#WorldPoetryDay2025 Mathematical Limerick by Leigh Mercer A dozen, a gross and a score Plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven Plus five times eleven Is nine squared and not a bit more.

What did this pupil do wrong? How to fix their misunderstanding? The question was a worded problem (non-calculator) which they correctly understood required them to calculate 43×6+4. The student’s answer was 702. Hint: They did the multiplication correctly. #mathstoday

Website update: Clelland Maths video solutions to the 16 worked examples for the National 5 Maths 'Change of Subject' have now been added to the written solutions on www.maths.scot/nat5/change-...

Website update: Clelland Maths video solutions to the worked examples for the Advanced Higher Maths 'Number Theory' topic have now been added to the written solutions on www.maths.scot/advanced-hig...

Website update: Clelland Maths video solutions to the 18 worked examples for the Higher Maths Differentiation topic have now been added to the written solutions on www.maths.scot/higher/diffe...

Website update: Clelland Maths video solutions to the 11 worked examples for the National 5 Maths 'Simultaneous Equations' topic have now been added to the written solutions on www.maths.scot/nat5/simulta...

Website update: Clelland Maths video solutions to the 14 worked examples for the Advanced Higher Maths 'Methods of Proof' topic have now been added to the written solutions on www.maths.scot/advanced-hig...

What is *Mathematics* about? I'm looking for pithy, engaging, relatable, positive, short (1 or 2 words) about what makes mathematics mathematics? How can you spot it in the wild? I'm thinking "patterns", "relationships", "shapes", "changes",... What else?

How to cheer students up on their first day back of the new year: “None of us had been born in 1936 and we’ll all be dead by 2116.”

New report from the Commission on School Reform highlights worrying FOI data based on the number of pupils in the S4 cohort, rather than the number which sit the exams. While 75% of S4 pupils passed Nat 5 English in 2024, only 40% passed Nat 5 Maths www.reformscotland.com/publication/...

What’s going on here? Student could convert 2¾ into an improper fraction, but then had no idea how many quarters are in 2¾.

Revealed: How not a single maths department in Moray’s schools is fully staffed

N5 Maths: factorising a difference of two squares. In the SQA specification, the given format is p²𝑥² − a². 2016 P2 Q4: 3𝑥² − 48 2017 P2 Q9: 4𝑥² − 25 2019 P2 Q13: 4p² − 9 2021 P2 Q3: 3a² − 75 2022 P2 Q12: b² − 9 2023 P2 Q12: 𝑥² − 16 So would 9 − x² or 𝑥² − y² be unfair? Thoughts? #ScottishMaths

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Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

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With many schools now reassessing their use of social media, @nuthmani.bsky.social weighs up the advantages and potential challenges of having an online presence

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