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Maths… like you’ve never seen it before!
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For more maths Easter eggs, I highly recommend Simon Singh’s book, “The Simpsons and Their Mathematic Secrets”. It’s a super fun read, even the advanced maths is delivered in an accessible way, and it’s full of increasingly sophisticated maths jokes, because what better way is there to test your knowledge than seeing if you get the high-level banter? 😂

Now, to the important question… do you think Fermat really had a proof or was he just blagging? 🤔
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a year ago

For more great mathemagic tricks, check out our fantastic Times Tables course. We build a solid understanding of what multiplication is, learn a bunch of techniques to help us multiply and sprinkle in a few fun tricks along the way. It’s fun, engaging and could make all the difference in the way you or your child experiences maths.

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Another fascinating thing…

English is not the only language where the pattern changes in the middle of the teens, and in fact, different languages make the change at different numbers:

English, German and Dutch make the switch at 13 with the suffixes -teen, -zehn, and -tiende.

Spanish makes the switch at 16 with the dieci- prefix, Italian at 17 with dicia-, French also at 17 with dix-.

And then some languages, like Mandarin, Japanese, Polish, and modern Welsh, keep the same pattern throughout, which may actually have advantages for kids learning to count… but that’s a story for another day 🥰.
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#etymology #maths #language #eleven by @sumsofanarchy

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If maths is the language of the universe, then equations are its sentences. They’re at the heart of physics, engineering, construction, finance, and we can even use them to solve problems in our everyday life. So, if you’ve conquered arithmetic and you’re looking to go further in your mathventure, solving equations are a really great place to start.

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#algebra #equations #mathsmadeeasy #gcsemaths #maths by @sumsofanarchy

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7 days ago

We’re a bit late in posting this, so the Portsmouth ‘Balancing the Equation’ event is already over, but I’ll be speaking again in Brighton in the Autumn.

Visit amsp.org.uk and search ‘Balancing the Equation’ for more information ❤️
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Let’s blow away those weekend cobwebs 😂😴

‼️DON’T FORGET: First we have to check if the number’s even, I know this caught a few of you out the last time we practised this! 😁

If a number divides evenly by 6, then it must also divide evenly by 2 and 3, since 6=2x3.

This means that we can check whether a number is divisible by 6 simply by checking if it’s divisible by 2 and 3.

✨It has to be even, since only even numbers are divisible by 2

✨If we add its digits (and keep adding until we get a single digit) that digit has to be 3, 6, or 9. This is a characteristic of all multiples of 3. We could also stop if we get to a number that we know is a multiple of 3.

📍e.g. 42

✨It’s even ✅

✨4+2=6 ✅

So 42 is divisible by 6

📍e.g. 684

✨It’s even ✅

✨6+8+4=18. (Could stop here if we know 18 is divisible by 3). Add again. 1+8=9 ✅

So 684 is divisible by 6

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#mondaymorningmentalmaths #mentalmaths #mathstricks #mathhacks #divisibilityrules by @sumsofanarchy

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This is binom-means the only way to do multiplication 😏

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With easy-to-understand explanations, this book covers the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ of the technique, helping you to build real understanding rather than just memorising a bunch of steps. It’s full of guided examples and practice questions for mastery. And with fun illustrations and beautiful design, it’s engaging throughout.

Find it on our website or comment EBOOK below for a link to purchase. Have a mathemagical day 🥰

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If ever you think that a billion isn’t much bigger than a million, just remember that 1 billion minus 1 million is 999 million… which is roughly a billion 🫠
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#jokes #memes #mathsmemes by @sumsofanarchy

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If you want to disturb yourself further with some even bigger numbers, I recommend (sort of 🥴) Tim Urban’s article on Wait But Why: “From 1,000,000 to Graham’s Number”. Be warned, Graham’s Number is a little 🤢 but sometimes, reflecting on these ginormous numbers and the concept of infinity can put our own lives into perspective. And that’s worth doing… at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

PS. See also “The Sand Reckoner”, a 3rd century BC study by Greek mathematician Archimedes, in which he attempts to calculate the number of grains of sand it would take to fill the universe. He had to not only estimate the size of the universe, using the information they had available at the time, but he also had to invent a naming convention for the mindblowingly large numbers needed. He came up with an answer of 10⁶³, which might look pretty close but is nowhere near 🫠.

PPS. I notice that the naming rights for 10³¹⁴ is still up for grabs…
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#google #googol #maths #etymology by @sumsofanarchy

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