1. Christmaths Quiz

2. Round 1: Match the Mathematicians
A Maryam Mirzakhani ( )
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 ( )
Won the fields medal in 2006 for work on sequences of primes
D Alan Turing ( )
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

3. Round 2: Hark the herald angles sing1 2 3 4 5

4. Round 3: Christmaths trivia1 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. Answers

8. Round 1: Match the Mathematicians
A Maryam Mirzakhani ( )
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 ( )
Won the fields medal in 2006 for work on sequences of primes
D Alan Turing ( )
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

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

10. Round 3: Christmaths trivia1 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= or
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

11. 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