Maths Resources (page 28)

As we go further into the 21st century, technology has become more and more advanced. This has in turn heralded a shift from traditional face to face business to an increasingly onlin...

We are now only a few months away from pupils sitting exams under the new GCSE grading system in English language, English literature and maths. So let’s remind ourselves why the...

Wendy Jones is a trustee of National Numeracy and a former BBC education correspondent.The story that emerged last week of 17 million adults having such poor numeracy skills t...

The most famous fractal is called the Mandelbrot Set, after the Polish-born mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot. To construct the Mandelbrot Set, consider the following sequence of number...

Exchange rate questions are a special type of conversion factor question, involving converting one currency to another eg dollars to pounds, euros to dollars etc.ExampleIf £1 = ...

Many IB students find themselves uncertain where to go with the exploration. They have spent many years answering closed exam questions in Maths, where there is a clear correct answer...

IntroductionThe customers have been complaining that the ounces in the bottle are less than 16. There are reasons that could be leading to this and the manager has decided to invest...

Part 2It is of the nature of mathematics that its field of operation is very narrow, but that within this field one is tied by a strict logical regime the forms of reasoning encount...

How important is teaching of MathematicsIt is a remarkable fact that, in almost every country, mathematics occupies a central place in the school curriculum. At the level of primar...

It is a remarkable fact that, in almost every country, mathematics occupies a central place in the school curriculum. At the level of primary school, there is general agreement on ...