Making Maths Count

• Maths Week Scotland is back!

  21st August 2019 by Chris McCord

  Maths Week Scotland will be back from 30 September – 6 October 2019. You can uncover the maths we take for granted in our lives, and see maths in a whole new light during Maths Week Scotland. Even if you haven’t thought about maths since your last lesson at school, there is something for everyone....

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• Deputy First Minister’s Holiday Maths Challenge – Summer 2019 solutions

  26th July 2019 by Chris McCord

  You can find the solutions to this year’s Deputy First Minster’s Summer Maths Challenge below. We hope you had a great time cheering on the Scottish Women’s National Team at their first World Cup. Enjoy the rest of your summer! DFM Summer Maths Challenge solutions

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• Deputy First Minister’s Holiday Maths Challenge – Easter 2019 solutions

  16th April 2019 by Chris McCord

  We hope you enjoyed this year’s Deputy First Minster’s Easter Maths Challenge. Let us know how you got on hunting for minibeasts! Please select this link to access the solutions

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• Deputy First Minister’s Holiday Maths Challenge – Easter 2019 data

  15th April 2019 by Chris McCord

  If you weren’t able to get out hunting minibeasts during the Easter holidays – don’t worry! Just click the image below to see how we got on and use our data to colour in your graphs.

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• Deputy First Minister’s Holiday Maths Challenge – Christmas 2018 solutions

  4th January 2019 by Chris McCord

  We hope you enjoyed the Deputy First Minster’s Christmas Maths Challenge – the solutions are below. Let us know how you got on with this year’s puzzles! Christmas Challenge 2018 Solutions

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• Maths Week Scotland 2018 Solutions

  16th September 2018 by John Swinney MSP

  Here are the solutions to the Maths Week Scotland puzzles!

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• Maths Week Scotland – Poor Timekeeping

  16th September 2018 by John Swinney MSP

  

  It’s the final day of Maths Week Scotland 2018 and here is the final puzzle. Good luck!

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• Maths Week Scotland – Coinage System

  15th September 2018 by John Swinney MSP

  

  Welcome to the day six Maths Week Scotland 2018 puzzle. You might want to work together with friends or family members to solve this one. Enjoy!

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• Maths Week Scotland – Stepped Pyramids

  14th September 2018 by John Swinney MSP

  

  It’s day five of Maths Week Scotland 2018. Here is today’s puzzle. Good luck!

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• Maths Week Scotland – Feeding the Horses

  13th September 2018 by John Swinney MSP

  

  Here is the puzzle for day four of Maths Week Scotland 2018. I hope you’re enjoying working on these, either alone or with friends or family members.

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