What is your favourite thing about maths?
I don’t know.
I like the fact that it’s really useful but also artistic as well.
Should we teach people practical stuff or the beauty of the maths, like algebraic equations etc.
What everyday maths stuff do you find most fascinating?
Finds maths everywhere, sees life through maths problems seeing things as Pythagoras questions, with the washing line.
Other stuff specific to her is that music is so mathematical, the rhythms, frequency of notes, half the length of a violin string you go up an octave.
Can view music mathematically.
Maths in art stuff, like the golden ratio.
Hidden maths, mathematicians who coded video games to make sure things move in the correct way.
Maths is the hidden structure that people don’t realise they’re using.
How did you discover your interest in maths?
Always liked it, really competitive with sums.
In Y6 had a maths teacher who gave them lots of interesting problems to solve. If you were good you got to sit outside and try challenging problems.
During GCSE really loved it, did GCSE in November, and then did AS after. The teacher just left stuff out for them to study, Bry found that really interesting. The fact there is a right and a wrong answer, Bry didn’t mind being stuck, didn’t mind having to figure out the tricky stuff, found solving a difficult problem satisfying and a sense.
Is there anything within your job that keeps you questioning things about maths everyday?
All the time.
How much do you know about the imperial measurement system?
Started the imperial system by measuring bits of their body parts.
What are your thoughts on it?
Thinks it makes sense for the time, maybe makes more sense that dividing the circumference of the earth.
They’re valid but easier to use.
Annoying to use but doesn’t make it not valid.
Can you use maths?
You can’t do it, it just exists.
How to make people see the magic in everyday maths and numbers?
Imagining the maths drawn on everything as you go past.
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