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This Brilliant Triangle Took Me Over 10 Minutes to Solve!

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This activity is intended to help you get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. Consider spreading screens out over the course of several days or using this activity all at once. Inspired by and with gratitude to Julia Anker, Howie Hua, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, and Sara VanDerWerf.

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A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

Topics: Starter | Fun | Mixed | Puzzles | Vocabulary

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Note to teacher: Click the button below to regenerate another version of this starter from our database of Maths words. You can use this starter many times and a new puzzle is created each time.

While not a primarily a mathematical activity as such, this word search does promote the familiarity with the chosen vocabulary. You can let the computer randomly select mathematical words from the database or you could type in words associated with the topic the pupils are currently studying.

For example you may want your pupils to become more aware of the names of the platonic solids (cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, and tetrahedron) or the order of operations (brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition and subtraction).

You may want to print off the word search in advance of the lesson if pupils find it doing this sort of activity from the board.

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Teacher, do your students have access to computers?
Do they have iPads or Laptops in Lessons?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC, a Surface or a Mac, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

Here a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments.
Transum.org/go/?Start=June23
Here is the URL which will take them to an interactive word search.
Transum.org/go/?to=wordsearch

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If you run or want to run a Maths Art enrichment club, then these instruction sheets for a number of different constructions might be useful. More to follow...

Finding an origami fold that can be completed by novice origamists from Year 7 upwards can be tricky! So here are a few folds that I have tried in Origami Club and have proved popular.

Origami Crane (Editable Word | PDF)

Origami Penguin (Editable Word | PDF)

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Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access scientific journal written by scientists and reviewed by a board of kids and teens.

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Why you should consider a mathematics EE by Paul Jackson

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Here are some mathematical activities that will help you appreciate the origins of Mathematics.

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MATHS ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

Pupils are encouraged to continue their learning during the holidays. Research indicates that by the end of the long summer holiday pupils perform, on average, one month behind where they left off in the spring.

Here are some suggestions for activities that will keep children thinking mathematically while having fun and

learning new skills.

Click on an activity to see the resources that are free to use either alone or with parents and friends.

School Work

Be specific about the work you do so that it closely matches your school curriculum.

Work your way through this curriculum map to find the topics you have been doing at school.

This is the document that lists all of the Maths concepts pupils study in school up to Year 11.

If you know exactly what maths activity you are looking for you can search for it here:

Full List Of All Fun Maths Activities

If you find an activity that interests you click on one of the small pictures to go directly to the details of that activity.

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Test your understanding of some general mathematical facts with this self marking quiz.

You can earn a trophy if you get at least 7 of these questions correct.

This is Maths General Knowledge Quiz level 1. You can also try: Level 2 Level 3

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Level 1 - Mathematics general knowledge questions created for upper Primary, lower Secondary and Junior High School pupils.

Level 2 - Mathematics general knowledge questions created for upper Secondary and High School students.

Level 3 - Mathematics general knowledge questions created for adults (or resourceful students).

Exam Style Mixed questions in the style of exam paper questions. Worked solutions are available for Transum subscribers.

Answers to this exercise are available lower down this page when you are logged in to your Transum account. If you don't yet have a Transum subscription one can be very quickly set up if you are a teacher, tutor or parent.

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Most of the resources on this site are offered free and it is hoped that learners of Mathematics around the world will enjoy and benefit from this website. Transum is designed for teachers (Primary or Secondary) and upper Secondary/High school students.

Transum is conceived, designed and maintained by me, John Tranter, and has been growing steadily since 1997. I have a background of over thirty years of teaching Mathematics in the UK and abroad and most recently I have worked for fifteen years as an Assistant Principal at one of the largest British International schools in South-East Asia. Roles have also included Head of Mathematics at three different schools and Senior Teacher Consultant (Mathematics) for Birmingham Local Education Authority.

I spend most of the week doing something to improve the website. You can see the very latest resource to have been added or changed on the Breaking News page.

Please contact me by email if you have any suggestions, observations or questions. It really makes my day to hear from people using the resources. Thanks.

My story of creating digital Maths resources avtually goes back to the 1980s. If there is anyone reading this who has been in the profession (in the UK) for a long time they might remember the SMP textbooks. I wrote sets of programs, available on floppy disks, to support these texts. You may have even used 'Recap Revision', 'Green Gleenings', 'Yellow Yarns' and others whos names I forget!

I have now retired from full time work but this project keeps me very busy - in an enjoyable way. The wonderful thing is, with my laptop, I can update the site from wherever I am in the world which suits my love of travelling. In fact a number of interactive activities have been written at 30,000 feet, from a seat in the exit row (need room for the laptop) of a wide-bodied plane.

From the outset, I wanted to make the resources and interactive activities on Transum to be free to access for all. Though I have a UK background I wanted the website to be used by learners around the world, including those with little financial support. I do however have costs keeping the system up and running. It is for that reason there are some adverts on the site but more importantly I ask that those who can aford to do so please support Transum by paying for a subscription. Thanks very much in anticipation.

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It seems there is nothing new in Mathematics (at school level at least) and many of the ideas for activities are adaptations of ideas that have been around for years. I would like to thank all the people who have knowingly (or not) contributed inspiration for something that has been developed on the site. To all the colleagues I have worked with, to the authors of the books I have read, to those who share on Twitter or Reddit and to the huge number of people who have left comments on this site I express my gratitude and say THANK YOU.

