Maths Resources (page 29)

Surds have always troubled mathematicians and students alike. The square root of lets say 5, does look rather ugly, and that`s why we have to learn how to manipulate them to try to ma...

In real life, we rarely get given an equation to solve - we often have to derive it from a problem which is expressed in plain English rather than mathematically. For example, conside...

A linear equation is an equation involving one unknown, often denoted by x, and one or more numbers (the linear part of the expression means that there are no power terms ie no x2 , x...

I`m fascinated by students misconceptions because the most common ones are repeated over a long period of time and across a wide geographical area. With reverse percentages questions,...

"Sir, why do we have to learn Algebra?This is a familiar and repetitive question that is unfailingly asked at least once a term by pupils. It is a question that is often asked by pare...

As a student of GCSE or A level, you will come across many times to solve problems related to `straight line` topic. These problems could be either in subject of Mathematics or Physic...

The format of GCSE Maths has recently changed to a grading system of 1 to 9 (as opposed to A*-E). Grades 8 and 9 are equivalent to the current A* grade, whilst grade 7 is eq...

“I was never any good at Maths.”  How often have you heard somebody say this? From a wide range of ages, school children to adults not just those who struggled wi...

Let D, F ⊂ R be some sets of real numbers. Definition 1.1. A function f : D → F is a rule which assigns to every x ∈ D exactly one real number from the set F which...

There has been a lot of discussion on the new maths GCSE grading system which was taught for the first time starting last year and will be first examined next year. The new grades wil...