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FIFA Ulti-Maths Team
The Maths department at Dunclug these comparisons link so neatly was, rather predictably, the high-
College decided to jump on-board back to the types of maths they est rated player on the team.
the FIFA bandwagon this year, by have been using in the classroom.
Mr Kelly was said to be rather dis-
launching our own Ulti-Maths Pupils had the opportunity to in-
appointed with his statistics, but
team. So many of our pupils in- vestigate how mean, median and
he has had an injury-plagued sea-
vest a lot of time in the computer mode could be applied to these
son.
game, without actually realising types of numbers. The FIFA no-
how much maths is involved. We ticeboard became a great conver-
used the data to provoke discus- sation piece as pupils marvelled at
sions about how players and our teacher stats, and disputed
teams can be compared, and how many of the ratings! Mr Crooks
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