IT JUST LOOKS FUNNY, DOESN'T IT :D

Anyway. this week session is gonna be at CA6, 4.30 to 6.30
We're going to play around with TANGRAM which involves some cutting and pasting so please remember to bring along some papers okay:D

And as we promise,here's the plan for the first 3 months

Yup, if nothing changes, this will be the official schedule of the first term =) Any changes will e announced here so please check the blog often :)

SEE YOU ALL THIS FRIDAY

HAPPYYYYYYY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DEAREST ALISON!!!

Have a great year ahead with happiness and lots of joy. All the bests for whatever you do!!!

WE LOVE YOU, LOTSSS! :D:D:D

13 january

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

JANANI KRISHNAN

:D hey you're JH4 now!

jiayou okay we are all behind you! x)

10 january

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

NG MONG LI CALVIN

:D

have a nice year ahead! x)

28 december

oops! haha wrong way around

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

CHEN MENGLEI!

:D

and good luck for the rest of the year too! work hard x)

20 december

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

LU YAOZHI!

our very own training manager

we <3 you!

15 december

a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

PEI YU!!

may a new year make your wishes come true!

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

We wish you all a wonderful year ahead with great achievements and wonderful time of joy and laughter
We shall work hard together and continue showing the world how awesome we are in the coming year
HAPPY NEW YEAR :D:D

QUIZZZ :D

1. You have a drawer in your bedroom that contains an assortment of black, blue and brown socks. You start randomly taking individual socks out of the drawer, but it's too dark to see what colour socks you have taken. How many socks do you need to take out in order to guarantee that you have got a matching pair?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. all but 2 of the socks in the drawer!


2. You are standing in front of the bathroom mirror and can see down to your navel. You walk back from the mirror. Can you now see:

a. More of yourself
b. The same amount
c. Less of yourself

3. You are at a wedding with 50 guests. What is the chance that among those guests there are at least two who share a birthday?

a. Almost certain
b. About 50-50
c. About 1 in 7
d. Extremely unlikely

4. Imagine a piece of string has been tied tightly around the earth's equator (assume the earth is a perfect sphere!), with thousands of children stationed around the earth next to the string. You now cut the string at one place, and add in one more metre of string to give it a little 'slack'. By how much can the children around the equator now lift up the string?

a. Not quite enough to squeeze a razor blade under
b. Enough for all simultaneously squeeze their hands under
c. Enough for them to put their fists under
d. Enough for them all to crawl under

5. You are listening to a random news story on the Today programme, which quotes some statistic, such as the number of refugees from a country, a company's profits, or the number of seconds it took a competitor to win a race. What is the chance that the first digit of the statistic is either a 1 or a 2 ?

a. Almost certain
b. About 50-50
c. About 2/9
d. Impossible to answer, depends on the story

6. A man leaves his tent. He walks 1 mile south. Then he walks 1 mile east. Then he walks one mile north. To his surprise, he now discovers that he is back at his tent, and at this moment he spots a bear. What colour is it?

a. Black
b. Brown
c. White
d. Pudsey


If you have any questions, feel free to leave your comment here okay :D

Hey guys, today i came across this interesting problem and i think i should share it with all of you. Actually it's a rather FAMOUS puzzle which, i think, many of you heard about. It's called

THE MONTY HALL PROBLEM!

For the benefit of those who haven't heard about it and those who have heard about it but forgot what it was about, the problem goes like this:

In the 1960s, there was a popular weekly US television quiz show called Let's Make a Deal. Each week, at a certain point in the program, the host, Monty Hall, would present the contestant with three doors. Behind one door was a substantial prize; behind the others there was nothing. Monty asked the contestant to pick a door. Clearly, the chance of the contestant choosing the door with the prize was 1 in 3.

So far so good?

Now comes the twist. Instead of simply opening the chosen door to reveal what lay behind, Monty would open one of the two doors the contestant had not chosen, revealing that it did not hide the prize. (Since Monty knew where the prize was, he could always do this.) He then offered the contestant the opportunity of either sticking with their original choice of door, or else switching it for the other unopened door.

The question now is, does it make any difference to the contestant's chances of winning to switch, or might they just as well stick with the door they have already chosen?

Well, most people think that it makes no difference if they switch. Here is their reason:

"There are two unopened doors. The prize is behind one of them. The probability that it is behind the one I picked is 1/2, the probability that it is behind the one I didn't is also 1/2, so it makes no difference if I switch."

HOWEVER THAT EXPLAINATION IS WRONG!!
Why is it so??

Try to think about it before you look at the full and correct explaination here

The hint is "Switching actually DOUBLES the contestant's chance of winning"
Interesting??



