2. Who was George Boole?
Born 1815 in the English cathedral city of Lincoln.
Inventor of Boolean Logic, which is the basis of modern digital computers.
First Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College Cork (now UCC).
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3. The Magic of Maths!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let the games begin

4. Warm-Up Trick Choose a two digit number. Multiply the tens digit by 5.
Add 3 to the answer.
Now double the answer.
Add the units digit to your answer.
Tell me your final answer, and I will tell you what number you had chosen.

5. Solution: Choose a two digit number. Multiply the tens digit by 5.
Add 3 to the answer.
Now double the answer.
Add the units digit.
I subtract 6 to get your number.

6. Reading your mind How to play: 1:Circle a number on a row
2:Then cross off all of the other numbers in the
same column and row of the number that you circled.
3:repeat step 1 and 2 until you have 4 numbers.
The sum of the 4 numbers is …………………

7. Reading your mind: Solution
The sum of the 4 numbers is always
= 34
We pick exactly one number from each row and column.
The second row is 4+ first row
The 3rd row is 8+ the first row.
The 4th row is 12+ the first row.

8. Now Try it for Yourself
Repeat the same, but this time leave circled 5 numbers.
The sum of the 5 numbers is …………………

9. Fractals
Fractals are geometrical figures whose fragments, when zoomed up, look like the whole picture again.
One of the most famous mathematical fractals is the Mandelbrot set.
List 3 things in nature that look a lot like fractals.

10. Colour all the even numbers in Pascal’s triangle …

11. Solution:
Our very own fractal

12. Pascal’s Triangle: click to see movie
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13. Counting Days is so Fun
If today is Tuesday, what day will it be in 1,000 days’ time?
(Hint: there are 7 days in a week…)

14. Boole Competition-Teams of Three
The First Sudoku Toilet Paper:
Inspector Simon Mart of Scotland Yard was looking at the interrogation statements of 3 well known criminals. It had already been established that one of them had stolen the Very First Roll of Sudoku Toilet Paper, which of course is an object of immense historical value. It also had already been established that of the three suspects, exactly one spoke the truth.
Inspector Simon Mart looked at their statements:
Albert: I am innocent.
Bill: Charles stole it.
Charles: I am innocent.
Who stole the toilet paper?
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15. Solution Charles is Guilty Bill is Guilty Albert is Guilty
Albert: I am innocent.
Bill: Charles stole it.
Charles: I am innocent.

16. Mathemagical Card Trick

17. Maths Circles Ireland Primary Schools Is Maths Fun?
Pentomino Puzzles:
Fibonacci Numbers:
Tessellations:
Sets:
Hamilton Circuits
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