Maths Week

Thursday, 14th August 2025 at 12:30pm

This week is Maths Week (11-15 August 2025)

Today's Challenge: "If a = 26, b = 25, c = 24 and so on, what is the word-sum of apple?"

Throughout the week, GBHS's Math faculty will post a Form Time challenge via the Daily Notices.

Monday's question was: "Jade opened the novel she was reading and noticed that the two page numbers she could see added up to 157. What were the page numbers?" Congratulations to: • Year 9: Reuben Edlington • Year 10: Niko Watson • Year 11: Tejas Panda • Year 12: Connor Llewellyn • Year 13: Arvo Spencer The correct answer was: Pages 78 and 79.

Tuesday's Challenge: "The time is 01:01. How many minutes have passed when the clock reads 10:10?" The winners were: • Year 9: Nathan Edwards • Year 10: Ollie Muller • Year 11: Tessa Sullivan-Tew • Year 12: Greta Guidara • Year 13: Maerin Farrington (With the answer: 549 minutes)

Wednesday's Winners: "If you add the digits of Mr Beedah's age, the answer is 11. If you subtract one from the other, the answer is 3. If you divide his age by 7 the remainder is 5. How old is Mr Beedah?" Congratulations to" • Year 9: Bastin Grace • Year 10: Bonnie Govier • Year 11: Sam Drayton • Year 12: Cooper Simpson • Year 13: Kouki Zhang So, what was the answer? Mr Beedah is 47 - this may or may not be factual 😉

Maths Week was established by the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers in 1998. Fancy testing your Math? Click HERE to accept the challenge!