FACT SHEET
MATHAMAZING
The Mathamazing exhibition shows visitors that maths can be fun and
inspiring!
Visitors can play and explore many different mathematic concepts through logic puzzles and interactive
exhibits. The Mathamazing experience will inspire visitor’s mathematical curiosity and confidence, and
build greater understanding of mathematical concepts.
The Data Gathering exhibit explores statistics and the different types of relationships between sets of data.
Enter your hair colour, age, or even pet preference on a screen, then take a reaction timer test and see
how your times compare to people with similar data to you. Are all relationships between groups important,
or are some purely coincidental?
The Mechanical Monkey will help you with your arithmetic. Move the monkey’s feet to numbers along the
baseline and watch the monkey’s hands reveal the answer to your chosen mathematical operation.
The Logic Goats exhibit is a playful exploration of logic gates, binary code and Boolean logic which are used
in signalling in electronic goods such as computers and transistors.
Mathamazing comprises 22 hands-on exhibits, which offer 29 educational maths experiences. Five floorbased Mega Maths Puzzles include a mixture of familiar and new puzzles to engage and intrigue visitors.
Can you find your way through the giant Step Maze, or solve the oversized but classic cube puzzle?
Mathamazing is aimed at visitors aged 12 years and older and aligns with the National Curriculum. The
exhibition explores many mathematical topics such as conics, topology, number theory, probability and
statistics, logic and problem solving
Mathamazing was one of Questacon’s original travelling exhibitions that toured rural and regional
Australia and parts of Asia for more than a decade. Due to its popularity, the Mathamazing exhibition has
been completely reinvigorated, combining fresh, new maths exhibit concepts alongside some favourites
from the original exhibition into 22 new exhibits.
Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, has been developing, building and touring
hands-on exhibitions for Australian and world markets for almost 25 years. The complete Mathamazing
exhibition consists of two highly adaptable modules which are specifically constructed to be easily crated
for shipping around Australia and the world.
King Edward Terrace Canberra
02 6270 2800
www.questacon.edu.au
Media enquiries:
0439 399 912
media@questacon.edu.au
Current as of November 2013 [12335]