MATHS WEEK KICKED off at the weekend – seven days of celebrating all the great things about algebra, trigonometry, probability and calculus.
Each morning, we’ll be setting you a puzzle to test your mathematical mettle. It’s all part of the drive to improve Ireland’s numeracy skills – and remember it’s never too late.
(If numbers absolutely terrify you, take a trip to the website where you’ll find more information and help).
Right, that’s enough rambling. Let’s get to it. Next up is a very timely one.
How many ways is there for a team to score 17 points in a rugby match?
(Remember that a try and conversion is worth 7 points, a try without a conversion is 5 points and a kicked goal is 3 points. We will not differentiate here between a penalty goal and a drop goal, both of which earn 3 points.)
Find that too easy? Try this:
If two teams play and their final scores together add up to 17 points, how many ways is there to make up this score?
Got that too? Ok then:
And finally, if we are to differentiate between penalty goals and drop goals how many ways are there for the two teams to score a match total of 17 points?
Check back tomorrow, same time of 11.15am, for the answers and for Tuesday’s puzzle.
Click here for the answer to Sunday’s puzzle.
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