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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Alex Bellos

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Can you solve it can you battle like a maths wizard | History Defined

Still from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Still from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Photograph: Cinetext/Warner Bros/Allstar

What do you get when you combine mathematics with debating?

You get a “maths battle”, an event for secondary school students in which two teams solve problems, present their solutions to each other, and are encouraged to pick holes in each other’s workings.

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