Presenting...

THE KENTUCKY MATH CARNIVAL! 


Sponsored by the UK Math Department 

with a generous grant from the 


Registration is !



What does math have to do with magic?

How do you play Conway's game of Rational Tangles?



What does spaghetti have to do with the number pi?


Photos by M. Readdy

Learn more at the Kentucky Math Carnival!

When:  Saturday, April 29, 2023

10 am - 2 pm (two sessions)

Where:  UK Student Center Ballrooms 212 A and B

Registration (required) is here!

Free Lunch & Parking Included 

Travel stipends for out-of-county participants and schools


This fun and interactive math carnival is open to middle schoolers, their parents & teachers from the seven county area of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties.

This event is run by Professor Richard Ehrenborg & Professor Margaret Readdy, with assistance from graduate students Ali Asetri, Alvaro Cornejo, Allison Fitisone, Eric Burkholder, Lisa Reed, Ben Reese, Doel Rivera Laboy, undergraduate students Ehren Dolen and Noah Owen, and faculty Professor Russell Brown, Professor David Murrugarra and Professor David Royster, all from the UK Math Department.


UK Gatton Student Center:  Located at 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington KY 40508.  See map above.

Parking:  Free Parking in the Cornerstone Garage (Parking Structure #5). This is located between South Limestone, Upper Street and Euclid Avenue (also known as Avenue of the Champions). In this area these are one-way streets. Cornerstone Garage has an entrance and exit on South Limestone and on Upper Street. 

The University of Kentucky is the state's flagship, land-grant institution.  Established in 1865, its mission is to provide education and research on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the larger world around us.