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- category winners
- all winners & runners-up
- commended entries
- IMA best commentaries
- view entries per level: P1–P3, P4–P5, P6–P7, S1–S2, S3–S4, S5–S6
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Categories
The 2018 categories were in my town, in the wild, and through change.
in my town
Perhaps you’ve looked down and seen a glorious pattern tiling the floor of a local building, wondered at the maths behind a nearby bridge, or puzzled at the not-quite-parabola shape made by a chain hanging between fence posts?
Submissions to this category were taken in and around town, or celebrated the beauty of man-made objects!
in the wild
Have you seen some maths in the wild? Perhaps hiding in the space-saving honeycomb of bees, the symmetry of a starfish, or the fractal glory of Romanesco broccoli?
This category captured the wild side of maths in nature!
through change
The world evolves through motion and change all around us. Did you catch on camera these changes both large and small taking place? This category captured the season changing from summer to autumn, the flow of traffic through a junction, or maybe the mixing of coloured paints…
Category Winners
The winners in each category received a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- in my town winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- in the wild winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- through change winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
Level Winners
The winners in each level received a £20 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P4–P5 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P6–P7 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S1–S2 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S3–S4 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S5–S6 level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
Level Runners-up
The two runners-up in each level received a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P4–P5 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P6–P7 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S1–S2 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S3–S4 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S5–S6 level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
IMA Prize for Best Commentary
With the generous support of the Scottish Branch of the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications (IMA), the photo with the best overall commentary received a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- best overall commentary — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
Additionally, the best commentary in each level received a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate.
- P1–P3 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P4–P5 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- P6–P7 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S1–S2 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S3–S4 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
- S5–S6 best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
The winners of IMA best commentary showed in their commentaries connections between different areas of Mathematics, or explained well new insights into our daily lives, new ways of considering familiar things, or communicated well and in appropriate detail the Mathematics behind their photo.
All entries were automatically considered for these prizes.
Commended Entries
Commended Entries received 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