--- title: 'Maths Week' url: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-3-2025/maths-week' markdown: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-3-2025/maths-week.md' date: '2025-08-14' description: '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?" C…' --- Maths Week 11 -15 August 2025 ![maths week ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/images/b/1/7/c/9/b17c9e3fa787beb1f5d805cf41361bf77b570fbd-maths-week.jpg "maths week ") # 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](https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/2025-challenges) to accept the challenge! Navigate - [ Home ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/) - [ About Us ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us) - [ Enrolment ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/enrolment) - [ Learning ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/learning-areas) Contact Contact us: [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us)Green Bay High School 143 - 161 Godley Road, Green Bay Auckland 0643 New Zealand PO BOX 80002 | | | |---|---| | Tel | [+64 9 817 8173](tel:+6498178173) | | Absences | [Ext. 234 or press ‘1’ (one)](tel:+6498178173,234) | | Email | | | CONTACT US | [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us) | For contact details of individual staff, including Year level deans, please navigate to our [staff directory](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us/staff) Kōtuitui Community Green Bay High School is proudly part of the Kōtuitui community of learning, a learning network of 12 West Auckland schools. To learn more about the Kōtuitui community please click [HERE](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui). [![Kotuitui Community of Learning](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/user/themes/gbhs/images/kotuitui.svg)](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui) --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Term 3 2025](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-3-2025.md) - Previous: [Maths Help (exam weeks)](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-3-2025/maths-help-exam-weeks.md) - Next: [Medical Researcher](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-3-2025/medical-researcher.md)