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By A Maths Teacher | Published: 12/12/2012

Wow – what a day! We wont see this for another 100 years – the 12th of December 2012 – 12.12.12 We’ve been spoilt! For the last twelve years we’ve had a special day every year, from 01.01.01 ’till today 12.12.12  and many other interesting dates in between like 10.11.12 but they’re going to get […]

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A Christmas Puzzle

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 06/12/2012

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me … You all know the song, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree etc. But what I want to know is, in total, how many gifts did my true love give […]

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Percentages of …

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 30/11/2012
10% Sales Tag - find 10% of an amount

  To find a percentage of any amount, start by finding 10% Finding 10% is easy – just divide the amount by 10 So, to find 10% of 120, all you do is 120 ÷ 10 = 12 So, 10% of 120 = 12 If we need to find 30% of an amount, we still […]

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BODMAS

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 23/11/2012
BODMAS

BODMAS – one of my favourite topics to teach. 2 + 3 x 4 Does it equal 20 or does it equal 14? We can’t have two answers to one question – that would cause all sorts of confusion! So, back in the day, mathematicians got together and agreed to BODMAS – the order in […]

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Numbers!

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 21/11/2012
The Number 5

Visualising Numbers We all see numbers differently, but I recently stumbled upon a great website for visualising numbers: http://www.datapointed.net/visualizations/math/factorization/animated-diagrams/ All non-prime numbers are made up of prime numbers – this is often called prime factorisation, in maths lessons we ask pupils to … “… write [some number] as the product of its prime numbers in […]

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