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Aug 202014
 

This is one in a large series of short videos from NCETM showing how people use maths at work. See the others here.

When you have watched the video see if you can convert time into decimals and work out how much employees should be paid.

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Jul 032014
 

If you have not yet tried Squares and Cubes do this first.

A square root is the opposite of squaring a number. The symbol for square root is  √.

So if 3²=9 then  √9=3

A cube root is the opposite of cubing a number. The symbol for cube root is ³ √.

So if 3³=27 then ³ √27=3

TrySquares, Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots to help you become familiar with the important examples of this.

Jul 032014
 

To square a number you multiply it by itself. For example 3² =3×3=9

To cube a number you multiply it by itself three times. So 3³=3x3x3=27

If you are studying GCSE it is very helpful to learn the common squares and cubes to save you time in the non calculator exam. This exercise will help you do that-don’t be tempted to use a calculator! For Functional Skills students you can use a calculator. Look for the x² and x³ buttons on your scientific calculator and use these.

Each time you do this exercise you will get a different selection of questions. To do it again click the refresh icon on your browser.

Jun 272014
 

A jigsaw to revise linear graphs and their equations. Do you remember y=mx+c? m is the gradient, c is the intercept on the y axis. If you have forgotten this look here first.

Some of these equations need re-arranging so you can find the gradient and intercept, but others are already in the y=mx+c format.

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Jun 052014
 

Here is a video to help with GCSE revision. The questions come from the second half of a non calculator Foundation paper. These questions were also at the beginning of the Higher paper. They cover  important topics you need to be confident with to be sure of getting a Grade C.  I strongly recommend you attempt the paper yourself first and then watch the video to see if you got them right and to learn from your mistakes.

May 132014
 

If you can factorise a quadratic that is the easiest way to solve it. Some quadratics don’t factorise, so then we can use the formula. This video from jayates shows how to do it. If you are studying GCSE Higher you are currently given the formula in the exam so you don’t have to learn it off by heart, but don’t forget to refer to the formula sheet at the front of your exam paper when you need it.

 

Maths is fun explains this well but don’t worry too much about the “imaginary numbers” at the end. If you are doing Higher you don’t need to know that yet.

Here is a worksheet that you can print off and practice solving quadratics with the formula.