Maths Resources (page 35)

Part of the GCSE and A-level mathematics syllabus covers trigonometric identities and formulae which can be difficult to remember so here are some mnemonics to help you. Firstl...

Mathematics certainly has great uses in many applied fields such as Physics, Chemistry, but also Economics, Computer Science and many others. Basically we can find Mathematics everywh...

In this brief article I will discuss the challenges facing mathematically gifted and talented students in our secondary schools and at home. Many mathematically gifted and talented ...

FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES(See also the notes on recurring decimals, which can be a bit trickier.)We often use fractions, decimals and percentages interchangeably. We might s...

RATIOSRatios are very similar to fractions. We will illustrate the approach using an example.ExampleAli, Ben and Colin are aged 10, 12 and 16 years. They share £96.90 in the rat...

FRACTIONSFractions are numbers of the sort a/b (a divided by b) where a and b are whole numbers and a is less than b.You need to be careful how you manipulate fractions. Adding and su...

PRIME NUMBERSA prime number is a number whose only divisors are 1 and itself. In ascending order, the prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, etc etc.Note that by convention 1 i...

MEANS, MODES AND MEDIANSMeans, modes and medians are measures to help describe or summarise a group of numbers.A) The mean of a group of numbers is the average, calculated by adding ...

FACTORSThe factors of a number are all the numbers that divide into the number.ExampleFind the factors of 64.Start with 1, then 2, then 3 etc to see if it goes into 64. If it does, wr...

Benefits of Maths Tuition Strengthening a vital subject Maths is, along with English, one of the central and most important school subjects. At every level of education, a child’...