{"id":10849,"date":"2021-03-14T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:12:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:12:15","slug":"las-matematicas-son-divertidas-celebramos-su-dia-con-bmath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/las-matematicas-son-divertidas-celebramos-su-dia-con-bmath\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths is fun! Let\u2019s celebrate Maths Day with Bmath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In boboli, we love maths. Yes, we know\u2026 it\u2019s not the most normal thing in the world, but we can\u2019t help it. Today, 14th March, is the International Day of Mathematics<\/strong> and we want to honour it with the help of Bmath<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What is Bmath?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bmath<\/a><\/u><\/strong> is an app that helps us learn maths in a fun way on our own <\/strong>in just 20 minutes per day. It was created by three engineers to help children understand maths through logic and creativity rather than memorizing concepts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is being used in more than 690 schools.<\/strong> Games and challenges occupy a large part of the app as it talks to children in their language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that maths has always been around?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maths has existed from the very beginning of the history of humanity,<\/strong> although man didn\u2019t know it because all human reasoning was pervaded by magic and mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maths is a science that studies geometrical structures, numbers, forms and constructions. <\/strong>But we can also see it as a game, a language that connects us to everything around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 challenges for celebrating Mathematics Day. Will you join us?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have selected 4 maths challenges <\/strong>to celebrate this day with Bmath<\/a><\/u><\/strong>. Would you dare to solve them with us? You\u2019re bound to do well! Let\u2019s begin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Parking patterns<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this challenge we\u2019ll work on patterns. To do that, we\u2019ll visit a place we\u2019re very familiar with in our daily life, a car park. Maths is everywhere! A pattern is a sequence of elements<\/strong>, in this case, of numbers that are related to each other. This sequence can be expressed in innumerable ways\u2026 Power to the imagination!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenge we propose ([ ] \u2013 4 \u2013 [ ] \u2013 16) is particularly interesting for several reasons. In the first place, there are many different ways to get a right answer<\/strong>, but additionally for the same combination of numbers, maybe we can find more than one way of reasoning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few examples, but they\u2019re definitely not the only ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • 4 \u2013 4 \u2013 16 \u2013 16: we understand there\u2019s a pattern of 2 units that are repeated<\/li>
  • 2 \u2013 4 \u2013 8- 16: the previous number is multiplied by 2<\/li>
  • 1 \u2013 4 \u2013 9 \u2013 16: squared numbers 1 \u00d7 1, 2 \u00d7 2, 3 \u00d7 3, 4 \u00d7 4<\/li>
  • 1 \u2013 4 \u2013 9 \u2013 16: adding the previous number with an odd number 0 + 1, 1 + 3, 4 + 5, 9 + 7<\/li>
  • 8 \u2013 4 \u2013 12 \u2013 16: the Fibonacci series (addition of the 2 previous numbers)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    2. The combination of the safe<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    In this challenge we step into the shoes of a detective<\/strong> who has to discover the combination of a safe (4 numbers). Luckily, the owner is a little absent-minded and has left a written clue to remember the combination\u2026 that we can use!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If we were to give each digit of the combination an unknown variable <\/strong>we could say, for example, that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thousands = Blue = A
    Hundreds = Red= B
    Tens = Yellow = C
    Units = Green = D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To resolve the challenge we have to be very tidy<\/strong> and see what relations can be established between the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Blue is bigger than red\u2014 A > B<\/li>
    • Red is double yellow\u2014 B = 2C<\/li>
    • Yellow is less than green\u2014 C < D<\/li>
    • Green is half of blue\u2014 2D = A<\/li>
    • None of the numbers are repeated\u2014 A \u2260 B \u2260 C \u2260 D<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

       3. What\u2019s the height of the table?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      4. The challenge of the five queens<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      In this challenge we have 5 queens that we must place on a 5×5 chessboard.<\/strong> What\u2019s the maximum number of squares that cannot be attacked?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Remember the queen cannot reach them in one move. It\u2019s a chess piece that can attack in a straight line vertically, horizontally or diagonally. This is an exercise in logic and representation. <\/strong>Will you help us solve it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In boboli, we love maths. Yes, we know\u2026 it\u2019s not the most normal thing in the world, but we can\u2019t help it. Today, 14th March, is the International Day of Mathematics and we want to honour it with the help of Bmath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":2455,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_hide_before_page_content_ad":"","tinysalt_hide_after_page_content_ad":"","tinysalt_hide_page_header":"","tinysalt_advanced_classname":"","tinysalt_page_featured_media_position":""},"categories":[580],"tags":[606,595],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10849"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11121,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849\/revisions\/11121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boboli.es\/boboliland\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}