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Doctor Who and the Doctor Who and the problem of the problem of the

famous famous mathematiciansmathematicians

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Carol’s Sodoku Problem

Carol Vordeman needs help! Howard Gans, an American architect, has set her a

Sodoku problem. He invented Sodoku in 1960, although he called it Number Place.

Please help Carol, so that she can free herself and go with Doctor Who to help

the other mathematicians!

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Audience Quiz

Solve this Sodoku puzzle: 1 4

4 2

11

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson at Daresbury, Cheshire, England, in 1832, he was educated at Rugby and Oxford, took orders in 1861, and was a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church College, Oxford, from 1855-81 when he resigned to devote his life to writing under his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.

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Charles Dodgson found a way tocalculate which day of the week anydate, past or future, falls on. This soonbecame a famous algorithm.

The Doctor has used the algorithm to find our what day of the week Rose Tyler was born on. He has left you his notes.

PLEASE help Charles Dodgson find out what day of the week he was

born on.

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Audience Quiz

Try a different Charles Dodgson puzzle. By changing just ONE letter at a time change the word PINK into BLUE in nine moves.

P I N K

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……….

……….

……….

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B L U ETry it – or be EXTERMINATED!

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Leonhard Euler and the asteroids.

It is 1727 and in Basle in Switzerland Leonhard Euler is pacing the floor. Once again he cannot sleep. Help the Doctor solve his problem.

You too AUDIENCE!

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Al Khwarizim the father of Al Khwarizim the father of algebraalgebra

Muhammad ibn Musa al-KhwarizmiMuhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmiwas born sometime before 800 A.D.was born sometime before 800 A.D.in an area not far from Baghdad andin an area not far from Baghdad andlived at least until 847. He wrote alived at least until 847. He wrote abook called Al-jabr wa'l muqabalabook called Al-jabr wa'l muqabalafrom which our modern wordfrom which our modern word"algebra" comes. Al Khwarizim is"algebra" comes. Al Khwarizim issometimes called as the father ofsometimes called as the father ofalgebra.algebra.

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Audience QuizAudience Quiz

7x + 10 = 10 x = 5

42 = 7x 14 x = 0

14 = 2x + 9 x = 8

3x 4 = 14 x = 2½

Match the ends and put these dominoes in a line

Beware the Slitheens!

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Simon Singh is a mathematician

of our day.

However, as a boy he was always interested in cracking codes – he loved to study the Enigma machine, the code machine from World War IIHe cannot crack this code, and he is getting more and more anxious. He needs to complete it soon as he has a new job with Captain Jack at Torchwood

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Audience quiz The labels on the cases of our adventurersThe labels on the cases of our adventurers

are in code. Can you identify which labelare in code. Can you identify which label

belongs to each traveller?belongs to each traveller?

Simon

Tyler

Lewis

Carol

Dr Who

Euler

NDHJI

ZPGZM

OTGZM

YMRCJXVMJG

GZRDN

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Tangrams

Legend states that a servant of a Chinese emperor was carrying a ceramic tile, extremely expensive and extremely fragile. The servant tripped, shattering the tile.

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HELP!!!

Simon, Rose, Carol and Captain Jack have been captured by the Daleks. Only

YOU can release them by using the Tangram pieces to key in the code 1728

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Audience quizThe Doctor is not sure if he has the correct code!

He knows the digits are 1728

but he is not sure of the

order

How many different arrangements can you find using the

digits 1, 7, 2 and 8?

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Have a safe journey homeHave a safe journey home