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A cute angel

Many years ago I set a test and one of the questions asked the pupils to Draw an acute angle and I received many correct answers: an angle between 0 and 90 degrees. But one student drew me a wonderful picture, like the one above, of a cute angel. An easy mistake to make, and […]

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Maths Fail #2

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Maths Fail

Saw these ten math(sic) fails … and was reminded of this: … that I found last year. It can be quite tricky, this maths stuff. (Don’t worry Argos – I’ll be singing your praises in a week or so when I introduce my readers to the “Argos Game”) Related posts: Massive Maths FAIL Maths Fail […]

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