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Comment recorded on the 14 September 'Starter of the Day' page by Trish Bailey, Kingstone School:

"This is a great memory aid which could be used for formulae or key facts etc - in any subject area. The PICTURE is such an aid to remembering where each number or group of numbers is - my pupils love it!
Thanks"

Comment recorded on the 6 May 'Starter of the Day' page by Natalie, London:

"I am thankful for providing such wonderful starters. They are of immence help and the students enjoy them very much. These starters have saved my time and have made my lessons enjoyable."

Comment recorded on the 19 November 'Starter of the Day' page by Lesley Sewell, Ysgol Aberconwy, Wales:

"A Maths colleague introduced me to your web site and I love to use it. The questions are so varied I can use them with all of my classes, I even let year 13 have a go at some of them. I like being able to access Starters for the whole month so I can use favourites with classes I see at different times of the week. Thanks."

Game 1

A pupil stands with his or her back to the screen and the teacher selects a word (Click the button above)

Members of the class give clues so that the person with their back to the screen can guess the word

Game 2

If a large screen isn't available the teacher could select a word and a pupil could come up to the teacher's computer to read it.

This pupil then gives clues to the rest of the class to guess the word. Whoever guesses it first is the next to be the clue giver.

Game 3

Pupils are divided into two teams.

One member of each team stands with their backs to the screen and the teacher selects a word (Click the button above).

The two teams take turns giving their team member a clue to the mystery word. The first team member to guess the word wins a point for their team.

Game 4

Play as the party game "Charades". No talking allowed.

Game 5

A pupil stands with his or her back to the screen and the teacher selects a word (Click the button above)

The pupil asks the rest of the class questions which they can only answer "Yes" or "No". The pupil attempts to guess the word with the minimum number of questions.

E.g. "Is it a shape?"

"Have we seen this word recently?"

"Is the word associated with probability?"

"Does it have less than five letters?"

Game 6

Pupils could play the games suggested above in pairs if they have at least one computer, laptop, iPad or similar between them.

Word Difficulty

The categories of Easy, Medium and Hard need explaining. The previous version of this application had the facility for teachers to vote on each word that was randomly selected from our database of 559 mathematical words and phrases. The votes indicated how suitable the teachers thought the words were for this game.

After collecting over 85000 of these votes we have arbitrarily divided up the database in to three sections accordingly. You will probably find some words are not in the category that you would put them in so we suggest you just skip those words and go on to select another.

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Is math discovered or invented? - Jeff Dekofsky

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Four friends A,B,C and D on a hike approach a thin wooden bridge. Because it is very dark, they need to carry a torch, and can only cross in pairs.  Each time a pair crosses the bridge, someone must return to the other side with the torch. All four friends must cross the bridge. The time needed by each friend is:

A: 1 minute

B: 2 minutes

C: 5 minutes

D: 8 minutes

Find the fastest time you can for all four friends to cross the bridge.

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Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

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Celebrate themed mathematical activities on these special days

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Your classroom has been visited by a giant wookiee. He has left only his hand print on the white board.

Estimate the length of his hand without measuring it.

Based on this make an estimate of the wookiee's:

Height;

Shoe length;

Weight;

Thirst (number of litres of fluid drunk each day).

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Extension 1

Find and simplify an expression for \(A - B \)

$$A = r_1(d_1+d_2) - r_1d_1 $$ $$B = r_2(d_1-d_2) - r_2d_1 + r_1d_2 $$

Extension 2

How many planets are in our solar system?

How many Stars are in our Galaxy (the Milky Way)?

How many galaxies are in the universe?

What might someone be trying to achieve if they multiplied those numbers together?

Extension 3

Draw a Star Wars object using the Graph Plotter.

The lines of your drawings should be parts of graph lines. You can specify where the line begins and ends by specifying a range of values for either \(x\) or \(y\) in curley brackets. Here are a couple of examples.

A vertical line segment:

$$x=2 \{1 \lt y \lt 5\}$$

A semicircle:

$$x^2 +(y-5)^2=4\{y \lt 5\}$$

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Star Wars Day Game

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Star Wars Day Challenge

Shapes in the Stars

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A Maths Bot from a galaxy far, far away.

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Your classroom has been visited by a giant wookiee. He has left only his hand print on the white board. Estimate the length of his hand without measuring it. Based on this make an estimate of the wookiee's: Height; Shoe length; Weight; Thirst (number of litres of fluid drunk each day).

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Expand your collection of hexagons to block your opponent

© Transum Mathematics :: This activity can be found online at:
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Take it in turns to select hexagons which change colour to blue or red depending on which player has selected them.

You can then, in turn, select more hexagons which are adjecent to the most recent hexagon you selected. You will gradually build up a block of hexagons in your colour.

The objective of the game is to block your opponent. If your opponent has no more free hexagons to choose from (adjacent to the last oine they chose) then you are the winner and can claim a trophy.

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1. This type of number is the most important to factor.

2. Twelve inches.

3. Letters representing numbers.

4. Three squared.

5. Nothing with a belt.

6. An angle less than right.

7. A regular polygon with interior and exterior angles equal.

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1. An all round perimeter.

