Maths Week Scotland
26 September - 2 October 2022
Maths Week Scotland is a celebration of the importance of maths in our everyday lives.
Enjoy events and activities across Scotland, and find out about the maths in everything from solar flares to robots.
We're planning a series of special events throughout the year so follow the hashtag #MathsWeekScot and also our Twitter to keep up to date with the latest news.
Maths Week every week!
Check out our ideas and inspiration for school and home and celebrate maths every week!
Ideas and Inspiration

Pin your school on the map!
Become an official Maths Week Scotland school and tell us how you plan to celebrate!
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Latest News
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Do you have what it takes to be a code breaker?
Test your problem-solving skills and try to crack the secret messages using clues in the brand new Codebreak challenge.
Created by the Open University Code Break is an interactive web app consisting of three ciphers: Pigpen, Caesar and simple substitution (solved by frequency analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages.
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Our #MathsWeekScot 2021 highlights
Maths is everywhere in the world around us. You've helped demonstrate in wonderful ways the world of maths in everyday life on Twitter and here are just a few of our highlights from the week!
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Maths Inside Winners
On Saturday 30 October the Maths Inside Award Ceremony celebrated all participants and announced the winners of this years competition. Take a peek at the winning entries and get inspired for next years competition!
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Calculating climate change on Scotland’s coast
Maths underpins science and allows societies to better understand and predict change, risk and ways to make the world a better place. Alistair Rennie from Nature Scot tells us how a few simple measurements and calculations can be cleverly scaled up to understand how our coastlines have changed over the last 140 years, and how they may change under different climate scenarios over the 21st century.
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#ShowYourWorking 2021 - We asked, you told!
In the run up to and during Maths Week Scotland 2021, we’ve been encouraging people from all walks of industry to get involved in our #ShowYourWorking campaign and show off how they use maths in their roles and demonstrate the importance of maths in a whole range of potential future careers for Scotland’s young people.