{"id":7948,"date":"2021-09-16T01:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T01:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7948"},"modified":"2021-09-16T22:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:38:31","slug":"investigating-mathematics-competition","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/article\/investigating-mathematics-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigating Mathematics Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every year, the Mathematical Association of NSW (MANSW), invites schools to participate in the \u2018Investigating Mathematics Competition\u2019. It is a statewide competition open to all schools in NSW. The purpose of the investigation is to explore &#8216;real-life&#8217; situations and problems that engage students and teachers in Mathematics. It involves students formulating their own questions from a given situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, St Ursula\u2019s College submitted entries from the Year 7 Newman class. Students developed their own topics and posed mathematical questions to explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St Ursula\u2019s placed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">first in the state<\/span><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Year 7 category, for one of these entries: Tailoring a Woollen Toga for the Statue of Liberty.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tailoring a woollen toga for the Statue of Liberty\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This project involved determining how much wool is needed to create a toga for the Statue of Liberty. The students explored mathematical concepts, which included measurement, ratios, time and finance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to Theodora Liangas, Anna Glinatsis, Abigayl Faheem, Emilee-Rose Ibrahim and Irene Shafik, for all of their hard work and exceptional achievement!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would also like to congratulate all of the students in the Year 7 Newman class for their effort and hard work. All of the projects presented were of a very high standard and showed amazing dedication to exploring Mathematics in a variety of fascinating contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/09\/Maths-plus-info.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Jennifer Johnson<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Mathematics Teacher<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year 7 Newman class excels in mathematical challenge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-7948","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}