Maths16-19
16-19
Well done! You've made it through over a decade of compulsory education, and from now on it’s up to you to choose what you study. You've probably given some thought to your future career, and your choice of subjects is likely to be based upon what you intend to do after leaving school.
Got any ideas for Maths Careers?
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What's in a maths-based degree?
What degree to take at university is an important decision, and it can be a difficult one. Even if you know that you would like to do something related to maths, you still have to decide exactly what kind of degree it should be.
Maths in the workplace
This page offers a collection of videos illustrating how mathematics is used on a day-to-day basis in a variety of jobs.
Cube Puzzle winners and solution
The Cube Puzzle was a challenge brought to the Big Bang London courtesy of the MathsCareers Team.
Help me find …
If you’ve decided to continue studying maths after you leave school then you’ve already taken the first step on an exciting journey, but where will that journey lead?
What use is maths in getting a job?
What types of skills do employers look for? Problem solving, analysis, data handling and communication skills, to name just a few. These transferable skills are useful in any job, and you can get all of them from studying maths.
Statistically safe sex
You probably think that nothing could be further apart than sex and maths, but understanding the probability and statistics behind birth control will help you make informed choices about contraceptives and keep sex safe.
Needle in a world wide haystack
Web technologies are a growing and rapidly developing area to work in. Not only do they provide lots of interesting challenges to crack with problem solving skills, the solutions that are found make millions of people’s lives a little bit easier, and may end up as household names.
Design your own skate park
Creating a safe, stable environment with lots of potential for free-riding and tricks takes the input of a lot of skaters, and a fair amount of maths.
Juggling the numbers
How can three or more objects be kept in the air when you’ve only got two hands?
How to be statistically savvy
Comment is free; facts are sacred. You can’t argue with numbers - they tell it like it is. Or do they?
Keep a weather eye
The weather is one of the biggest external influences on human society, as well as providing the English with an inexhaustible topic of conversation. It is also extremely complicated!
Is it ever ‘only a game’?
What are the rules, and what’s the best strategy to win? Game theory has proved useful in many different fields today.
Do iPods really shuffle?
Switching to shuffle is a great way of changing up your playlist, but a random mix isn't always best.
A colourful problem
How many colours do you need to fill in a map? The answer is more complicated than you'd think...
How fast can we go?
As world records tumble, biologists use statistics to find the limits of human speed.
Close encounters of the mathematical kind
Could there be life on other planets? Astronomers created an equation to help us look for aliens.
Scalpel … forceps … maths
As medical science becomes more advanced, maths is a vital tool in medical studies, medicine design and imaging.
Football fixtures: what’s the score?
League organisers schedule more than 2000 football matches each season. That’s certainly going to take more than 90 minutes – even with extra time!
Solving crime with science and maths
Understanding probability can mean the difference between catching a criminal and convicting the innocent.
Taking Earth's temperature
Climate change is a serious threat, and the only way to know what we're facing is through statistics and simulation.
Selling the future
Financial derivatives could make calculus the most valuable thing you ever learn.
Maths in motion
From Call of Duty to Wallace & Gromit, animators apply their maths skills to bring characters to life.