Become a Maths Boss: 25 Problems with Solutions

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This link takes you to the page with the past papers and solutions for the Junior Mathematical Challenge, which pupils up to S2 can take part in. These are tasks that involve creative, imaginative and thought-provoking ways to help learners of mathematics develop their fluency in important mathematical procedures. It looks like the fractions tool might also be useful for demonstrating bar modelling as you can instantly create and shade bars split into parts. The resources available include schemes of work, homework booklets, parental support, numeracy across the curriculum, projects, displays, games and puzzles and more. For example when teaching Hypothesis Testing it was useful to have a set of Binomial Hypothesis Testing questions from S2 that weren't mixed in with Poisson questions.

Drift Boss is a simple online game where you control a car and try to drift as far as possible without crashing. It is a “massive injustice” that some children are not taught by specialist maths teachers, the boss of government’s flagship maths scheme has warned. With subscribers like the Dara O’Briain, Hannah Fry, Matt Parker, James Grime, Rachel Riley and Adam McBride (and 3500 more!

The Scottish Maths Teachers Team was set up by Chris Gallacher to bring together all Scottish Maths Teachers so that we could share ideas and teaching resources. What it is : At the beginning of the school closure period in 2020, many schools moved all of their teaching to Microsoft Teams. There are skills booklets which you can print or project on the board, and there’s a PowerPoint with all the answers. There are resources at different difficulty levels (First Steps, Strengthen and Extend) and answers are available too.

What it is : This man does so much more for mathematics education in Scotland than just writing this newsletter, but the newsletter is a great place to start. This page lists recommended resources for teaching geometry and measure at Key Stage 3/4 organised by topic.When Pratik challenged her reasoning, she snapped at him, “Mujhe maths mat sikha (Don't teach me maths). To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It's not something I personally have used a lot, but it's something I know lots of teachers use with their classes.

A viewer also explained how, in a fraction, if the numerator is bigger than the denominator, the result is a number bigger than one. Stripp said people with the “qualifications, knowledge and understanding” to become a maths teacher have “lots of other choices of profession open to” them. I think getting the idea of people feeling it’s a really worthwhile thing to be doing and a way of using your skills in a very rewarding way. Stripp, also chief executive of charity Mathematics in Education and Industry, said there are “serious teacher shortages” in secondary maths, which is a “critical time” in children’s education.This book contains 25 difficult problems with full solutions, perfect for A-level further maths students looking for a challenge. It has over 200 lessons matched to GCSE specification references, each with examples, escalating practice exercises, misconceptions, and exam-style problems. Jo's Topics In Depth Posts are tremendous, and a very useful way for teachers to increase their subject content knowledge (what to teach) and pedagogical content knowledge (how to teach it).