Maths Photo Competition
Maths inside is a photo competition open to primary and secondary school pupils living in Scotland.
Maths is part of our daily life but sometimes we don’t really think about it. Can you see the maths inside everyday objects? Can you see the maths surrounding us in the wild, in the city or through change? Can you see the maths inside?
Please send us a photo with the maths inside sticker on it to enter the competition. Your photo should be accompanied by a commentary explaining the maths inside. Participation can be individual or in small groups. Take a look at our prizes!
If you are under 16, you will need permission and help from your parents/carers/teachers to enter the competition. It is very easy, you just need to take a photo and follow the submission instructions with the help of an adult. Get in touch if you have any questions or read below to learn more. When you are ready click here to submit your photo!
Categories
You can submit your photos under one of the three following categories in my town, in the wild or through change — click on the images to see more details. If you wish to submit more than one photo and commentary, please note that we can only accept a maximum of three photos per entrant, one under each category.
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Submissions are now closed
We have closed submissions and extend a warm welcome to the prize ceremony on Saturday September, 15th held at the University of Glasgow School of Mathematics & Statistics (Level 1). Find us on google maps here: goo.gl/maps/LmihV7fcoKC2.
We welcome one and all — winners and runners up, relatives and friends, teachers, school staff and members of the wider public — come to the awards ceremony held at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Glasgow (room TBA). The ceremony will start at 11:30am on Saturday, 15th September. Light refreshments will be offered before the ceremony from 11am.
Winners will be notified by 7pm on Thursday September, 13th.
Submissions are closed
Submissions are closed, come back for Maths Week Scotland 2019!
Get the maths inside stickers and learn how to add them. Are you ready to submit? Then click here to go to our submissions page!
Last submission of new entries at 5pm on Wednesday, September 12th 2018.
Winners will be notified by 2pm on Thursday, 13th September.
Extended deadline: Last submission now 10pm on Wednesday, September 12th 2018.
Winners will be notified by 7pm on Thursday September, 13th.
We welcome one and all — winners and runners up, relatives and friends, teachers, school staff and members of the wider public — come to the awards ceremony held at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Glasgow (room TBA). The ceremony will start at 11:30am on Saturday, 15th September. Light refreshments will be offered before the ceremony.
Prizes & Winners
Photos and commentaries to appear here soon!
Category Winners
The winners in each category will receive a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- in my town winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Jaeger Heap (S1) with Measuring Yew
- in the wild winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Tom Lunan (S2) with Symmetrical Fruits
- through change winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Samantha Crawford (P1) with The weighing machine
Level Winners
The winners in each level will receive a £20 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P2/3 Banavie Primary with 5 star symmetry
- P4–P5 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Matthew Crawford with Reflection
- P6–P7 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Lucy McHale with Pine cones
- S1–S2 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Lili Davies with Windswept
- S3–S4 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Callum Gourlay with Charing Cross Glasgow
- S5–S6 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Eilidh Bell with Changing Scale and Perspective
- Eilidh Bell with Changing Scale and Perspective
Level Runners-up
The two runners-up in each level will receive a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Ruari McGowan with A new addition
- Thulelo McKilligan with A happy boy who loves to learn
- P4–P5 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Violet McLelland with Parallel line shadow
- Lily Grace Inglis with Change of socks
- P6–P7 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Andrew Thomson with Awesome Air planes
- JACK PATERSON with Maths in the rain
- S1–S2 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Cameron Gillespie with Algorithms in Action
- Nora Trew-Rae with A Mathematical Melody
- S3–S4 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Felicity Johnston with Flick’s Chicken Pi
- Isla Perris with The Forth Bridge
- S5–S6 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Hannah Laughlan with Sine and Cosine
- Niamh Friel with A Melody of Parallel Lines
IMA Prize for Best Commentary
With the generous support of the Scottish Branch of the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications (IMA), we are delighted to offer some additional prizes. The photo with the best overall commentary will receive a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- best overall commentary — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Ross J. Macgregor (S6) with 5th Link of Kepler’s Cosmigraphicum
Additionally, the best commentary in each level will receive a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Samantha Crawford with Stairs Challenge
- P4–P5 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Diego Cardinale-Gonzalez with Walking
- P6–P7 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- James Ross with Spirals in Nature
- S1–S2 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Lauren Roderick with Fireworks
- S3–S4 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Paul Connelly with Playing Card
- S5–S6 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Rebecca Lamb with Your Local Supermarket
The winners of IMA best commentary will show in their commentary connections between different areas of Mathematics, or will explain well new insights into our daily lives, new ways of considering familiar things, or communicate well and in appropriate detail the Mathematics behind their photo.
All entries will be automatically considered for these prizes.
Commended Entries
Commended Entries will receive a certificate.
- Diego Cardinale-Gonzalez (P5) with Pizza
- Oliver Sinclair (P5) with Scottish Reflection
- Hannah Speirs (P5) with Bike Rack Hexagons
- Kerr Cargill (P5) with Eggs and Soilders
- Kayleigh Moulton (P6) with Squares in a Circle
- Mohammad Armandzad (P6) with A Sea of Hexagons
- Heather (P6) with Gairloch Beach
- Eloise (P6) with Angles in the sky!
- P6 Hexagon Maths Group (Gartcosh) with Maths Inside Around Us
- Emily Williams (P7) with Third of the Way There
- Emily coull (S1) with Crochet
- Morvern Mair (S1) with Riverside Maths
- Abel Cotnoir (S1) with Archway Reflection
- Sean Grant (S2) with Mobile Phone
- Ava Church (S2) with The Butterfly
- Isla Perris (S3) with Autumn Tide
- Megan Smith (S3) with Concentric Circles in the Forest
- Andrew MacNeil (S3) with Auld Bata
- Domhnall Ryan MacNeil (S3) with Out at Sea
- Niamh Tully (S5) with Hexagon
- Kirsty Ryman (S5) with Sheep Speed
- Andrew Gilmour (S5) with School Building Reflected
- Rachel Donnelly (S5) with Patterns of Light
- Shona Mackenzie Gristwood (S6) with My Town
- Ewan Booth (S6) with Grid of shadows
- Rowan McIntyre (S6) with Math used to build the towns we live in
Commended Schools
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In the event of a group entry winning a prize, the prize will be split between the entrants.