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Paul Jackson (guest writer) It might seem a little strange for me to be writing in a magazine that is ‘for students by students’. After all, I have just retired from teaching after being a Maths teacher for 43 years.
But remember the IB mission statement! The IB programmes encourage students to become lifelong learners. So I’m still a student and I wanted to share with you some of the Mathematics I’ve recently been learning. I have always enjoyed watching live sport, especially football. But recently, I have been to Rugby Union, Rugby League and Aussie Rules Football games. In all of them I became interested in the Mathematics behind the scoring systems. The first Rugby Union game I saw was a ladies’ international match, Wales v Italy in Cardiff. The final score was 22 – 15 to Italy. It got me thinking in 2 ways:
I have to say I prefer watching football, rugby is very ‘stop-go’. Too many breaks for me, I prefer the more continuous flow of a good football match. It was during the ‘stop’ periods that I spent my time thinking mathematically, though! If you try problems 1 and 2 above, do submit your answers to Integral Magazine (via email) who will publish the best one. If you are interested in any of these sports, or any other sport with an interesting scoring system, do some mathematics and submit your answers to Integral Magazine. I would be interested to see what you find. If you would like to read more on this, see my article on my website.
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