2. An American government polygon.

3. Powerful numbers found in fishy places.

4. This sum is mixed up alott.

5. A selfish average.

A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

Topics: Starter | Mixed | Puzzles | Vocabulary

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This crossword puzzle was created by Transum with EclipseCrossword. Try it today - it's free! If you create a suitable Maths crossword, send us the word list "ewl" file and we might include it here for all to share.

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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops? This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments:

Transum.org/go/?Start=June15

However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below.

Here is the URL which will take them to an interactive version of this crossword.
Transum.org/go/?to=Crossword

Here are two revision Maths crosswords to print.

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This type of number is the most important to factor. Twelve inches. Letters representing numbers. Three squared. Nothing with a belt. An angle less than right. A regular polygon with interior and exterior angles equal. An all round perimeter. An American government polygon. Powerful numbers found in fishy places.

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This Starter is called Refreshing Revision because every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions.

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Walk, Trail and Path (Graph Theory / Network)

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Alphabetical list

Airport Security: The old lady has a misconception about conditional probability [Topic(s): probability]

Algebraic Product: Finding the value of the expression is easier than you think! [Topic(s): Algebra]

Angle Thinking: Find the range of possible angles, x, for which tan x > cos x > sin x [Topic(s): Trigonometry Inequalities]

Average Cycling Speed: Work out the average speed of two journeys. The obvious answer is not the correct answer. [Topic(s): Average speed]

Back To The Factory: Find all the numbers below 1000 which have exactly 20 factors [Topic(s): Factors, Possibilities, Prime, Number]

Barmy BIDMAS: A misleading way of stating the answer to a simple calculation. [Topic(s): BIDMAS Factorial]

Bertrand's Box Paradox: Bertrand's box paradox is a paradox of elementary probability theory, first posed by Joseph Bertrand in 1889 [Topic(s): Conditional probability]

Best Dice: Which of the unusual dice would you choose to give you the best chance of winning the prize? [Topic(s): Probability]

Biased Coin: Use a biased coin to obtain a fair result [Topic(s): Probability]

Car Inequalities: Solve three simultaneous inequalities to find how many cars I own. [Topic(s): Inequality, Inequalities, natural numbers]

Catering for a Function: Find f(x) given f(x-1). [Topic(s): Functions]

Charging Rhinos: Find the easy way to solve this kinematics problem involving a fly and two rhinos. [Topic(s): Speed Distance Time]

Cheryl's Birthday: Use a process of elimination to work out the correct date from the clues given. [Topic(s): Logic]

Coordinate Distance: Find k given that(-2,k) is 13 units away from (10,9) [Topic(s): Coordinate Geometry, Quadratics, Coordinates]

Cos 10 Equals p: Find the trigonometric values in terms of the given value, p. [Topic(s): Trigonometry]

Cuboid: Find the dimensions of a cuboid matching the description given [Topic(s): Measures]

Curved Angles: How many right angles are there in a semicircle? [Topic(s): Angles]

Difference Cipher: Find the mathematical word from the cipher [Topic(s): code, cipher, number]

Divisible by 11: Can you prove that a three digit number whose first and third digits add up to the value of the second digit must be divisible by eleven? [Topic(s): Algebra, Place Value]

Double or Half?: At ten percent change per day is doubling achieved faster than halving? [Topic(s): Percentages]

Eight to the Unknown: Solve the equation using the laws of indices [Topic(s): Indices]

Exceeds by 99: Find the number whose double exceeds its half by exactly 99. [Topic(s): Algebra]

Exponential Trigonometry: Find, in degrees, all eight of the solutions to the given exponential, trigonometric equation [Topic(s): Exponents, Trigonometry, Angles]

Fence Optimisation: Find the length of a rectangle enclosing the largest possible area. [Topic(s): Differentiation Calculus Optimisation]

Fermi Problem: The classic Fermi problem using standard estimation techniques [Topic(s): Fermi, Estimate, Standard Form]

Find The Radius: Find the radius of the circle from the small amount of information provided. [Topic(s): Geometry Trigonometry Algebra]

Four Fraction Division: Explain why the answer to a series of fraction divisions is a whole number. [Topic(s): Fractions]

GDC Challenge: Produce the given graph on a graphic display calculator [Topic(s): Graph]

Geometry Snack: Find the value of the marked angle in this diagram from the book Geometry Snacks [Topic(s): Angles, Geometry]

Grandmother: How far would grandma have travelled after a suitably large number of days given her walking regime? [Topic(s): Sequences and series]

Hands Together: The hands of a clock are together at midnight. At what time are they next together? [Topic(s): Angles, Speed]

HCF and LCM given: If given the HCF, LCM can you find the numbers? [Topic(s): HCF, LCM, Factor, Multiple]

How Many Left Handers?: Work out the number of members if the probability of left-handed members being randomly selected is given. [Topic(s): Probability]

Hundred and Fifty Percent: Divide 110 into two parts so that the larger part is 150% of the smaller part. [Topic(s): Percentages Ratio]

Index Equation: Solve x squared equals sixteen to the power of x [Topic(s): Indices]

Is it a Number?: A mathematical object is a number if it ... [Topic(s): Number]

Key Eleven: Prove that a four digit number constructed in a certain way will be a multiple of eleven. [Topic(s): Number, Proof, Algebra]

Log Perfection: Determine whether the given statements containing logarithms are true or false [Topic(s): Logarithms, Logs]

Logarithm Equation: Solve an equation containing logarithms with different bases [Topic(s): Logarithms, Logs]

