Maths Trip

Yesterday, 5th of December, we went on a trip to Rathbeggan Lakes, Co. Meath to learn about using maths in real life situations. It was mainly trigonometry and area/volume. We were given different problems to figure out. One of the problems was, we were given a bicycle and we had to figure out the difference in how far one turn of the pedal would carry the bike in different gears.The trip definitely showed how maths is used to solve real life problems. It was freezing beside the lakes, everyone had loads of layers on but it was still extremely cold! There were goats,ducks and geese all around the place. The people who organised the trip for us were really friendly and helped us when we needed help with the problems. After the maths, we went to Blanchardstown for lunch, my friends and I went to Eddie Rockets. We saw all the Christmas decorations around the shopping centre, it was great to be indoors after the freezing weather at the lakes.