The document discusses notable events that occurred on March 5th and provides information about World Maths Day which is celebrated annually on March 7th. It mentions that over 150 countries have registered over 1 million students to participate in math challenges for World Maths Day 2008. It also lists meeting times and statistics from previous math question answering events, and provides the website for World Maths Day.

1. Question: What is special about the 5 th March?

2. 1974 - Matt Lucas, English comedian

3. 1991 - Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson is banned from athletics for life after failing a drugs test for a second time.

4. 1991 - Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners.

5. 1998 - NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony.

6. 2008 - World Maths Day

8. Wikipedia February 2008 ‘ As of 1 March there are more than a million students from over 150 countries registered to take part in the 2008 event’.

9. Tuesday 4 th March pm

11. THURSDAY 28 TH Feb. 8.30am

12. Friday 29 th Feb. 8.30am

13. Friday 29 th Feb 12.30pm

14. Monday 3 rd March

15. Tuesday 4 rd March 8.30am

16. Average 10,000 questions correctly answered per evening. Last weekend 46,000 questions answered!!!

17. World Maths Facts Best school in Scotland? Best School in UK? Best School in Europe? Best School in the World? 50 th School in the World.

18. Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater. Albert Einstein www.worldmathsday.com