Maximum Product: Two numbers add up to 10. What's the largest possible product they could have? [Topic(s): Optimise Differentiate Calculus]

Multiple of sum of digits: What number is six times the sum of its digits? [Topic(s): Number]

Nine Digit Numbers: How many different nine digit numbers are their that contain each of the digits from one to nine? [Topic(s): Number]

Other Child's Gender: What is the probability that the other child is also a boy? [Topic(s): Probability]

Paper Ratio: Calculate the ratio of the sides of an A4 sheet of paper without any measuring. [Topic(s): Ratio]

Paper Surprising Perimeter: Find the perimeter of a folded sheet of A4 paper as described in this short video. [Topic(s): Perimeter, Surds, Ratio]

Parallel Graphs: Determine from their equations which of the straight line graphs are parallel and perpendicular. [Topic(s): Graphs, Coordinate Geometry]

Penny Bags: Can you place 63 pennies in bags in such a way that you can give away any amount of money (from 1p to 63p) by giving a selection of these prepacked bags? [Topic(s): Puzzle, Binary]

Perennial Rivals: Which football team will be first to win four games? [Topic(s): Probability]

Permutable Functions: Find pairs of functions that are commutative under composition. [Topic(s): functions]

Piece of String: Find where a piece of string should be cut to form a circle and a square of equal areas. [Topic(s): Equations, Problem Solving]

Pizza Slice: A problem which can be solved by considering the areas of a triangle and a sector of a circle. [Topic(s): Mensuration, Area, Trigonometry]

Product of Indices: Find the product of the unknown indices that feature in two equations [Topic(s): Indices, Logarithms]

Quad Midpoints: What shape is created when the midpoints of the sides of a quadrilateral are joined together? [Topic(s): Geometry, Proof, Vectors]

Restrained Flea: How many different places could the flea find itself after 8 foot-long jumps either north, south, east or west? [Topic(s): Loci, Combinations]

Reverse Connection: Find a general rule for the difference between a two digit number and that same number with the digits reversed. [Topic(s): Algebra, Place Value]

Rice on a Chess Board: How many grains of rice are on a chess board if each square has twice the number of grains as the previous square. [Topic(s): Sequences and series]

Rich or Poor?: An interesting outcome of percentage increase and decrease [Topic(s): Percentages]

Road Connections: Design roads to connect four houses that are on the corners of a square, side of length one mile, to minimise the total length of the roads. [Topic(s): Calculus Trigonometry]

Rope Around The World: Imagine a long rope wrapped around Earth's equator - One metre longer than it needs to be. [Topic(s): Circles]

Same Series Sum: Find an arithmetic series and a geometric series that have the same sum of the first five terms. [Topic(s): Sequences and series]

Same Three Digits: Find ex pressions which contain indices and evaluate to numbers containing the same digits. [Topic(s): Puzzle, Indices, Problem Solving]

Seventeen Camels: Explain the mathematics of the classic ninteenth century fraction sharing story. [Topic(s): Fractions]

Simplify: Simplify an algebraic fraction [Topic(s): Indices]

Single Fraction: Simplify an expression involving fractions, exponents and a square root. [Topic(s): Fractions, Indices, Roots]

Speed Circles: Find the diameters of the circles in the corners of the square. [Topic(s): Mensuration Circles]

Sphere Hole: Find the volume of the remaining part of a sphere after a 10cm cylindrical hole has been drilled through it. [Topic(s): Volume, Mensuration]

Square in Rectangle: Find the area of a square drawn under the diagonal of a rectangle [Topic(s): Algebra, area, similar triangles]

Square Root of 1%: What is the square root of one percent? [Topic(s): Root, Percentage]

Tan 22.5: Find an exact value for tan 22.5° without using a calculator. [Topic(s): Trigonometry]

Tansum: Find the sum of the tangents of angles on a straight line. [Topic(s): Trigonometry]

Temperature Sum: Can you explain why 0 oC + 0 oC does not equal 64 o F [Topic(s): Addition, Scales, Proportional]

Test Scores: Explore the misconception that when adding fractions you add both the numerators and the denominators [Topic(s): Fractions]

Three Right Triangles: Calculate the lengths of the unlabelled sides of these right-angled triangles. [Topic(s): Similarity]

Transum Tonic: What is the largest number of bottles that it is not possible to buy if they come in packs of 6, 9, and 20? [Topic(s): Multiples]

Tri-Junction: A real life situation that can be analysed with the use of a tree diagram. [Topic(s): Tree diagrams, probability]

Triangle or Quadrilateral: Can a quadrilateral have a straight angle? [Topic(s): Shape Angle]

Trig Blot: Find all the measurements of the given triangle. [Topic(s): Trigonometry]

Two Equals One: What is wrong with the algebraic reasoning that shows that 2 = 1 ? [Topic(s): Equations Algebra]

Two Pots: Use tree diagrams to find the surprising result that probabilities of different situations are the same. [Topic(s): Probability Tree Diagrams]

Two real numbers: The sum of the reciprocals of two real numbers is -1, and the sum of their cubes is 4. What are they? [Topic(s): Simultaneous Equations]

Unfinished Game: Share the prize in a fair ratio according to the probability of each player winning. [Topic(s): Ratio, Probability]

Unlucky Seven Eleven: Follow the instructions to multiply a chosen number then explain the result you get. [Topic(s): Number, Place Value]

