5 Maths Gems #81

Happy New Year! Welcome to my 81^st gems post. This is where I portion roughly of the latest news, ideas in addition to resources for maths teachers.

1. Number Properties

In Gems 79 I shared this lovely puzzle from Chris Smith (@aap03102):

Since in addition to then I've seen 2 peachy resources based on a similar idea. The commencement is the interactive 'Consecutive Number Types' puzzles from Jonathan Hall (@StudyMaths):

And the minute is this complimentary worksheet 'Consecutive Chains' from MathsPad.

I recall these would locomote actually good at Key Stage 2, iii or 4 for exploring issue properties.

2. Online Textbooks

After I blogged almost a 1950s textbook final month, I gathered together a grouping of volunteers to type upwards former algebra exercises into Word in addition to locomote out the answers. Thank y'all thus much to everyone who has contributed. The projection is ongoing in addition to I volition spider web log almost it soon. In the meantime, y'all tin come across our progress here. Also, give cheers y'all to @EmporiumMaths for sharing roughly 1950s algebra questions from past times London O flat papers here.

Huge cheers to @NetNym for sharing a beautiful Victorian maths textbook 'Elementary Algebra for Schools' that has been fully digitised. This actually is lovely in addition to good worth looking through (I'm a chip addicted to it!). The zoom business office plant good thus the exercises tin hold upwards used inwards degree if desired - answers are included, in addition to the whole mass tin hold upwards downloaded every bit a PDF.

I recall that nosotros bring a lot to larn from the explanations in addition to examples inwards this textbook. I've started writing a post almost this which I promise to break adjacent week.

Meanwhile, a instructor inwards Commonwealth of Australia (@adaprojectnet) has created a website adaproject.net which is an opened upwards online textbook for all to use, roofing topics from Key Stage 1 to 5. It's worth having a await at this projection which is growing all the time.

3. Primary Resources

It's peachy to come across John Corbett (@Corbettmaths) publishing lots of novel primary 5-a-day content amongst his real pop GCSE 5-a-day collection. Each twenty-four hr catamenia at that spot are v KS2 SATs trend questions at 4 dissimilar hard levels.

Also for primaries, Dr Frost (@DrFrostMaths) has right away added Primary Maths Challenge questions to his website with the aid of @Mathematical_A. You tin browse past times theme or past times paper.

Primary Maths Challenge questions

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level Resources
StudyWell (@_StudyWell) has published a twosome of practice papers for the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat - these are complimentary for a express time.

Tom Bennison (New GCSE: Ratio

Jo's Blog Posts inwards 2017

New this Christmas

Algebraic Fluency - 50s Style

Mock Season

You tin read the latest eNews from the Mathematical Association here.

I'm excited that I've right away booked a identify at post almost it. The cost goes upwards afterwards 31st Jan thus mass quickly!

I besides promise to come across lots of y'all at #mathsconf14 inwards Kettering on Sabbatum tenth March, in addition to for drinks the black before. I had a wonderful fourth dimension at all the maths events I attended inwards 2017 - if you've non been to a maths conference before, why non bring a become inwards 2018? All events are listed here.

I'll acquire out y'all with this lovely graph, shared by @simongerman600, showing what people actually hateful when they purpose vague terminology describing the likelihood of an event. There are other cool graphs here. I recall this 1 would brand an fantabulous give-and-take indicate when teaching probability.