Monty's Maths Map of London

On Day 2 we walked along the blue line. It's no wonder we were tired! See if you can use Google Maps to figure out how far we walked. Use Street View to remind yourself of some of the fantastic sights we saw.

You won't see 10 Downing Street like we did because Google's car wasn't allowed down the street!

Look at the distance we covered in 4.5 driving hours. How fast were we going?

Why did we take a different route home than we took to London? Which was shorter?

Our hostel! They have rooms holding 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, or 15 beds. What would be the average number of people in a room?

We couldn't see them from the street, but Hyde Park is FULL of ANGLES!

Think about what you know about some of these angles if they are in triangles, quadrilaterals, etc.

What about parallel lines?

This is the route we took to get out of London and travel to Bletchley Park. We passed close to the Home of Cricket at Lord's.

The Home of Cricket!

The highest test match score here is 729 by Australia - the lowest is 42 by India. What is the range of test match scores on this ground?

Estimate how many triangles there were on the roof of the Great Hall. Looking at photographs will help.

 

Look at the front of the museum and remember the words we discussed...

Vertical, Cylinder, Sphere, Triangle, Cuboid, Parallel, Rectangle, Pattern...

Look for maths all around you - it's incredibly easy to spot!

The museum receives 6 million visitors every year. It is free to get in, but they suggest a £4 donation (we saw the boxes by the entrance).

If HALF of the visitors made the donation, how much money would the museum take in a year?

There are 7 million objects in the collection here! If you spent just 5 seconds looking at each one, and didn't stop for food or sleep, how long would it take to see them all?

Can you remember the number of toilets there are in the stadium?!

The are 90,000 seats here - the 2nd biggest stadium in Europe. If the stadium was full and everyone paid £25 for a ticket, how much would the takings be?

What are the THREE purposes of the Wembley Arch?

There are 90,000 seats at Wembley and about 16,000 at Bloomfield Rd, Blackpool. How many times would Blackpool's ground fit inside Wembley?

It cost £750million to build Wembley. If there are 60million people in the country, how much did we pay each?

The London Eye has a diameter of 122m. What is the circumference of the wheel? What about its area?

Remember the estate agents we looked in here? One of the apartments had a rent of £3500 per week. How much would this cost you a year? How does this compare to the average wage?

Remember when I told you about Beyonce's recent spending spree of £90,000 in 90 minutes on Oxford Street? How much is this per minute? Per hour? Do you think you could manage this level of spending if you could afford to?!

You will see "Squares" all over London. It's pretty easy to see where the name comes from! Can you find any "Squares" that are not actually square?

It is claimed that one of the reasons that Bletchley Park is here is because it is equidistant (halfway between) Oxford and Cambridge. This would allow the best mathematicians to be recruited.

Zoom out and find the Oxford and Cambridge markers. What do you think about this claim?

A German bomb fell near Bletchley Park in the Second World War and the government feared their secret centre had been found. However, the Germans were aiming for the train station and missed - they knew nothing about Bletchley Park until the 1980s!

10,000 people worked here in wartime. Can you remember what fraction of them were women? Why were there more women then men? Was it because the men were fighting in the war?

Time for some maths words again! Use Street View (or Map View!) and look for examples of...

Cuboid, Perpendicular, Vertical, Circle, Parallel, Cylinder, Cone

Can you find more?
Is Trafalgar Square accurately named?

How far is it from Blackpool to London by road? RAC Route Finder will help you. Remember that all distances to London are measured from the plaque in Trafalgar Square!

This was our meeting point in Covent Garden. Many of the shops had summer sales. If a shirt costing £35 had a 20% discount, how much would it now cost?

Remember our hunt for prime numbers? Well look at the name of this road we walked down...

We were slightly damp when we arrived here :) Can you use Google Maps to work out how long the walk was from Piccadilly Circus?

We walked past here on our walk back to the hostel (remember all of the Rolls Royce cars?). Their top suite costs £5000 a night - how much would this be for a week long stay?

Remember Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine? We talked about him in the museum - use Google to find out more.

Can you remember what ERNIE was? What did it do? Where did it live?

This is the 5th most popular museum in the country. Find out what the others are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_visited_museums_in_the_United_Kingdom

How many have you been to?

Is it? What do we mean by "round"? Does it have to be circular?

Is it really?!