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Estimate the Percentage Game

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 12/07/2013

Estimate the percentage – a fun game, perfect for the interactive whiteboard. Suggested Rules Estimate the percentage of the circle that is coloured green. Write down your guess. Click the red “Answer” button to see the actual amount that is shaded in. Your score is the difference between your estimate and actual amount. The aim […]

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Maths Fail #2

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 10/07/2013

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Collecting Numbers

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 07/07/2013

 I’ve challenged myself to photograph the positive integers from to 1 to …! My rules: I can only take a picture of the next number, i.e. even if I see a great “27” I can only snap it once I’ve bagged “26” Each picture must be different from the number before it, i.e. I can’t […]

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2 7 13

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 02/07/2013

Another Prime Day! It’s the 2nd July 2013 – 2 7 13 – which makes it another prime day! All the individual elements of the date: 2, 7 & 13, are prime numbers and 2713 is a prime number, too! And for our American readers … And for those of you in America who insist […]

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Tablecloths, Triangle Numbers and Transformations

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 27/06/2013

On Tuesday I had a day out. The sun was shinning and Cardiff looked beautiful on a clear June day as I arrived at the University to attend a one day seminar “Enriching Mathematical Thinking” delivered by the UK Mathematics Trust It was a day dedicated to maths, and thinking mathematically. It was great fun. […]

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