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Women in Maths

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Most stories about the history of maths seem to be about men. Here are some famous women who contributed to the development of modern maths and prepared the way for generations of female mathematicians.

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Got It Article

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This article gives you a few ideas for understanding the Got It! game and how you might find a winning strategy.

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X Is 5 Squares

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Can you arrange 5 different digits (from 0 - 9) in the cross in the way described?

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Rocco's Race

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Rocco ran in a 200 m race for his class. Use the information to find out how many runners there were in the race and what Rocco's finishing position was.

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Curvy Cubics

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Use some calculus clues to pin down an equation of a cubic graph.

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Order the Changes

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Can you order pictures of the development of a frog from frogspawn and of a bean seed growing into a plant?

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Nurturing Successful Mathematicians

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This short article explores what it means to be a successful mathematician.

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World of Tan 15 - Millennia

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Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the numbers?

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What Do Functions Do for Tiny X?

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Looking at small values of functions. Motivating the existence of the Maclaurin expansion.

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Football Crazy Hockey Mad

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In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league leaders.