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Mathematical StorytellingLaSalle MathsConf, 23 June 2018

Philipp Legner

Mathematics

Trigonometry

Radhanath Sikdar

Football

Roller Coasters

Roller Coasters

Cicadas

Cicadas

13 17

Carbon Dating

Carbon Dating

Age of the Universe

Age of the Universe

Monopoly

Roulette

Roulette

Red Black

RRB BRRRRR RBR BBR RBBBRB BBB

RB BRRR BB

Lottery

Divination

Transfiguration

Mathematics is full of stories!

History and Mathematicians

Science and Nature

Games and Puzzles

Fiction

Applications

Stories are great for teaching!

Get studentsexcited andmotivated

Make thecontent more

memorable

Show careers& applicationsthat use maths

Encourage students to

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DiscussionAny questions or comments?

What parts of maths do you findmost difficult to make exciting?

Let’s try to come up with newstories for those topics!