How well do you know your prime numbers? Challenge your friends to this Sporcle quiz!
Sep 262015
Sep 262015
Here is a great tool to show constructions on a computer or Interactive White Board.
http://mrreddy.com/geometrytoolbox
Sep 232015
Hopefully you already know how to change a fraction to a decimal.
For instance ²⁄³ =2 ÷ 3= 0.6666… This is a recurring decimal. But changing a recurring decimal back to a fraction is a little more complicated.
UK maths teacher have produced a great video on this.
If you prefer a written explanation Study maths have produced a good introduction of how to convert a recurring decimal to a fraction.
http://studymaths.co.uk/topics/convertingRecurringDecimalsToFractions.php
There is also an interactive worksheet to make sure you can do it.
Sep 232015
Here is a video from UK maths teacher explaining how to draw box plots.
Here is some practice from Transum to make sure you understand Boxplots. https://www.transum.org/Maths/Exercise/Box_Plots.asp?Level=1
Aug 032015
Watch how clever the parrots are at Longleat Safari Park.
Can you tackle these addition and subtraction sums within the 2 minute time limit? See if you can beat the parrot!
Aug 032015
Here are the highlights of the 2015 Mens Final.
Can you use your skills to answer the questions? They range from easy Entry Level to GCSE questions involving data handling, time, distance, speed and Pythagoras. There is a Scale Drawing task that is very good practice for Level 1 students.
The interactive version is here and the worksheet version is here.
Jul 142015
Set theory is making an appearance in the new GCSE syllabus for both Foundation and Higher. Here is a simple introduction from UKmathsteacher.
Jul 142015
In this exercise you will need to read the information from an Amey press release about the massive Streets Ahead contract. You will then use your skills to answer the questions. You can download a worksheet or use the interactive version here.
Jul 142015
Jul 142015
Many thanks to Mr Barton for this excellent quiz.
Jul 032015
Can you correctly answer the questions about this graph?
Try the interactive quiz or the worksheet.
There are two extra questions on the worksheet which are also below.
This table shows the number of fatal injuries by industry in 2014/15.
- Draw a suitable chart to display this data.
- Write two interesting facts that the graph shows.
Jul 032015
Here is a great quiz from karenjs231 on angles. Remember in GCSE there are often angles questions where 1 mark is for finding the right answer and the other is for explaining why, eg stating angles in an isosceles triangle add up to 180 degrees and 2 must be equal.
May 212015
May 212015
Fed up with your GCSE revision? Try these new quizzes. You’ll find lots of different topics. Beware, they are designed to catch you out! The authors have thought carefully about the mistakes you are likely to make. So when you get to the end of a quiz look carefully at the mistakes you have made and make sure you understand where you went wrong.
May 192015
In May 2015 the United Kingdom went to the polls. A Conservative Government was elected. The UK uses the “first past the post” electoral system. The country is divided into 650 constituencies. The candidate with the most votes from each constituency is elected.
Most other countries in Europe use various forms of proportional representation. This means that the number of MP’s for each party would be proportional to the number of votes that were cast for them. (There are many different forms of PR, but in this exercise, to keep it simple we are going to work out the number of MPs by dividing the vote for each party by the total vote and then multiplying by 650, which is the total number of MP’s in the House of Commons. )
First fill in the missing numbers in this table. You will need a calculator. Remember that to round to two decimal places you need to look at the 3rd decimal place. If this is 5 or more round the 2nd decimal place up. If it is less than 5 then ignore it. eg 34.349239=34.35 to 2dp. 2.983432909=2.98 to 2 dp.
If you got the first exercise correct I want you to illustrate your results with two pie charts. Use this table to work out the degrees for each party. You can draw them in excel or with a protractor and pencil.
If you would rather do this exercise using a worksheet download here.
Mar 282015
Mar 262015
Pythagoras Theorem states that the square on the hypotenuse of a right angled triange is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In algebra
a2+b2=c2
Here are some useful links for Pythagoras Theorem.
Why does it work? Read theProof
Video showing Pythagoras Theorem with water.
Pythagoras demonstration to the tune of Popcorn!
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The Best Pythagorean Rap ever!
Rock on Pythagoras
Oct 132014
A good game to practice your division skills.
Sep 172014
This video explains how you can make Sample Space diagrams to work out all the different possible things that could happen, and then work out the probability of different events.
Aug 202014
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This is one in a large series of short videos from NCETM showing how people use maths at work. See the others here.
