3. M C S E A

4. Presents...

7. 1. As soon as the question has been read, the countdown will begin. 2. Write your answer legibly, and get it to ‘The SPOT’ before you hear ‘STOP’! 3. First correct answer scores 10 points, second 9 points etc. 4. You may confer. Good Luck!

8. Famous Mathematicians Click when ready...

9. Q1 Click when ready... countdown.

10. Q2 Click when ready.... 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8...

11. Q3 Click when ready....

12. Curious numbers Click when ready...

13. Q4 Click when ready.... 10 100

14. Q5 Click when ready....  (- 1)

15. Q6 Click when ready.... 4x(1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7+…) In 1995, Hiroyuki Goto recited 42 000 digits of this number from memory - it took 9 hours! b a a/b b

16. At the movies... Click when ready...

17. Q7 Click when ready....

18. Q8 Click when ready....

19. Q9 Click when ready....

20. 52 C in a P Click when ready...

21. Q10 Click when ready.... A B and the 40 T

22. Q11 Click when ready.... a T has 4F, 4V and 6 E

23. Q12 Click when ready.... U235 is a R E

24. Quotable quotes... Click when ready...

25. Q13 Click when ready.... “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme b-----, a b----- cold and austere like that of sculpture…”