Summer Dazed? Use Maths-Whizz!
The long summer holidays will soon be upon us. But those endless warm afternoons of childhood may conceal a hidden menace – stupidity (aka ‘summer learning loss’).
Read the whole postNumber lines in arithmetic
According to the Maths-Whizz Teachers’ Resource dictionary, a number line is: “a line that shows numbers ordered by magnitude from left to right, or bottom to top.” Pretty simple? Yes, and then again, no.
The number line can be a powerful beast.
Dividing Fractions – demystified
Pop quiz – what’s one half divided by one quarter? Stuck? OK, it’s 2.
“What?” I hear you cry, “But that doesn’t make sense. We’ve divided something small by another small thing, that should make an even smaller thing, surely.” And, of course, you’d be wrong.
Maths Lectures from Gresham College
The God of Whizz came across the Gresham College YouTube channel earlier today, featuring some interesting clips from a lecture by cosmologist and Gresham College Geometry professor, John Barrow, on everyday maths.
Read the whole postPies and Pi – the hidden formula
Pi is a wonderful, fabulous, and famously irrational number. It even knows when you’re hungry, as the below mathematical equation amply demonstrates. As comedy maths puzzlers go, this one is a little forced, but nevertheless fun to share. I confess it took The God of Whizz a few goes to figure out that Pi = [...]
Read the whole postParents struggle with their children’s homework – Becta
More than 80 per cent of parents struggle with their children’s homework, and more than half actually make homework worse for their children, according to research by our favourite Educational Tech organisation – Becta. Tim Muffett of BBC Breakfast interviewed students and teachers at north London’s Anson Primary School, which has a novel solution to [...]
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