Venn Graphs: Type the equation of a graph into each section of the Venn diagram. [Topic(s): Graphs, Functions, Venn Diagram]

Victorian Times Comparison: Is 10! larger or smaller than the number of seconds in six weeks? [Topic(s): Product, factors, factorial]

Vowel Code: How many ways can you create a code for the vowels by assigning to each vowel a different vowel? [Topic(s): Codes, Permutations]

Weather Reports: Which five different integers multiply together to give 12? [Topic(s): Prime Factors, Negative numbers]

What Question?: Write down all the possible questions that could have been asked if this was the Venn diagram provided in a mathematics exam. [Topic(s): Probability]

X Divided by 2Y: Why do different calculators not agree on the order of operations? [Topic(s): BIDMAS Substitution Calculator]

Zero Even: Prove that zero is an even number. [Topic(s): Proof]

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Test your understanding of fractions with this ten question, self-marking multiple choice exercise.

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A mathematical vocabulary game inspired by TV's famous Blockbusters programme suitable for pupils in Secondary or High schools.

Instructions

Players take it in turns to click on letters in the hexagonal tessellation above. A clue will be given for a mathematical word beginning with the chosen letter. The player has to spell the word correctly to win that hexagon.

Hexagons claimed will change colour; red for Player 1 and blue for Player 2. The winner is the first player to claim a continuous path of hexagons from their arrow to their target.

In the case of neither player being able to create a path between their arrow and target a draw is declared. You could decide to declare the winner as the player that has claimed most hexagons bearing in mind that there are an odd number of hexagons so Player 1 would have a slight advantage.

Answers

Answers are available when you are signed in to your Transum subscription account. If you do not yet have an account and you are a teacher, tutor or parent you can apply for one by completing the form on the Sign Up page.

A Transum subscription also gives you access to the 'Class Admin' student management system, downloadable worksheets, many more teaching resources and opens up ad-free access to the Transum website for you and your pupils.

See Transum's ever-growing collection of Vocabulary lesson starters, activities, exam-style questions and and investigations.

Suggested

Square Pairs Game

A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a square number.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=sqpg

Suggested

Dump-A-Dice Race

An online board game for two players involving prime and square numbers and making choices.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=dumpdice

Suggested

Dice Bingo

Choose your own numbers for your bingo card. The caller uses two dice and adds the numbers together.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=bingo

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Free Parking

Free Parking

Instructions

The object of the game is to become the wealthiest player through buying and renting property and answering multiple choice mathematics questions.

Players take turns to roll two dice and move around the playing board the number of spaces indicated by the sum of the two dice. Whenever a player lands on an unowned property they may buy that property at its given price. If any other player then lands on that property they pay the owner the indicated rent.

If a player's funds fall below £0 they will be declared bankrupt and be out of the game.

This game is for two to four players. Please select:

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Click on the circle that you think contains the correct answer.

You will also be able to create a Pentransum question each time you answer 20 questions correctly. You will be awarded a Transum virtual trophy when you have answered 50 questions correctly.

Here is your topic profile showing the questions you have so far answered:

Pentransum is designed for individuals or pairs of students to work on together. It can also be used as a whole class activity with the teacher projecting this page onto a whiteboard and students indicating their answers by:

writing their answers on mini whiteboards;

using Student Sign to show their answers*;

hand straight up if they think the top answer is correct, hand slightly up and to the left if they thing the left answer is correct and so on.

* To use Student Sign tick this box to show the letters a - e in front of each of the possible answers.

The solutions to this and other Transum puzzles, exercises and activities are available here when you are signed in to your Transum subscription account. If you do not yet have an account and you are a teacher, tutor or parent you can apply for one by completing the form on the Sign Up page.

A Transum subscription also gives you access to the 'Class Admin' student management system, downloadable worksheets, many more teaching resources and opens up ad-free access to the Transum website for you and your pupils.

There is also a set of ten-question multiple choice exercises based on particular Maths topics.

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MATHS ACTIVITIES TO START THE YEAR

It's the start of a new school year. You have a new class that you have not taught before and you really want to make a good start. Do you get straight into the scheme of work or do you spend the first lesson laying down the law? Do you have a good idea of what the pupils already know or is it still one of the great unknowns?

This page contains some suggestions, some resources to help you create a good impression and establish a good culture for learning.

Introduction

Setting out the basic rules for learning and the Dos and Don'ts of the classroom.

Produce A Display

Activities that will produce beautiful displays for those empty walls. Many more ideas here.

Start the Scheme

Let's not waste any time and get straight into the scheme of work for the year.

If you find an activity that interests you in the panels above, click on one of the small pictures to go directly to the details of that activity.

In adition to all of the mathematics resources do you have your administration systems ready for this class? Transum subscribers have access to a system that allows them to create class pages in which they can store the names of the pupils in the class and then easily access many of the administrative tools they need.

Online Markbook :: Printable Classlists :: Seating Plan
Random Name Picker :: Trophy Recording Chart
Online Lesson Plan Creator
Online Student Notes :: Report Writer

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Working out the winning strategy will strengthen your ability for mathematical reasoning.

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Above are a selection of games, some old, some new, which have provided countless hours of pleasure for people all over the world. For each of them there are strategies for playing the game to beat your opponent. Click on one of the pictures above to find out more about the games. It is only when you start playing the games that the strategies become evident.

