Applications of Mathematics

The resources below have come from a variety of sources; they have been gathered to provide examples of the use of GCSE mathematics outside of the classroom.

Asterisked items contain exercises; italic items are on-line.
 

RESOURCES

Antenna*
2-page Word document.

Benford's Law*
(comprehension exercise) - 2-pageWord document.

Bibliography of printed (and some other) materials
1-page Word document.

Computer Science
12-page Word document.

JointMoments and Muscle Forces
2-page Worddocument.

Mathematical Modelling in Crop Growth*
(worksheet) - 5-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Economics*
(worksheet) - 7-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Gambling *
(worksheet)- 8-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Heredity*
(worksheet) - 8-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Insurance*
(worksheet) - 6-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Navigation*
(worksheets) - 11-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Populations*
(worksheets) - 19-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Tournaments*
(worksheets) - 14-page Word document.

Mathematical Modelling in Traffic Flows*
(worksheet) - 7-page Word document.

Mathematics and Railway Signalling
4-page Word document.

Mathematics in Communications Engineering*
(developed from Mission Improbable)
3-page Word document.

Mathematics in the Aviation Industry*
3-page Word document
(a 4-page Word document giving a critique of this resource is available).

Mathematics in the Electronic Systems Industry*
3-page Word document.

Mission Improbable
(probability in communications engineering)
19-slide Word presentation

National Air Traffic Services
8-page Word document.

Plus (mathematical magazine)
http://www.plus.maths.org.uk

Random Transmitters
(developed from Mission Improbable)
2-page Word document
(a 2-page Word document giving a critique of this resource is available).

Real-Life Examples in Medical Statistics*
2-page Word document.

Sports Measurement
4-page Word document.

Telemetry
9-slide PowerPoint presentation
with 1-page Word background document.

Tennis
(an example of mathematics in the news) - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=481351

Tractive Effort, Acceleration and Braking
(applications in the railway industry)
8-page Word document.

Trigonometry - Applications with Sources
(references to published material)
1-page Word document

Ventilation Systems
3-page Word document.