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World Children’s Day is usually an understated affair in our country. And its motto ‘for every child, every right’ is hardly taken seriously by our leaders. This year was no.
Hafsa Khan – a Grade 9 student at Zoya Science School, Nala Khudadad – is our national Pi champion. Her record is reciting Pi correctly from memory to 800 digits in less than four.
Measuring the Earth’s circumference
Opinion
December 24, 2020
At a time when quantitative skills are vital for dealing with the pervasive use of data in our daily lives, the need for a vision of vibrant, relevant mathematics has never been greater.
Preparing our children for their future calls for fresh thinking about mathematics teaching and learning. The topic addressed by the 52nd National Seminar of the Pakistan Mathematical Society held last Saturday was, therefore, both topical and timely: how to promote mathematics in our schools.
The main presentation was on measuring the Earth’s circumference using high school mathematics and how this makes the subject interesting and practical for young children and is a good way to promote mathematics. It showed how the Earth’s circumference was measured in one Zoya Science school, and described the activities it spawned, such as using mnemonics (poems, posters, songs) to help even younger children of primary classes to learn