One excellent game suitable for pupils of a wide range of ages is called Remainder Race. It is very effective as an alternative method of practising basic numeracy skills but it also lends itself to strategy development.

This game is an adaption of The Royal Game of UR which gets its name from two game boards which were found in tombs in Iraq by Sir Leonard Wooley, who was carrying out excavations in the ancient city of Ur in the 1920s. The two boards date from before 2600 BC.

The Royal Game of UR original board photographed at the British Museum by Transum in April 2018

A Babylonian tablet written in the ancient cuneiform language describing the game was discovered by Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum in London. The tablet dates from 177-176 BC.

Photographed by Transum in April 2018

The game board and the instructions on the Babylonian tablet are displayed in this cabinet in gallery 56 of the museum.

Photographed by Transum in April 2018

There are a couple of other board games derived from the Royal Game of Ur on display at the British Museum in London. Here is an ivory senet board with a drawer for storing the glazed gaming pieces.

Photographed by Transum in April 2018

The photograph below shows another variation of the game. The British Museum describe the item as follows: Ivory gaming box, 1250-1050 BC. This ivory gaming box was used to play a game similar to the Egyptian 'Game of Twenty Squares'. Board games on Cyprus were enjoyed by all classes, and crossed cultural boundaries. The box was buried with a wealthy inhabitant of a major trading and manufacturing town near Enkomi in eastern Cyprus. The carving style is a mix of Canaanite, Egyptian and Aegean motifs, showing the cosmopolitan nature of Cypriot society at this time.

Photographed by Transum at the British Museum in April 2018

Transum's Remainder Race differs from The Royal Game of UR in a number of important ways. Determining the number of squares to be moved as being the remainder of a division calculation is specifically included as a required skill for this educational activity. Although the game board is the same shape as the ancient version, requiring the exact number to finish the game is not a feature of this version.

You might also be interested in our Maths Games.

Another item on display at the British Museum is this black-figured amphora (storage-jar) showing Ajax and Achilles playing a game resembling backgammon. The jar is Greek and made in Athens around 520 BC.

Photographed by Transum at the British Museum in April 2018

Games were popular with Egyptian kings around 3000 BC. First Dynasty kings were buried at Abydos with everything needed to make their huge tombs luxurious palaces for eternity. This limestone board, carved in the shape of a coiled serpent, was for playing mehen, the snake game. Two teams, with up to six players, raced marbles around the snake from tail to head and back again. From a tomb painting, we know the game also involved ivory figurines of lions. Many were found with retainers buried near the king, and might mark their owners as favoured gaming partners. Playing mehen was not merely entertainment: victory at the game symbolised success in the afterlife.

Photographed by Transum at the British Museum in April 2018

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Can you get all four across the river safely?

Only the man and at most one other item are allowed in the boat for each crossing. Only the man is able to operate the boat. Do not leave the goat alone with the carrots or the wolf unsupervised with the goat.

The solutions to this and other Transum puzzles, exercises and activities are available here when you are signed in to your Transum subscription account. If you do not yet have an account and you are a teacher, tutor or parent you can apply for one by completing the form on the Sign Up page.

A Transum subscription also gives you access to the 'Class Admin' student management system, downloadable worksheets, many more teaching resources and opens up ad-free access to the Transum website for you and your pupils.

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Can you get everyone across the river safely using only one boat and satisfying the conditions of travel?

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Your classroom has been visited by a giant wookiee. He has left only his hand print on the white board.

Estimate the length of his hand without measuring it.

Based on this make an estimate of the wookiee's:

Height;

Shoe length;

Weight;

Thirst (number of litres of fluid drunk each day).

Topics: Starter | Enlargements

How did you use this starter? Can you suggest how teachers could present or develop this resource? Do you have any comments? It is always useful to receive feedback and helps make this free resource even more useful for Maths teachers anywhere in the world.
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Answers

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Extension 1

Find and simplify an expression for \(A - B \)

$$A = r_1(d_1+d_2) - r_1d_1 $$ $$B = r_2(d_1-d_2) - r_2d_1 + r_1d_2 $$

Extension 2

How many planets are in our solar system?

How many Stars are in our Galaxy (the Milky Way)?

How many galaxies are in the universe?

What might someone be trying to achieve if they multiplied those numbers together?

Extension 3

Draw a Star Wars object using the Graph Plotter.

The lines of your drawings should be parts of graph lines. You can specify where the line begins and ends by specifying a range of values for either \(x\) or \(y\) in curley brackets. Here are a couple of examples.

A vertical line segment:

$$x=2 \{1 \lt y \lt 5\}$$

A semicircle:

$$x^2 +(y-5)^2=4\{y \lt 5\}$$

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Curriculum Reference

Star Wars Day Game

Don't Shoot The Square

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Star Wars Day Challenge

Shapes in the Stars

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It is too good to be inside so don't let a timetabled Maths lesson prevent you from enjoying the great outdoors. Get out and enjoy the sun, fresh air and the rich environment where Maths really happens. Even if the weather is not perfect you could dress up warmly and brave the elements.

Being outdoors gives you a lot more space to involve the pupils in mathematical ideas. They can take measurements, conduct surveys, model mathematical concepts or play big style maths games.

Below you will find some ideas to get you started but please let me know if you come up with a great idea worth sharing.

