News NUI Galway Host Team Maths Regional Competition

The School of Education, NUI Galway are proud to host the Team Math Quiz for students from second level schools from the catchment area.

The Irish Mathematics Teachers' Association (IMTA) Galway Branch are organising the Regional Rounds and the Quiz will be held on Friday January 24th at 7:30pm in Block E, South Campus, NUI Galway.

Team Math is a table quiz for teams of 4 students from Leaving Cert year with questions based on the Leaving Certificate higher level syllabus. This competition has been a long running activity of the Irish Mathematics Teachers' Association with local and regional competitions organised since 1991.  The first national final for the quiz was held in Trinity College Dublin in 2005. 

The Irish Mathematics Teachers' Association is one of the longest established teacher subject associations, having been founded in January 2nd, 1964 – the inaugural meeting was in Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.

The IMTA run and support a number of maths competitions for students throughout the year such as Peters Problem, The Pi Quiz and The Junior Maths Competition.

NUI Galway are proud to host the Team Math Quiz again this year and look forward to welcoming many local and regional schools!