Happy Birthday America! Time to grow up now.

new metaphor just dropped

Three regular hexagons. The smallest has area 6. What’s the pink area? #geometrypuzzle

We’re really excited for the MEI Conference tomorrow! 🎉 2 days, 50+ sessions, brilliant speakers and opportunities to connect with maths educators👏 If you’re at Keele University, come and say hi 👋 Keep an eye on our feed - we'll be sharing highlights throughout the event! #MEIConference

Taken me some time to realise that I have worked my last Friday for at least 14 months! Daughter's graduation on Friday this week, we break up on Wednesday next week, and I'll be part time Monday-Thursday for the next school year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyNo...

Thank you to all of the JMO Markers who came together to volunteer for UKMT and mark the JMO competition papers. A brilliant weekend!

URGENT DEC APPEAL: The UK Government will match donations to the Venezuela Earthquake Appeal pound-for-pound up to £2 million, through its UK Aid Match scheme. Donate now: donation.dec.org.uk/venezuela-ea...

Historical World Cup for African teams. 🌍✊🏿 ✅🇿🇦 South Africa ✅🇨🇻 Cape Verde ✅🇨🇮 Ivory Coast ✅🇲🇦 Morocco ✅🇸🇳 Senegal ✅🇬🇭 Ghana ✅🇪🇬 Egypt ✅🇨🇩 RD Congo ✅🇩🇿 Algeria ❌🇹🇳 Tunisia 9️⃣/🔟 teams have qualified to World Cup Round of 32 👏🏾✨

Problem of the Week 165! Please do not comment the solution so others can work it out too. Instead, like this post or comment a thumbs up if you think you have the correct answer! The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday afternoon. #Problem #UKMT #Maths

Hi! In July I'm once again running a free online program for K-12 math teachers called "21st century mathematics". Its goal is to help teachers to connect math they teach with some math that has been discovered in the 21st century. Pass it along! Info+register: justinlanier.org/21st-century...

Are you ready to share that Desmos notebook you've been working on? Learn more about logging in, saving, and previewing your work. What question should we answer next? #mathsky #iteachmath

Problem of the Week 177! Please do not comment the solution so others can work it out too. Instead, like this post or comment a thumbs up if you think you have the correct answer! The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday afternoon. #Problem #UKMT #Maths

@mathsadvance.bsky.social I see you're speaking at our Trinity Heads of Maths meeting tomorrow. Look forward to seeing you there!

What’s a great song that has STOP or GO in the title? youtu.be/eIdHbK6onkY?...

Very pleased to announce that my new book, co-written with @sparksmaths.bsky.social, will be out on 18th June! Details here - pre-order now! www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/ben-s...

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

May I draw your attention to the BRAND NEW Community for Post 16 Maths Leads ie HODs, KS5 Coordinators, and more? After setting up and running a pilot this year, I'mdelighted the NCETM is rolling it out NATIONALLY and the AMSP are getting majorly involved! Details at ncetm.org.uk/maths-hubs-p...

YES! The Maths Hubs Level 3 Leadership Communities, which I invented, are launched this month. Each Hub will have an introductory meeting, ahead of half-termly twilights for HODs and KS5 coordinators, in conjunction with the AMSP. So Network Meetings are back, baby! www.ncetm.org.uk/maths-hubs-p...

If you have a maths blog and would like to host a Carnival of Mathematics, you should definitely let me know! (We're especially interested to hear from hosts from underrepresented backgrounds. Maths is for everyone.)

@stevemaths.bsky.social the Cambridge Maths STEP site seems to be down. Do you know who maintains this...? www.ocr.org.uk/students/ste...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Song with more than six words in the title: Mojo Nixon - Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two Headed Love Child youtu.be/_vZhTkz9yPg?...

Supporting A* attainment isn’t just about harder content. The mA*ths and Further mA*ths Programme focuses on: ✔ Mathematical thinking ✔ Rich tasks ✔ Depth over acceleration 🔗 buff.ly/gpZmbN1

If you're looking for what to do in balmy Southwark this evening, @sparksmaths.bsky.social is talking maths and music at MathsWorld at 6:15pm. It'll be great as always. mathsworld.com/events/Sound...

I'll be at @mathsworld.com on Tuesday 26th May for another 'MathsWorld Lates' event - talking (and singing - fair warning) about the *Sound of Silence*. Some the maths of music and why it's a fun & messy interaction between artistic & mathematical intuition. mathsworld.com/events/Sound...