Finally, if it's hot remember to guard against the strong sunlight and drink plenty of water. If it's cold keep moving! Enjoy.

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Math AA - analysis and approaches resources

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Here is an eclectic collection mathematical activities from Transum which all have a loose Easter connection.

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MATHS ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

Pupils are encouraged to continue their learning during the holidays. Research indicates that by the end of the long summer holiday pupils perform, on average, one month behind where they left off in the spring.

Here are some suggestions for activities that will keep children thinking mathematically while having fun and

learning new skills.

Click on an activity to see the resources that are free to use either alone or with parents and friends.

School Work

Be specific about the work you do so that it closely matches your school curriculum.

Work your way through this curriculum map to find the topics you have been doing at school.

This is the document that lists all of the Maths concepts pupils study in school up to Year 11.

If you know exactly what maths activity you are looking for you can search for it here:

Full List Of All Fun Maths Activities

If you find an activity that interests you click on one of the small pictures to go directly to the details of that activity.

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How To Play

The aim is of the game is to rearrange the tiles so that they form a Christmas picture.

You can move a tile only if it is next to the empty space. Click on a tile to move it.

This is Transum's version of the classic 8-puzzle or sliding tiles game. When this page is loaded the tiles are shuffled randomly. No matter how the tiles are placed at the start of the game it should take no more than 31 moves to correctly order the tiles

Strategy

The strategy for this and other Transum puzzles, exercises and activities are available here when you are signed in to your Transum subscription account. If you do not yet have an account and you are a teacher, tutor or parent you can apply for one by completing the form on the Sign Up page.

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Today is the day

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A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

Teacher: Drag one or more of these activities onto the photograph above:

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Galileo Galilei once said: "Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." Too bad most schools are awful at helping us become fluent in Universe.

So, instead, here's a bunch of mathematical games which can help you learn the Universe's language, through play:

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A different Mathematics lesson starter for each day of the year designed to engage learners with a range of puzzles, exercises and creative ideas. Click on a date in the calendar above for the Starter Of The Day.

You can embed the Starter Of The Day calendar into your own school website or blog.

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Fun Maths

In addition to our Christmas activities see also our huge collection of Fun Maths games, puzzles and challenges.

Enjoy

Fun Maths

The end of the lesson or the lesson at the end of Term should be a little more fun than normal. Here's a collection of fun mathematical activities

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?to=fun

The huge collection of End of Term activities might also be of interest to you.

Festive Mathematics

Christmas activities make those December Maths lessons interesting, exciting and relevant. Whether mathematical activities are presented in a Christmas themed way or, due to the festive mood, normal mathematics learning is replaced with puzzles, games and seasonal fun, you can be sure that we have some excellent ideas for you here on the Transum website.

That last week of term before the Christmas holiday is the perfect time to ensure that pupils develop a delight in mathematics by seeing it in an exciting, enjoyable and engaging way (more exciting, enjoyable and engaging than the rest of the term that is!).

Just to add a little more traditional festive fun to December lessons you could visit the Maths Advent Calendar each day to open a door.

ChristMaths Activities:

ChristMaths Investigations:

Tangram Christmas Tree: Accurately construct a tangram puzzle then use it to make a Christmas tree and answer a short quiz.

ChristMaths Videos:

Xmas Facts and Figures: How long can Santa spend at each home delivering presents? This and other festive questions answered.

Xmas Wrapping Maths: Did you know there is a formula for calculating the amount of wrapping paper needed?

ChristMaths Printables:

Pudding Weights: Fill in the gaps with the weights of the puddings. A printable worksheet.

Snowman Worksheet: This printable may help pupils work out how many different ways there are to spell snowman on the snow flake grid.

Xmas Ornaments Grids: Three different grids for the Christmas Ornaments puzzle.

Xmaths Card: A printable Christmaths card containing mathematical jokes and a puzzle.

Search

The activity you are looking for may have been classified in a different way from the way you were expecting. You can search the whole of Transum Maths by using the box below.

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Christmas Present Ideas

It is often very difficult choosing Christmas presents for family and friends but so here are some seasonal, mathematics-related gifts chosen and recommended by Transum Mathematics.

Click the images above to see all the details of these gift ideas and to buy them online.

Maths T-Shirts

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Cracker Joke

Q. What do you call a crushed angle?

A. A rectangle!

Cracker Joke

Q. Why is a dog with a bad foot like adding 6 and 7? A. Because he puts down three and carries the one.

Cracker Joke

Q. Why are misers good Maths Teachers? A. Because they know how to make every penny count!.

Cracker Joke

Q. Why are powers like fish? A. Because they're all indices (in the seas!)

Cracker Joke

Q. Why did the Maths textbook look so sad? A. Because it had so many problems and the chemistry book had all the solutions.

Cracker Joke

There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't.

Cracker Joke

If it is cold, go and stand in the corner, because it is 90 degrees there.

Cracker Joke

There are 10 kinds of people in this world; those who understand binary and those who don't.

Cracker Joke

Try to avoid doing calculus when you are thirsty. You have heard the warning, don't drink and derive!

Cracker Joke

3.14% of Sailors are PI rates!

Cracker Joke

Dear Algebra, stop asking us to find your X, she's not coming back. We don't know Y either.

Cracker Joke

Q. Why did the (x ²+1) tree fall over?
A. Because it had no real roots!

Cracker Joke

I will do algebra, I'll do trigonometry and I'll even do statistics but geometry and graphing is where I draw the line!

