Author Archives: A Maths Teacher

Maths Fail

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 22/06/2013

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: Covid 19 stats, part 4 […]

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The Longest Day

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 21/06/2013

21st June 2013 – the Summer Solstice, the longest day. Druids, and others, have gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the day. Despite driving past Stonehenge on many occasions and, many, many years ago, climbing over the stones themselves (in those days you had un-restricted access to the monument. Today, you are kept a respectful, if […]

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Three Reasons to Love 121

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 16/06/2013

121 – One Hundred and Twenty One Here’s three reasons to love this number: Its a palindromic number – the same backwards as it is forwards It’s a square number – 121 = 11 x 11 = 112 It always reminds me of the mobile company 0ne2one which morphed into T-Mobile. one2one ran a great […]

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The Apprentice

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 09/06/2013

I don’t watch much TV, but the “Big Bang Theory” and “The Apprentice” are my two must see’s each week (and, as a treat, I do stay up and watch the first half of Question Time on a Thursday night. How sad is that?!) If you haven’t yet watched this week’s Apprentice then don’t. A […]

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Gove Levels Part II – Update

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

(and an apology) On Wednesday I wrote about the proposed new ‘I – Levels’ and I’m grateful to those of you that have been in touch with me to point out my error. It seems (and this would make sense) that all exams will be taken in June, with resits available only for maths and […]

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