Changing the Subject
Up for free use is the following powerpoint, designed for middle grade Mathematicians, called “Changing the Subject” (Algebra basics). Download, enjoy and share. Changing the subject
Up for free use is the following powerpoint, designed for middle grade Mathematicians, called “Changing the Subject” (Algebra basics). Download, enjoy and share. Changing the subject
Well, there is more to this excellent video than just Imaginary Numbers; it also plots an excellent course through the history and development of Mathematics, complete with maps, etc. H3 gives it 5-stars, a Must View.
These Algebra Puzzles seem to crop up from time to time. However, if you are following the rules of operations (see BEMA post), the logic rules and the answer is easy. A reminder: B E M A means we solve in this order—Brackets first, then Exponents (or powers. There are none in this question); Multiplication/Division; […]
1) Algebra is Faster And Better Than “Basic” Math Just as multiplying two by twelve is faster than counting to 24 or adding 2 twelve times, algebra helps us solve problems more quickly and easily than we could otherwise. Algebra also opens up whole new areas of life problems, such as graphing curves that cannot […]
Eddie Woo takes his students on a cool math adventure with their calculators to find out the value of zero to the power of zero!
In a Level 2 Algebra Exam, held in New Zealand recently, students (and teachers) were flummoxed by some of the questions. Can you spot the error in this one? (Answer in Blog Support shortly)?
H3 was enjoying meeting up with Earl in Montana. Montana is Big Sky country and Earl has a big heart for helping students with their math – which is the subject we naturally focused on after a while (there was hay to feed to the horses and some garden crops to pick first). I mentioned […]
Mathway boasts that it “provides students with the tools they need to understand and solve their math problems. With millions of users and billions of problems solved, Mathway is the #1 problem solving resource available for students, parents, and teachers.” What does H3 think? Yes, this is a useful problem-solving tool and the graphical functions […]
Check out the sets of problem-solving questions on the NZMaths website. Copymasters are included and there are excellent problems for all levels, covering Algebra, Measurement, Geometry, Statistics, etc. Here is one example, from Level 2: “There are 2 pirates and 4 treasure chests on an island. The pirates have 1 small boat to take the […]