Christmaths Quiz

Round 1: Match the Mathematicians A Maryam Mirzakhani (1970 - ) Won the fields medal in mathematics this year for work on Reimann surfaces. b Dr Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890 – 1980) Researched set theory in America in the 1940s. C Terry Tao (1975 - ) Won the fields medal in 2006 for work on sequences of primes D Alan Turing (1912 - 1954) Created the ‘Bombe’ device to decode German wartime codes. E Dame Amry Lucy Cartwright (1900 – 1998) Was first to analyse a dynamic system with chaos. 1 2 3 4 5

Round 2: Hark the herald angles sing 1 2 3 4 5

Round 3: Christmaths trivia 1 2 3 4 5 The number of lords a leaping multiplied by the number of maids a milking in the 12 days of Christmas. Die Hard opened on limited release in 21 cinemas in 1988, earning $601,851 what was the mean amount taken per cinema? If Santa needs 3 carrots per reindeer how many does he have to buy? What is the name of the shape created at the centre of an 8 pointed star. The number of spirits in a Christmas Carol multiplied by the year the Muppets Christmas Carol came out.

Round 4: Santa says 2 1 A triangle in which all sides and angles are different. 3 An angle measuring less than 90 degrees. A right angles is …….. degrees 4 A regular 3D shape with 4 triangular sides. The first letters of each word spells out SANTA 5 A section of a curve

Round 5: Snowflakes You have 1 sheet of A4 paper and a pair of scissors to make a snowflake. Points will be awarded out of 5. Consideration will be given to how mathematically interesting they are and originality

Answers

Round 1: Match the Mathematicians A Maryam Mirzakhani (1970 - ) Won the fields medal in mathematics this year for work on Reimann surfaces. b Dr Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890 – 1980) Researched set theory in America in the 1940s. C Terry Tao (1975 - ) Won the fields medal in 2006 for work on sequences of primes D Alan Turing (1912 - 1954) Created the ‘Bombe’ device to decode German wartime codes. E Dame Amry Lucy Cartwright (1900 – 1998) Was first to analyse a dynamic system with chaos. 1 2 3 A B E 4 5 C D

Round 2: Hark the herald angles sing Opposite 1 2 3 Corresponding Allied 4 5 Alternate Corresponding

Round 3: Christmaths trivia 1 2 3 4 5 The number of lords a leaping multiplied by the number of maids a milking in the 12 days of Christmas. 10 x 8 = 80 Die Hard opened on limited release in 21 cinemas in 1988, earning $601,851 what was the mean amount taken per cinema?601851÷21=28659.57 or 601860 If Santa needs 3 carrots per reindeer how many does he have to buy? 8 x 3 = 24 What is the name of the shape created at the centre of an 8 pointed star. Octagon The number of spirits in a Christmas Carol multiplied by the year the Muppets Christmas Carol came out. 1992 x 3 = 5976 or 3 x 92 = 276

The first letters of each word spells out SANTA Round 4: Santa says Scalene Acute Ninety Tetrahedron Arc The first letters of each word spells out SANTA