There are just so many instructional videos for Mathematics and they can really help you understand a topic you are learning at school. It is also a great way to hear a different voice than your own teacher’s every day! Head to YouTube or TeacherTube and type in the topic you are doing in maths […]
Yes, we are back on the mountain and trying to work out the speed of our skiers. We remember (from a Math lesson a long time ago) that Speed = Distance/Time. It was given to us in a triangle, something like this: To use this triangle, simply put your finger over the letter you are […]
The Rule of Pythagoras for right-angled triangles is a core part of most Junior High School Maths courses. It states that the area on the longest side (the hypotenuse) is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides: Pythagoras didn’t use algebra to express this theorem, of course. Algebra wasn’t developed […]
This site offers you a really useful 1-stop shop to look up what those confusing mathematics words mean:
Not the best quality lesson on gradients but some students find it helps them remember the main concepts (from youtube and just over 2min):
Like the guy below who got stuck on the fairly simple maths problem we sometimes get confused with the terms that are used in our high school maths courses. Here are the common ones: sum = + (add up) difference = – (subtract) quotient = division (another great Latin word!) product = multiply
Give yourself a minute to figure this one out, or phone a friend! Click on the image above to see what happened!
When July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays it is called money bags. This year, July 1st is on a Sunday. When did the pattern above last occur?
OK, wise student of Mathematics. You may be chuckling to yourself after another class and saying something like, “These stupid area questions! I’ll never have to worry about area.” Then you find yourself working for a grass company who have been contracted to lay grass inside a large cathedral. “Humbug“, you might add, “I’ll never […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2009) — research from Vanderbilt University has found students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. The findings offer teachers new insights on how best to shape math instruction to have the greatest impact on student learning. Full article here!
