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In case you thought your school days were tough, give a thought to the troubles these students in China faced.
“….2,000 people had gathered, smashing cars and chanting: ‘We want fairness. There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat.’
Continue reading “There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat!”
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I got an email last week, asking for time games.
I thought for a while, and came up with two time games, which I put in a reply email. Soon, I’ll upload them to the site, but in the meantime, I’ll share them here. Both games are great for groups of kids, so they’d be perfect for a classroom situation.
Continue reading [DMMGFK #69] Two Time Games (and Monday Morning Math)
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For some reason, last week was a week of Mickey Mouse Math.
Oh, and a simple way to do the 8 times tables on your fingers.
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Missed Monday Morning Math? This week’s issue has some big news about prime numbers.
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There’s big, big news in the world of math today – a new discovery about prime numbers!
We learn about prime numbers in school. Maybe we also learn about twin primes – prime numbers that are two apart, like 11 and 13, or 71 and 73.
Continue reading Big Prime Number News – Monday Morning Math
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If you want some clock-reading practice worksheets, you can now get some from Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids. Each worksheet has 12 clocks, and space to for the digital or analog time. You can make worksheets quizzing kids on reading the clock face, or either of the time formats.
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Welcome to Monday Morning Math – a bit late this week!
Here’s a bit of history about the words we use for numbers big enough to describe world populations and budgets.
Continue reading Millions, Billions, Trillions and Millillions
This article by Tim Harford should be compulsory reading for every teacher, educational administrator and politician.
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If you fancy yourself an amateur mathemagician, here’s a new trick to add to your repertoire. A card is selected from a special pack – eavh card has a letter and a number. Spell out the number drawn, sort the cards into two piles, do a little arithmetic, and presto! The original number appears!
Continue reading [DMMGFK #66] Math Magic, Easter and a Polar Bear