MATHEMATICS ASSOCIATION OF TASMANIA 'S MATHS RELAY
The Tasmanian Maths Relay is a fun promotion for maths as well as incorporating some athletic aspects.
Your team of four gather outside and go to the reception to find out which table to go to. Then your marker for your team will take a seat in front of your table, not too far from your team. Your runner will then stand next to the marker for your team. You and your team will have 45 minutes to answer 20 questions ranging from money all the way to mass. The question got harder as you went on. The harder the question the more marks you got for each answer. When you have completed or passed a question the runner will bring you the new question and the next runner will stand next to the marker. Once the time is up, the marks will be counted and the team with the most marks will win. If multiple teams win, they will share the victory.
Before the relay started, we all felt a bit nervous but once we were in the room with our teams’ answering questions and having fun, that stress went away nearly entirely. Unfortunately, one of our teammates was unable to attend but we still had a good crack at it. Once the relay is finished, we felt relieved and proud of our efforts even though we didn’t finish all of the questions. We also felt happy for the teams that came first, second and third.





LPS Upper Primary Math Relay
Before setting up, the students who did the state relay had to answer the questions for the school relay and put them in order of easiest to hardest.
Those who went to the State Math Relay and a couple other students helped set up sixteen tables, each with three pencils and four or five pieces of scrap paper for the working out of the questions. All of the teachers were markers along with the people that went to the state relay and a couple chosen students from other grades. The students that were chosen to mark from other grades had to swap with other students when it was their turn to compete. After the grade 3/4 relay, all of the used paper had to be swapped with new unused scrap paper and the used paper was then recycled and the room was set up again, ready for the grade 5/6 math relay. Instead of the usual 45 minutes the school relay was only 20 minutes.




Here are some quotes from the students who participated in the math relay:
The Grade 3/4s Quotes
“It was really fun, you can do it with your teammates and have a good time.”- Charlotte
“You got to make new friends and it was really fun.” - Emily
The Grade 5/6’s Quotes
“I was intimidated at first but once you got used to it, it was fun.”- Xavier
“It was pretty fun but tricky at the same time.” - Riley
Congratulations to all students to participated in the Tasmanian Mathematics Association of Tasmania Relay and our school relay!
By Bill & Curtis