Started working on my first @desmos.com notebook this morning. I think this is going to be a really powerful tool - text with nice maths formatting and interactive graphs/diagrams. www.desmos.com/notebook/qdn... (plenty still to add!) #MathsToday

Introducing Desmos Notebook (beta), our newest tool that combines text, expressions, sliders, and graphs all in one place. As you get to know Notebook, we’d love to hear your feedback, feature requests, and any bugs you find. We can’t wait to see what you create! #iteachmath #mathsky #iteachphysics

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live: Johnny Winter Jeff Healey Band Christy Moore The Levellers Thomas Mapfumo Oliver Mutukudzi Salif Keita Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Femi Kuti Dur Dur Band

I am beside myself with excitement for this! #MathsToday @desmos.com

Shot to nothing after a late resignation for promotion - but my amazing school are looking for a head of science if anyone in the South West is interested in a move and/or promotion. Deadline is, erm, tomorrow! RT appreciated... www.eteach.com/job/curricul...

Here's something I've been working quite hard on recently: classduels.com/maths/ A Maths game featuring: - two-player (split screen, can be done on a interactive whiteboard) and single-player modes - 50+ topics across KS3-KS5 - a version for the Australian curriculum: classduels.com/maths/au/ 😉

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Poisonwood Bible At Swim Two Birds Brazzaville Beach The Little Drummer Girl The Heart in Winter Nervous Conditions Things Fall Apart The Wizard of the Crow Demon Copperhead

Another Ukrainian NMT question, in a similar vein to the last one I shared. Find the largest value of a such that the equation has a root.

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A nice bit of history from 'Designing with Type' (Craig, 1999)

"Find the largest value of a such that this equation has no real roots." [With the war, Ukraine has moved to online school-leaving exams and this is a question from a Maths practice paper. It was multiple choice but I've only taken a screenshot of the question.]

TLTR? The answer is no.

Happy International Day of Women in Mathematics!! Here is our webpage with lots of info about encouraging girls to continue with maths post-16 so they can be the future women in maths! Also see my pinned post on diversifying the curriculum which has lots of resources. amsp.org.uk/teachers/equ...

Following @themathsbazaar.bsky.social ‘s advice here is a pinned post with the link to my 2026 exam series resources. blog.drbennisonmaths.com/blog/2026/05... As a rule of thumb there will be warmup grids, Practice Papers for AQA Post 16 exams and some extra revision tasks eg revision clocks.

Utter drivel from BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Here are the published “command words”: www.maths.scot/pdf/h/sqa/NQ... Here is the relevant exam paper: www.maths.scot/pdf/h/past-p... Every command word in the paper is listed in the command words document.

In #ALevelMaths #Mathstoday we looked at when a cardioid isn't a cardioid and if it has a 'dimple'. A lot to show in one file, but in case it's useful to anyone else here's a Desmos sheet with constant slider www.desmos.com/calculator/d...

I'm speaking at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail in London on 15th June! Come along to hear me and several interesting people sharing their favourite unnecessary details: www.universe.com/events/an-ev...

We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2 www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Vacancy for #ALevelMaths Trainers; to run professional development courses in 2026/2027 academic year. Do you want to share your subject knowledge and teaching experience? For more details: assessors.cambridge.org?tag=mathstra... #UKMathsChat @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

Ooh, interesting UKMT update! 👀 Seems like a sensible system, which is already used for the whole of the Senior Kangaroo... 🦘

Very proud of our year 7s and 8s in #MathsToday: 8 JMO qualifiers, 90 for the Kangaroo and a further 33 golds, 104 silvers and 53 bronze

The #UKMT Maths Challenge dates are out for 2026-27. Get planning the Girls events in September, and the SMC in early October. And don't forget the venues for the Senior Team Maths Challenge will be out soon, with booking from 1st September, so put that in your diary too! @ukmathstrust.bsky.social

Chatbots make things up - not news. So... why do we believe them anyway? as.ft.com/r/2c698440-7...

Hello—The Book of Birds by me & the artist Jackie Morris is published…today A re-imagining of the field guide/bird book for our age of wonder & loss, from Avocet to Yellowhammer. Jackie has painted over 300 original artworks for it; I’ve tried to let language soar, glide & plunge. For the birds!

Lower sixth will be starting research for their statistics project in #FurtherMaths #ALevelMaths #MathsToday, with presentations to come before half term. Brief here: www.paddymacmahon.com/resources/a-...

My 21st book of 2026 (I'm aiming for a half century this year...) and one of the best so far. A saga of three generations of women in Donegal and New York. Highly recommended!