Maths With Zombies

Maths is boring, right? Well … yes, especially when it’s all about how long it takes train A to pass train B given their relative speeds. So, so boring and not exactly relevant to real life, is it? The thing is, it needn’t be this way. Maths problems can be made both much more interesting and more relevant to everyday life. How? By adding zombies! Zombies make everything better and, of course, as we all know, one day there will be a zombie apocalypse. When that happens the maths problems in this book are the ones you’ll need to be able to solve if you want to survive in a world where the dead walk again …

…This is the world of Maths With Zombies. Enjoy!

1. The Reload Problem

2. The Hit And Miss Problem

3. The Fuel Crisis problem

4. The Viral Spread Problem

5. The Hungry Zombie Problem

6. The Injured Friend Problem

7. The Rapid Fire Problem

8. The Quick Draw Problem

9. The Food Supply Problem

10. The Disappearing Zombies Problem

11. The Fork In The Road Problem

12. The Prius vs SUV Problem

13. The Amputation Problem

14. The Zombie Abundance Problem

15. The Out-running Your Friend Problem

16. The Wall Problem

17. The Tank vs Motorcycle Problem

18. The Zombie Horde Problem

19. The Containment Zone Problem – Part I

20. The Containment Zone Problem – Part II

21. The Vaccination Program Problem

22. The Recruitment Problem

23. The Big Freeze Problem

24. The Six Bridges Problem

25. The Colourful Hat Problem

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While the problems provided here are copyright of Maths With Zombies, if you are a teacher, you can use any of these problems for free in your classes – but please credit Maths With Zombies as the original source (e.g. Downloaded from MathsWithZombies.wordpress.com). A link to a PDF of each problem can be found at the bottom of each page.

If you do use any of these problems in a class, please post a comment at the end of any problems you use to let me know how you used it and how it was received by your students. These problems cannot be used for any commercial purpose without express written permission.

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From the author of For Those In Peril On The Sea, a tale of post-apocalyptic survival in a world where zombie-like infected rule the land and all the last few human survivors can do is stay on their boats and try to survive. Now available in print and as a Kindle ebook. Click here or visit www.forthoseinperil.net to find out more. To download a preview of the first three chapters, click here.

To read the Foreword Clarion Review of For Those In Peril On The Sea (where it scored five stars out of five) click here.