Cracker Joke

Calendars, their days are numbered.

Cracker Joke

The following sign appeared on an episode of the Simpsons.

Cracker Joke

I don't understand how to double 2n. It sounds 4n to me.

Cracker Joke

Always wear glasses to Maths lessons. They help with division!

Cracker Joke

Why did the mathematician think that Halloween was the same as Christmas?
Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC.

Cracker Joke

I could tell you a joke about 288... But I won't as it's two gross!

Come back to this calendar in December.
It's too soon to start opening this Advent calendar now!

Click the number representing today's date in the calendar above.

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Alternative you could go straight to the Christmaths collection.

When a door has been opened it will stay open for the rest of this year. You will see a small image of the activity instead of the door number. However you may wish to close all the doors so that a fresh start can be made. The button below fulfills that purpose.

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Extension

Today is . How many sleeps until Christmas Day?

How many sleeps since last Christmas?

How many sleeps until your birthday?

Can you beat Santa counting down to Christmas? Try the Countdown to Christmas game to find out. You can play with a friend or challenge Santa himself. There is a trophy available if you get to the 25th first.

Countdown to Christmas

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The letters of mathematical words have been mixed up. Can you figure out what these anagrams are?

This is level 3: Words that may typically be used in a lower Secondary school Maths lesson. The words have their letters mixed up. Can you figure out what they might be? You will be awarded a trophy if you get at least 9 correct and you do this activity online.

Can you find all twelve words from their anagrams? Being good at Maths requires you to know and be able to spell words which are used in very precise ways in mathematics. Type your answers into the spaces below the anagrams. Click the "Check" button to see if your answers are correct.

This is Mathanagrams level 3. You can also try:
Level 1 Level 2 Level 4 Level 5 Vowelless

© Transum Mathematics :: This activity can be found online at:
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Level 1 - Numbers written as words (with the space removed)

Level 2 - Words that may typically be used in a Primary school Maths lesson

Level 3 - Words that may typically be used in a lower Secondary school Maths lesson

Level 4 - Words that may typically be used in a upper Secondary school Maths lesson

Level 5 - Words randomly plucked from the database of mathematical words

Vowelless - The vowels have been removed from these mathematical words. Can you work out what they should be?

More Vocabulary including lesson Starters, puzzles, exercises and investigations.

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Can you un-jumble these mathematical words?

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Match the mathematical phrases to the pictures.

Congratulations!
Claim your trophy by clicking on the red button below.
Are there any other analogies that help you remember mathematical facts?

Your solution is not correct.

Not all of the phrases are in the correct positions. Try again.

Vertically opposite angles are equal

Negative gradient - top left to bottom right

a plus three b equals ...

The two sides of an equation are equal

Parallel lines never meet

Fractions represent part of a whole

Coordinates - go along before going up

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Match the mathematical phrases to the pictures. Congratulations!Claim your trophy by clicking on the red button below.Are there any other analogies that help you remember mathematical facts? Your solution is not correct. Not all of the phrases are in the correct positions. Try again.

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77 interesting facts about Mathematics that will surprise, entertain and educate you.

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Say what you see! Work out the mathematical words from the picture clues.

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The mathematical version of the classic hangman game. Guess the letters that are contained in the words.

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This fun Maths activity will encourage everyone to use their thinking skills while engaging in recreational Mathematics.

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An interactive mathematical crossword for you to do online. Find the missing words from the given clues.

This interactive crossword puzzle requires JavaScript and a reasonably recent web browser, such as Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Netscape 7, Mozilla, Firefox, or Safari. If you have disabled web page scripting, please re-enable it and refresh the page.

Some of the clues are very straight forward while others are cryptic. Solving a crossword puzzle like this provides yet another activity to help you revise for your tests and exams. Here are two revision Maths crosswords to print.

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An interactive mathematical crossword for you to do online. Find the missing words from the given clues. This interactive crossword puzzle requires JavaScript and a reasonably recent web browser, such as Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Netscape 7, Mozilla, Firefox, or Safari. If you have disabled web page scripting, please re-enable it and refresh the page.

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Use this topic map to find the activity that will help you learn, practise and revise mathematics.

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Turn mathematical words into designs which will help you remember the meanings of the words.

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The Elbphilharmonie, in Hamburg, Germany, is a destination for music and math lovers alike. Considered one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world, it can seat more than 2,800 visitors at a time. The main concert hall contains 10,000 unique acoustic panels, designed using computer algorithms to create the best possible sound.

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CALCULUS! Today we take our first steps into the language of Physics; mathematics. Every branch of science has its own way to describe the things that it investigates. And, with Physics, that's math. In this episode, Shini talks us through derivatives and how calculus helps us to understand the world around us.

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Featuring Dan Romik from UC Davis. More footage from this interview soon on Numberphile2. Dan's comprehensive page on this topic: http://bit.ly/movingsofa Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.

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We discuss millions, billions, trillions and centillions is this film about the long and short scales. We also touch on quadrillions, sextillions, milliards, billiards and the Greek myriad. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Featuring Dr James Grime and Dr Tony Padilla.

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Continuing with last week's introduction of calculus, Shini leads us through the ways that integrals can help us figure out things like distance when we have several other key bits of information. Say, for instance, you wanted to know how far your window was off the ground.