Two Australind Senior High School students will go head to head against other students from around the world in a challenging maths competition.
Maths in Motion was created in England and was designed to engage students and teach them how maths can be applied to real life scenarios with the opportunity to improve their mathematical, reasoning and problem solving skills to create and fine tune a race car.
The program creators, based in England run a worldwide challenge each year with the school’s students getting into the 2018 grand final.
Maths teacher Abbie Walton said she was pretty confident and thought the boys would do well on the day.
“They’re a good team together and work well, playing on each others strengths,” she said.
“We started Maths in Motion last year and we were successful in getting into the world final and traveled to take part then and we came second in the senior diversion.
“We join together once a week and it’s about social skills as much as what it is about the maths.
“Kids create virtual cars, they work out fuel consumption, distance of the track, measure the angles and distances and look at the performance of the vehicle.”
Students George Gallagher and Cameron Kelly said they were excited and nervous about the final and enjoyed the program because it challenged them more than their regular maths classes.
They will compete in the final being held online today, simultaneously in seven countries across multiple time zones.
