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Learning Times Tables

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Once you know your times tables by rote a lot of what we do in maths becomes much easier.  As with memorising anything, the trick is to do a little at time.  Practice a few tables each day.  This article includes some tricks you can use and some references to online resources I have found. (more…)

Graphs of exponential functions

Monday, August 18th, 2008

By comparing exponential and logarithmic functions with their simplest forms it is easy to sketch their graphs using a transformational approach.

All graphs in this article were created with OpenPlaG.

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Percentage

Monday, July 14th, 2008

This lesson covers:

  • Definition of percentage with reference to common fractions.
  • Explanation of percentage notation.
  • Exploring where percentages are used.
  • Converting percentages to fractions and decimals.
  • Converting fractions and decimals to percentages.

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