Maths Resources (page 8)

Sample question:Here is an example of a question which could come up in an Oxford interview. Normally, what happens is that the interviewer will begin with an easier question and then...

Here is a question:Find the 32nd term of the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21.... 1. Find the difference between the numbers So 11-6 or 21-16 will give 52. 5 is the difference so we have the ...

Trigonometry is the study of the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles, and the ratios between the lengths of the sides.A Triangle has three sides – and depending...

The Fibonacci sequence, named after Leonardo Fibonacci, is a series of numbers that starts with 0 and 1, with each subsequent term obtained by adding the two preceding terms. U_n+1 = ...

Consider n unique books arranged on a bookshelf. To arrange the books on this bookshelf, there are n books that can go in position 0, on the very left of the shelf. In the next positi...

1 GEOMETRY: equations of lines and graph plotting. a Find below an empty y-valued table for random x values: x -4 -2 0 2 4 y - - - - -i Fill the table with the corresponding y v...

We must find a function f(x) = y such that dy/dx = 1/x .Firstly, treat dy/dx as a fraction, because it is (it is just a small difference in y over a small difference in x). Raising bo...

You can work our the nth term to a sequence by finding the zero term as follows :As an example , using the below sequence: 3 , 9, 15, 21, 27 …….The difference between the ab...

INTRODUCTION.Students who have improved their numeracy are equipped with mathematical knowledge, abilities, behaviours, and attitudes that allow them to tackle issues in a wide ran...

I discovered the unlikely relationship between mathematics and music during my 2nd year of university, where I was presented with the opportunity to write an essay about any mathemati...