Resourceaholic: 5 Maths Gems #193

1. 1st Class Maths 

I’m always happy to see new resources from 1st Class Maths. The latest is a set of exam style questions (in both AQA and Edexcel style) on reverse percentages.

Resources for compound interest and loci are coming soon.

2. Certificate in Further Maths

3. Dr Austin

4. Quadratic Inequalities

@AddvanceMaths published a booklet for teaching quadratic inequalities. It starts with prerequisite skills (solving quadratics, drawing inequalities on number lines and sketching quadratic graphs). It then has examples of how to solve quadratic inequalities, loads of increasingly difficult practice questions, and some problem solving.  Answers are provided too.

5. Circle Theorems

Update
I had a great day out at #mathsconf39 in London. It was very well attended. I was delighted that Ama, Sarah and Sam from my school joined me – I’m always keen for members of my team to come to mathsconfs, but I also totally respect their weekends so I’m very careful not to pressure them! I presented on Don Steward’s resources. Loads of people told me they’d never heard of Don Steward – this made me sad, and I realised how important it is to keep sharing his tasks and make sure that new teachers joining the profession are made aware of everything he so generously shared. 

Read Atul Rana’s blog post for a great write up of #mathsconf39. As always happens in October, this mathsconf was the day after an Inset Day for me, so I had the pleasure of attending maths conferences two days in a row. Here’s a photo of part of my team at Inset Day on the Friday, and a photo from the pub after #mathsconf39 on the Saturday. 

Finally, I’ll leave you with this video from Mitchell and Webb which made me laugh.