'Four awesome top tips to improve your written English' .. doesn't seem like the kind of title on a maths website.. but I've asked to write a series of articles and thought I should include them here. Please do let me know what you think.   "Improve your written English - four awesome top tips." Try typing this title into Google and you’ll get 178 million … [Read more...]

How do I support my child with maths? .. is perhaps asked most weeks at the First Class Learning tutoring centres. It's not an easy question to answer, particularly as there seems to be a whole raft of changes with the new national curriculum. It's certainly a 'hot topic' and I'm delighted that a local newspaper made contact to ask if I'd like to write an article for their … [Read more...]

Wow! 14 million YouTube views.. and counting. Actually, by the time I wrote this post, the counter had got to 13,842,316 ish. It's been an interesting journey, from the out of focus early attempts - to the slightly better quality recent videos. The best part, however, are the comments from (so far) 78,000 subscribers. I can't say that they hang on to my every word, … [Read more...]

A quadratic equation is an equation where at least one term is squared. It looks something like this: ax² + bx + c or c = ax² + bx .. and students are asked to solve, factorise or draw it.  Quadratics are usually the most dreaded of homework assignments. I'm sure many students have often wondered what use is a quadratic equation? Will they ever be useful - or is a … [Read more...]

Seriously brilliant maths careers can be achieved .. When she was younger, my sister really wanted to work on the checkout at our local supermarket...that's using maths in a really practical way - all that addition! :-) Although, behind the scenes of any retailer, there's an amazing range of skilled professionals. Making sure the shelves are stacked involves  statistics, … [Read more...]