Main points include:
- An easier and enjoyable approach to multiplying numbers applicable across 11 different areas of mathematics.
- A simple trick for multiplying numbers we can also use in algebra.
- How to find any percentage of any number - in seconds.
- Effortless techniques for squaring, cubing, and finding higher powers of any number.
- Discovering what is the point of algebra.
- Quadratics: what do they reveal? How to solve one without any use of algebra, and including an easy way to find the
gradient in 4 places without differentiating.
- A new perspective on tangent, sine and cosine, and how to use them.
- For A-Level
- Where the rules for differentiation come from and what it really is.
- How does integration work?
- A new and easy way to find any binomial expansion without using a formula for any power.
The
presentation is appropriate for Year 11 Higher GCSE students as well as top set Year 10s. For A-level students, both Years 12 and 13 would find it accessible.
The
presentation is 90 minutes long and includes activities and a Q and A session.
I
have been a proponent of mathematics appreciation since before 2000(!) and have been a full-time tutor of mathematics since then. I am now a university lecturer in mathematics and
engineering.
Contact me directly to book and to inquire about
fees.
Thank you - I look forward to exciting your students with a fresh approach and perspective on mathematics they are studying.