Maths Resources (page 17)

How do we work out the factors of a number, for example 20?Well, if we can imagine a rectangular window made up of 20 panes of glass, how many different ways can this window be constr...

Note, the article will be quite advanced. The concept of Peano Axioms are usually taught in university in discrete maths courses.Peano AxiomsMotivations and HistoryDuring the late nin...

Powerful Questions Can Help Children Remember Key Maths Concepts Academic research shows that rote memorisation and rehearsal alone are not effective in forming new memories. Thro...

Whist teaching in an Academy school in Birmingham, I was introduced to the mastery way of teaching Maths. The main principles are Mathematical ability can be increased through e...

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Prime numbers by definition only have two factors that is to say the number itself 1. Example of prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 but not 9 as there are 3 factors of 9 ie 1, 3, 9.So...

Clever Questioning Can Help Children Remember Key Maths Concepts Academic research shows that rote memorisation and rehearsal alone are not effective in forming new memories. Throu...

Pythagoras Theorem StatementPythagoras theorem asserts that In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is equivalent to the total of squares of the other two ...

An arithmetic sequence is a sequence where the first term is a and the difference between consecutive terms is constant and is called d.For example , if the first term a =11, d=3, th...

A circle with centre (m,n) and radius r, has equation(x-m)2 + (x-n) 2 =r2 A circle C has equation x2 + y2 -6x+2y -15=0The coordinate of the centre and the radius are:(x-3)2...