• Question: How did you get into maths?

    Asked by 765putk28 to Jake, James, Pete, Senga, Simonne on 3 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Senga Robertson

      Senga Robertson answered on 3 Nov 2017:

      Hi 765putk28

      I must admit I am mainly a scientist but quite a lot of maths can come in to the work I am doing. For example, working out how much of a chemical I need to add to a mixture for it to be the right dilution (imagine if you added too much or not enough Robinsons squash to water…it would be disgusting….that’s why it’s important I get my chemicals right as I use them for plant food where I work, if it’s not right the plants wont like it at all). I also use maths and coding to work out what the results of my experiments mean.

      I actually didn’t do a lot of maths at university, some statistics classes but that was about it. My highest maths qualification is a B in Higher maths that I got when I was in 5th year/ year 11.

      Senga 🙂

    • Photo: Jake Langham

      Jake Langham answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      I guess this question is mainly for me. I wasn’t really that interested in maths until the end of secondary school, though I did like solving puzzles and playing board games like chess, which are similar to maths. I liked figuring out the really complicated parts of maths at school and then when I got to university I realised it was *way* more fun and interesting than I thought it would be.

      But I think in the beginning, really the reason I liked it was because it was difficult and made me think.

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