar of Maltesers in our Malteser Teaser Experiment. All they had to do was to calculate the most accurate estimate of how many Maltesers there were in the jar!
Interview
22 March 2024 / 30 October 2024 by Charlton C
Maths Society member and ‘mathlete’ Ed H speaks to us about how he reached the training camp that selects the United Kingdom’s team for the International Mathematical Olympiad.
20 March 2024 / 29 October 2024 by Charlton C
Following his enthusiastic participation in a Maths Society event, The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP was photographed in Cabinet wearing one of our badges. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice was sat between the Home Secretary and the Business Secretary at the weekly meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was also seen leaving the meeting afterwards wearing the distinctive Maths Society badge.
19 March 2024 / 30 October 2024 by Charlton C
The Maths Society celebrates its first anniversary and elects a new committee.
1 February 2024 / 7 April 2024 by Charlton C
Our Desmos Art Competition was even more successful than we expected, so we needed to extend the deadline until 30 November! Find out who won here.
21 November 2023 / 29 October 2024 by Charlton C
Today we held our Team Maths Shootout competition, where six four person teams battled it out to solve conundrums, dingbats, and challenging maths problems as fast as possible.
12 November 2023 / 19 July 2024 by Charlton C
The International Mathematical Olympiad is a world championship maths competition for pre-university students and the oldest of the International Science Olympiads, and the most prestigious maths competition in the world.
4 September 2023 / 1 April 2024 by Charlton C
Creative bathroom tiling isn’t just a problem for DIY home renovators! It is also one of the hardest and most interesting problems in mathematics. Imagine a bathroom floor made up of black and white tiles. They are the same shape and fit together perfectly, so no overlaps or gaps. You are probably imagining rectangles or hexagons, something you might even have yourself, a ‘periodic’ pattern that will repeat forever. So is it possible to find an ‘aperiodic’ shape that will not repeat? Even if your bathroom went on forever?
The Maths Society has launched its own website! We hope you take the opportunity to explore further, and take a little joy and knowledge from it.
2 September 2023 / 26 July 2024 by Charlton C
These are the top 10 teams currently competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad, ranked by medals.
Competitions Events
16 August 2023 / 18 July 2024 by Charlton C
The Maths Society is proud to announce that this November we will host a Team Maths Shootout! Participation will be local, and you will have received follow-up communication if you are eligible, but we will publish our Heats and Finals papers and solutions, so that everyone can get a chance to solve these interesting puzzles, for the first time written by our community.
16 August 2023 / 19 July 2024 by Charlton C
Now you are able to show your support for the Maths Society by wearing one of our beautiful badges!
16 August 2023 / 27 July 2024 by Charlton C
What do I know? Have I seen something like this before?
16 August 2023 / 7 April 2024 by Charlton C
Another Maths Society Competition. Can you submit the most ‘impressive’ piece of artwork using online graphing calculator Desmos? Open to all, accepting entries until 31 September.
14 August 2023 / 31 October 2024 by Charlton C
All the details of the junior UKMT maths competitions.
The Monty Hall Problem is one of the most interesting logic puzzles around. It is named after Monty Hall, who hosted the American Gameshow Let’s Make a Deal, where there was a particular challenge that if players picked the right door from 3, they could win a car. (The other doors contain goats)
