Here is a fantastic video by Michael Blake, coutesy of New Scisntist which shows what Pi would sound like if the corresponding digits were mapped to a musical scale. This is a must watch in my opinion – enjoy:
Feb 23
Simultaneous Equations – Substitution
I have recorded a new video taking you through a brief introduction to simultaneous equations and then going through two examples of how to solve them by substitution.
Feb 19
Factorising Quadratics where a > 1
In the last post about factorising quadratics I failed to mention what would happen if you had a number bigger than 1 in front of the x squared term.
I have recorded a short video posted on youtube which covers the process you need to go through to factorise these.
REMEMBER : The …
Feb 09
Videos
Earlier today I recorded the first video to go onto the Mr Hopkins Maths youtube channel. Expect it to be up and on there in the next week. In it I take you through how to factories quadratics when the coefficient of x squared is bigger than 1.
In other news, I am also working …
Feb 08
Quadratic Factorising
I have attached a cheat sheet on how to factorise quadratic expressions. This works every time but only works when the coefficient of x squared is 1. When the coefficient of x squared is greater than 1 then we have a slightly different method.
Feb 08
Shading Inequalities
Shading graphs of inequalities is a tricky topic so here is a short powerpoint that takes you through revision of naming some straight lines and two examples of how to shade an inequality.
REMEMBER
You could be asked to shade the region the inequality represents or to shade the unwanted region. Be careful when you …
Feb 08
The Biggest Numbers In The World
A fascinating article that looks at the biggest numbers that we can work out and how they apply to the real world. It also looks at the largest meaningful numbers.
As if adding an extra zero on the end is not meaningful!
Once you’ve read the article below, you might want to visit …
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