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Mathematics 19

Year 10 Plymouth University Maths Taster Day

On Tuesday 17th January 60 year 10 students attended a Mathematics
Taster Day at Plymouth University.
They were split into groups of 15 and, along with other Colleges,
attended three of the six activities offered.

Activity 1
The Monty Hall Problem. Students played a game where a prize was
hidden behind one of three doors. They used probability to find out the
best door to open and whether to stick or switch their choice.
Activity 2
Shot in the Dark. How asking the right questions, whilst applying
Mathematics they already knew, could help them when it came to
job interviews.
Activity 3
Guesstimation. Again thinking ‘outside the box’ when applying
Mathematics in everyday life.
Activity 4
Breaking the Cipher. In this session students explored how Mathematics
unlocked the secrets of cipher used by British prisoners of war in WWII.
Activity 5
How many? Using Mathematics to estimate the number of beads in a
jar.
Activity 6 The day proved very thought-
All is not as it seems. Students enjoyed seeing a magic trick and finding provoking and was enjoyed by
out about the Mathematics behind it.
all students who attended.
The day finished with a short talk that gave them an insight into
mathematics beyond GCSE and some of the benefits of having an
A Level in Mathematics.

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