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9 – 1 Grade Boundaries

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 11/08/2017

As most readers will know, this year sees GCSE maths grading change from A* to E to 9 – 1.  There has been much speculation as to what the grade boundaries will be for each new level. The first (that I have found) to publish the grade boundaries are Cambridge, for their IGCSE and can be […]

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Maths Fail #5

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 10/08/2017

Ooops! A whole generation of youngsters could be scarred for life. Source   Related posts: Maths Fail Maths Fail #2 Maths Fail #3 Maths Fail #4

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Trust me, I’m a maths teacher

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 27/07/2017

There are two types of mathematicians (or 10 if you are into binary) – pure mathematicians and applied mathematicians.  I am firmly in the latter camp. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy solving a tricky trig problem, just for the sake of it, but it is applying maths to the real world that really […]

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The Sausage Sandwich Game

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 22/07/2017

Red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all – checking for bias at the BBC One of the great pleasures of a Saturday morning is being able to linger over your breakfast whilst listening to the wit and whimsy of Danny Baker on Radio 5. A highlight of his show is the sausage sandwich […]

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One in Eight (thousand)

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 02/06/2017

A warm Sunday morning in May. I’m up (too) early and heading off to my local football ground. Its cup-final day for the local youth leagues and I shall be officiating in a couple of games, first as an assistant referee, then I shall swap with the man in the middle who will be my […]

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