Maths Resources (page 50)

Born with a Maths Brain - Power or Poison? Is talent inborn? The belief that it is forms the backbone behind fears of inadequacy in areas of music, sport and a common area of strug...

Three-year-old Evonne loves going to preschool. She enjoys challenging activities and does not give up when things get tough. Evonne is a keen learner and talks to her teachers about ...

When studying for your GCSEs you have a great deal of stress and worry to overcome because of the number of subjects that you have. Not only do you have to navigate through all of the...

The purpose of this essay is to examine how a student's understanding of number systems evolves from primary school, through secondary school and beyond. I recently observed a lesson...

Well, one half-term has finished and there are roughly five weeks to go until the end of the current term. It has been an interesting first six weeks as I have seen seven students dec...

Prime numbers are numbers which can only be divided by themselves and by one. The first few prime numbers are: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17 and 19. They are sometimes called the building blocks...

"What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul" - Joseph Addison Today it is solely the art and development of education, that we human beings are capable...

Pfft, what`s the point of trigonometry anyway? I`m never going to use this!!! While that may be true, maths is so much more than just numbers and circles. To me, maths is a way o...

Could Infinity be a "side-effect" of mathematics and have no relevance with reality? Here`s the thought process: Counting numbers and saying they go off until infinity makes comple...

There have been many articles written and studies conducted on the differences between short- and long-term memory. Short-term memory - also known as working memory - is what allows u...