"The reward of a good thing well done is to have done it" -Ralph Waldo Emerson "The reward for solving a maths problem is t...

This post was originally written at the end of 2013. Today I had a very typical Further Maths A Level lesson. Someone asked a very simple ...

How should you round -1.5 to the nearest whole number? Almost anyone you ask this to will reply without thinking: -2, because 5 rounds up...

You never give a direct answer to a question, but instead reply with another question, so the asker can figure it out for themselves. I hav...

I recently sat down to plan a lesson for year 7 students about the order of mathematical operations. Here in the UK, I believe this is most ...

Remember my post from June 2013 about a new way to teach dividing fractions?  Well the other day I came up with another new method! You m...

This post is about challenging our most able young mathematicians. I always thought I was good at giving students challenging learning act...