Definitely!! Enjoy :D

some of the birthdays we have missed on this blog..

xuling

tiffany

dat

wen cong

... HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! ;D

HI EVERYONE :D

So finally promos, assessment week, pw...everything is over

Let's all take a good rest this holiday and enjoy yourself to the max :D However don't forget to complete your holiday homework okay

I promise you we will have an exciting year awaits us with a lot of exciting activities, competitions and events. Do look out for the notices which will be updated regularly on the blog.

See you all =)

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMEPTITION RESULT

Year 9I

High distinction:

LIU KANGXIN
LE MINH NHAT (Prudence Award)
NGUYEN ANH TUONG
NGUYEN NHI ANH TRI
ZHANG RUIZHI

Distinction:

DO ANH TU
REN YI

Year 10I

Distinction:

NGUYEN PHU LAM
MAC HOAI LINH

Year 11S

High distinction:

NGUYEN QUI HIEU
LU YAOZHI

Distinction:

DANG HOAI PHI
CAO LUU QUANG
TANG NINGRUI
NGUYEN ANH KHOA
WANG XULING
BUI HAI MINH
TAN JUN SHING, EDMUND
- LIM WEN CONG

Year 12S
Distinction:

LI CHUN
XIAO XUE

Congratulations to all the winners :D:D
AMC next year will be held on 5th of August so there's plenty of time left for you to practice
Let's try harder next year and aim higher okay =)

Maths Soc - Burning with passion

For all the Maths-lover, i've uploaded some challenging questions for you to practice.You can download them here
Answers for those questions can be downloaded there ----------------> =)

Enjoy :D

Hi everybody
Are you all enjoying your holiday :)
I know there's a HUGE amount of homework to finish but at the same time, try not to forget the meaning of the word "HOLIDAY" okay =D
I've also uploaded the slides for last session here, if you have some free time you can just play around with your Mobius Band haha :D:D
Alright, remember to spend your holiday wisely okay, we'll see each other sooooon :D

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Beauty of Maths

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And finally, take a look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Yes MATHS is really like that - Full of wonders.

You should also know the POWER OF 9.

Anything multiplied by 9 , it's sum total is 9.

For example, 62 * 9 = 558; 5 + 5 + 8 =18; 1+ 8 =9!
Just give it a try =)

Ever heard of this equation : e^iπ + 1 = 0 ?

It relates the five most fundamental constants in mathematics,

e and π are both transcendental and i is imaginary and yet they combine with 1 to make 0!

How wonderful <3

Hi everybody
We will have our last official session this friday (4th Sept) 5.30-7.30pm
The venue is LT1
Please bring along somg paper, pencil, scissors and glue/tape!! We're gonna do some cutting and pasting for this session =)
Please be there on time :)


There will be no more sessions in Term 4 as CCA activity has been totally disallowed =( However, online materials will be prepared occasionally to be disseminated to members.
So please take this opportunity to revise for your coming Assessment Weeks, Promos okay
See ya all sooon :D

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For those who are very bored with all the regular Maths lessons we learn in school, here are something you may find interesting


Russell's paradox:
The set M is the set of all sets that do not contain themselves as members. Does M contain itself?


If it does, it is not a member of M according to the definition.
If it does not, then it has to be a member of M, again according to the definition of M.
Therefore, the statements "M is a member of M " and "M is not a member of M " both lead to contradictions.


So what's the answer to this question?


Find more about this interesting Paradox here

Guess whose birthday it is!?

our very own president...

BUI HAI MINH!

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY

WOW

now you're of legal age..

which means

you're growing older hehehe

stay beautiful and

have a nice year ahead!

HI EVERYBODY
HERE'S OUR PLAN FOR AUGUST!!

Our coming session will be this Friday 14th of August, 5.30 to 7pm in LT1
We'll be doing Game Theory which is a veryy interesting topic. I think it doesn't sound very familiar to many of you right (:
Anyway please come punctually at 5.30 sharp.
SEE YOU THERE :D

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Congratulations to YiXuan for successfully getting to the Final Round of the Sudoku Master
We hope you all the best for this competition.
Remember if you have any trouble just think of us and you will see the solution much faster haha
GOOD LUCK YIXUAN
YOU ROCK =)

Hi everybody,
our session this week starts at 5pm in Lt1
We're gonna play a lot of interesting activities on that session so dont be late (:
For those who ordered the badge, please bring along $5
Attendance is compulsory
See you all there =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZHANG RUIZHI!

hope you have a fun year ahead

and dont worry too much about ur results, ok? :)