Maths Week
Thursday, 14th August 2025 at 12:30pm
This week is Maths Week (11-15 August 2025)
Throughout the week, GBHS's Math faculty posted 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 😉
Thursday's Challenge: "If a = 26, b = 25, c = 24 and so on, what is the word-sum of apple?" Answer: The value of a letter is 27 minus its standard alphabetical position (where 'a' is 1, 'b' is 2, etc.). For 'a': 27-1-=26. For 'p': 27-16=11. For 'l': 27-12=15. For 'e': 27-5=22. Calculate the word-sum of the values of all letters in "apple". ANSWER:The word-sum of "apple" is 85. The winners were:
- Year 10: Florence Murphy
- Year 11: Angel Pasco
- Year 11: Chihiro Shikai
- Year 12: Yash Chatterjee
- Year 13: Liam Campbell
Maths Week was established by the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers in 1998. Fancy testing your Math? Click HERE to accept the challenge!
