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Do the math! Mum begs for help to solve her daughter’s tricky numeracy homework – so, can YOU work out the answer? Alison Kindred, from Newport, Wales, was stumped by daughter’s homework Took to Facebook group ‘family lockdown tips & ideas’ to ask others for help Many were confused by answer, while some suggested pizza … Read more
British genius wins £2.3m prize for working out the maths involved in stirring a cup of tea with work so clever that ‘it must have been sent to him by aliens’ Martin Hairer, from Imperial College London, won Breakthrough prize for maths The Austrian-British researcher, 44, had been working on his stochastic analysis The field … Read more
Appalled by the intransigence of her union when it comes to getting pupils back into classrooms, this maths teacher at a state secondary in the North of England resigned her membership. Here, in a powerful account, the experienced teacher in her late 30s – who asked to remain anonymous – lays bare the unions’ shameful … Read more
Music lessons do NOT help children’s other areas of study like reading and maths, research suggests Music lessons do not help children improve cognitive skills for reading or maths Findings come from a review of 54 scientific studies involving 7,000 children But lessons can improve general intelligence, memory and sound perception By Victoria Allen Science … Read more
‘Girls are taught to be nice and not boastful’: Countdown’s Rachel Riley urges parents to ‘smash stereotypes and raise daughters to believe they can have scientific careers like males’ By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 09:24 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 09:24 BST, 7 July 2020 Countdown’s maths whizz Rachel Riley has urged parents … Read more
Schools could teach a slimmed-down curriculum focusing on English and maths to allow students time to catch up when classes restart in September. Secondary pupils taking their GCSEs may even need to drop subjects entirely so they can focus on the core classes, according to draft proposals seen by the Huffington Post. Some Year 7 … Read more
Bank of England chief economist reveals he didn’t take A-level maths and struggles with homeschooling his children in the subject because he’s ‘not a natural’ Andy Haldane, 52, revealed that he had to teach himself A-level maths skills The Bank of England’s chief economist urged people to refresh their maths To mark National Numeracy Day … Read more
‘He’s really throwing himself into it’: Wayne Rooney takes charge of sons’ maths lessons during lockdown… after leaving school with no qualifications By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 23:48 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 28 April 2020 Wayne Rooney has thrown himself into homeschooling, according to insiders. Like parents up and down … Read more
‘That was the equivalent of a year 4 maths question!’ The Chase fans are left shocked after Dark Destroyer gets a VERY basic question wrong By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 14:14 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 14:16 BST, 25 April 2020 The Chase fans were left in uproar on Friday’s episode after the … Read more
Former Cambridge University maths student, 23, appears in court charged with anti-Semitic hate crime after ‘calling for extermination of Jews’ Oliver Bel, 23, allegedly sent a ‘grossly offensive’ message in September 2017 Defendant is also accused of having a copy of Anarchist’s Cookbook last year Bel appeared at Old Bailey via video from Manchester today … Read more