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title: "Count On"
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chunk: 1/1
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_On"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T12:04:40.803423+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathematical Year.
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Count On had two main strands:
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The website www.counton.org which won the 2002 BETT prize for best free online learning resource.
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"MathFests", which were maths funfairs held around the country, aimed particularly at those who would not normally come into contact with mathematical ideas.
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== Popularisation of Mathematics ==
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Count On and Maths Year 2000 were some of the first big Popularisation of Mathematics projects. Others are listed below.
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=== International ===
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World Mathematical Year 2000 [1]
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Statistics 2013 [2]
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World Maths Day (orig. Australian) - next one is 6 March 2013 [3]
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=== Australia ===
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World Maths Day[4]
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=== India ===
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National Mathematics Year[5]
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=== Ireland ===
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Maths Week Ireland [6]
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=== Nigeria ===
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National Mathematics Year
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=== Spain ===
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Matematica Vital [7]
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Paul Boron [8]
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=== United Kingdom ===
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Maths Year 2000 Scotland
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Maths Cymru (Wales)
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=== United States ===
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Steven Strogatz's blog [9]
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== References == |