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Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics

Topics: Starter | Arithmetic | Problem Solving

Susan Jens,
This starter was great, I'd love to see more of this.
Class 6, Doncaster
This was was a very good starter.
Best Maths Class In Year 7 Is 7ab/m4, King Alfreds Collage
Everyone in our class thought that all the questions were really easy. ;) It was brillant no one will beat the best maths class in year 7.
Year 9, The Acorns Centre
This was a thought provoking and useful brain starting activity!
AB, UK
Good starters. Would like to have the answers too, so we know we are on the right track.

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Math with Bad Drawings

I had been tutoring the wonderful Betsy for five years. When the day came for our last ever session together before the end of her Year 13, I received this beautiful book as a gift of appreciation.

This a very readable book by Ben Orlin. I'm really enjoying the humour in the writing and the drawings are great.

Ben Orlin answers maths' three big questions: Why do I need to learn this? When am I ever going to use it? Why is it so hard? The answers come in various forms-cartoons, drawings, jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that mathematics should belong to everyone.


	Teacher, do your students have access to computers? Do they have iPads or Laptops in Lessons? Whether your students each have a TabletPC, a Surface or a Mac, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

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