Category Archives: Numeracy

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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Fractions worksheets

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 13/10/2013

Fractions – the bane of many a pupil’s, parent’s and – let’s be honest – teacher’s life. With the advent of the calculator, with the ability to do fraction calculations in a snap, I often hear the anguished cry of “what’s the point of this, why can’t I just use my calculator?” And it is, […]

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Fun, but infuriating!

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 25/09/2013

This is great fun! A really simple idea, well executed, this online game asks you a simple maths question and offers two possible solutions.  All you have to do is click on the right answer to get the next question and start progressing up the levels.  Get a question wrong, and its game over. But, […]

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Estimation

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 01/09/2013

In this world of spreadsheets, smart phones, apps and calculators, you may ask does anyone ever need to estimate an answer when, with a few clicks, they can have the exact answer? But the ability to estimate is as important as ever: mental arithmetic hasn’t gone away and the ability to get a ‘ball park […]

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