Author Archives: A Maths Teacher

Maths Vandalism II

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 17/11/2013

source Of course, maths teachers in no way condone vandalism, but I do like this! More maths vandalism here Related posts: Maths vandalism! If maths teachers wrote Christmas cracker jokes Maths Teacher Shortage! Has the PM been reading my blog?

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Another Prime Day

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 12/11/2013

13th November 2013 – 13 11 13: another prime day 13 and 11 are prime numbers and, even better, when you put all the digits together: 131113 you get another prime number. There’s only one more prime day like this until 2017, so enjoy it while you can! Related posts: Palindromic, Prime and Other Dates […]

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Palindromic, Prime and Other Dates

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 01/11/2013

November is upon us, and there are a few interesting dates to look forward to: Palindromic Dates: The 3rd November is a palindrome: 3 11 13 The same forward as it is backwards Prime Days: Lots of Prime Days this month, where each element of the date is a prime number: 2 11 13 3 […]

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Soldier’s Buttons

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 28/10/2013

Soldier’s Buttons – or how to add decimals OK – I’ll be honest, I’ve never had an original idea in my life, but I’m quite good at ripping off those that have gone before me. Many, many years ago, at a school far, far away, I arrived as a fresh faced Head of Maths. Rummaging […]

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Maths Product Problem

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 20/10/2013

Take the letters of the alphabet and assign them a numerical value: a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 etc. through to z = 26. So the word maths is made from the numbers 13, 1, 20, 8 and 19 and if you multiply them together you get 39,520. Can you find any […]

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