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Maths professor in Singapore delivers two-hour lecture on Zoom only to realise he was on mute the entire time Prof. Dong Wang of the National University of Singapore gave lecture on Feb. 4 Within first couple of minutes his screen froze and students couldn’t hear him His mathematics students tried to reach him by phone and … Read more
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson left baffled as they try to solve a maths question for seven-year-olds… so can YOU work out the answer? By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:48 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 00:48 GMT, 4 February 2021 A maths question intended for year two school students has … Read more
Are YOU smarter than a 13-year-old? Maths quiz designed for schoolchildren will put your knowledge to the test A new test from US-based platform Quizly challenges your maths knowledge Children aged 13 learn this at school but many adults may have forgotten sums Do you have what it takes to solve these basic problems without … Read more
Students and headteachers today demanded immediate clarity on whether GCSE and A-level exams will be axed this summer after Boris Johnson ‘bowed to the inevitable’ and shut all schools until February 22. The decision to close schools in England on the day many reopened after the festive break infuriated school leaders and unions who attacked the … Read more
Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction. The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more
‘All I Want For Christmas Is… a £250 fine!’: Maths student, 18, faces hefty payout after 50 others join in as he belts out Mariah Carey’s festive hit at university party Elliot Hunt, 18, threw a festive sing-song for his five flatmates in Bristol He said he never meant for the gathering to break coronavirus … Read more
Furry good student! Stray dog ‘attends’ a maths lecture alongside undergraduates after accidentally walking into a classroom The pug was hailed as a star student after appearing in a university in China Pictures show it sitting in the classroom alongside the students and lecturer One youngster joked the dog might be able to sit an … Read more
Jamie Frost (pictured above), who works in Kingston upon Thames, received the one-off prize for going above and beyond during the Covid crisis to help keep pupils learning A maths teacher from south-west London has won a £33,000 global teaching award after his free tuition website helped students around the world study during the Covid-19 … Read more
The school corridors echo with the sound of lockers slamming, while the kids in the playground are laughing and joking. Inside the classroom, I’m deep in concentration as I try to calculate what time Lawrence needs to put his 2kg chicken in the oven to eat it at 6.30pm. No, I’m not having a nightmare. … Read more
Take this tricky 15-question quiz to put your maths and logic skills to the test – and its creator claims less than 1% can score full marks This tricky 15 question challenge is a tricky mixture of maths and logic puzzles Creator Michael Rogers claims just 0.1 per cent of people will score full marks … Read more