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Living Maths Olympiad 2011
Congratulations to all the finalists. We are now in a process of dropping off and mailing out your certificates and prizes. Thank you for taking part in the International Living Maths Mathletics Olympiad of 2011. We trust that your learners and teachers had a positive experience and believe it or not, we are already planning the Mathletics Olympiad for 2012! Photos from the prize hand overs in Cape Town and the final list of prize-winners for 2011 will be posted here during the course of the week. The South African leg of the Mathletics Olympiad is now over and the International leg has begun. We will post overall International results in early February 2012.
A brief breakdown of the statistics:
· Number of learners that took part: 95892 (‘07), 117 892 (‘08),142 235 (‘09), 167829 (’10) and 153224 (’11)
· Number of schools that took part: 247 (2007), (2008), 402 (2009), 437 (2010) and 423 (2011)
· Number of prize winners: 455 (2007), 376 (2008), 351 (2009) , 287 (2010) and 220 (2011)
· 45% (2006), 51% (2007), 49% (2008), 45% (2009), 49% (2010) and 58% (2011) of the prize-winners were girls
· Best Learner 2011: Robyn Visser of St Georges Grammar School in the Western Cape
For the full breakdown of the results please click here
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Madrian's Grandad is 65 years old, and he wants to retire, but his boss says the minimum retirement age is 2 billion seconds old (nothing is normal in Madrian's world). Is Madrian's grandad old enough to retire?
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True or False?
Read the following statement in capital letters and think about whether it is true or false.
THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE.
What do you think? Explain what makes this statement so confusing.
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Can you decipher this:
PBLUESAISNUERSES
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Using a simple mathematical procedure, I can say that 1, 19, 1999, 2278, 4563739, and 35461 are all equal. How am I able to do this?
Hint
It is basic math.
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Latest Maths Games
 Topmarks - Games Monday, 12 September 2011 For a comprehensive selection of games in a variety of categories and age groups check out topmarks website Click Here to go to topmarks site
 Sumdog Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Sumdog's maths games are always free to play, either at home or at school. They cover 100 numeracy topics, split into 10 levels. Most are... Read more...
 Villainy Inc Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Villainy, Inc.: Thwarting World Supremacy through Mathematics is a site devoted to helping middle grade students build and use problem-solving... Read more...
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