Category Archives: Teaching Tips

3n + 4 day

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 06/10/2013

Monday 7th October 2013 – 7 10 13 – is 3n + 4 day, a great way to start the teaching week! My classes will be writing the date in their work as 3n + 4. What else can you do with this date? You could ask some questions, like: When and what will be […]

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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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socks

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 30/07/2013

Mr. Mobius is a maths teacher. A very good maths teacher. A very good maths teacher who likes colourful socks. But he does have some rather, shall we say, odd ways. When he hangs out his colourful socks to dry he likes them to be hung on the line in a certain way. Not for […]

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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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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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