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MEI @meimaths.bsky.social · 4d

Ritangle 2025 is here!

Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.

A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!

#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 5d

Cannot wait! This created such a buzz amongst students last year!

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MEI @meimaths.bsky.social · 5d

Are you ready for Ritangle 2025 starting tomorrow?

We had 1,700 teams last year and are hoping to welcome even more this year!

Enjoy the challenge: buff.ly/eVGNIZY

#Ritangle2025 #MathsTeaching #MathsChallenge

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Paddy MacMahon @paddymacmahon.com · 27d

Number 3 makes even the best stop and think!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 24d

My year 2 students are still talking about this, so I’m excited this is back. Is there a poster this year, so we can generate excitement? I can’t find one!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 24d

This is lovely!

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Rob Southern @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social · 29d

##ALevelMaths

Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · 29d

In #MathsToday, Year 12 looked at some graph intersections and solving some simultaneous equations, and then sketching the graphs!

A maths worksheet titled “Simultaneous Equations & Points of Intersection.” It shows a grid where different pairs of equations intersect, and the task is to fill in the correct intersection points from a list of given coordinates. Some boxes are shaded and students must explain how many intersection points there are, without calculating the coordinates.

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MEI @meimaths.bsky.social · 25d

Is your school ready to become champions?

Ritangle 2025/6 is coming and will be open for registrations from 8 October!

Keep your eye on our website, BlueSky and X for more information.

#Ritangle #MathsChallenge

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Charlotte McFarlan @charlottemaths.bsky.social · Sep 9

Lovely task for #ALevelMaths 😍

Karen @karenshancock.bsky.social · Sep 6

In #MathsToday (well the highlight of this week)
A few nice tasks with my Lower Sixth FM task.
This one certainly challenged them more than I thought on their rules of indices

Pdf available on this page: kshancock.co.uk/aleveltasks....

A selection of expressions in boxes which students have to multiply to find matching products.

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Rob Southern @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social · Sep 9

#ALevelMaths

Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · Sep 8

In #MathsToday, Year 12 and I enjoyed doing some Susan Wall tasks.

I particularly enjoyed this one. We matched the graphs up, and then found the coordinates of all the interesting points.

“Maths question titled ‘Which equation matches which graph?’ On the left, five quadratic equations are listed: (1) y = 6x – 3x² – 3, (2) y = x² – 2x + 5, (3) y = x² – 2x – 3, (4) y = 2x – x² + 3, (5) y = 3x² – 6x + 3. On the right, five parabolas are drawn on a coordinate grid, some opening upwards and some downwards, intersecting around the origin. The task is to match each equation to its corresponding parabola and explain the reasoning.”

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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Spent a slightly painful 15 minutes discussing Q2 with Y12 today. The problem wasn’t with spotting the patterns, but trying to formulate that into full sentences. If you teach #ALevelMaths, I’d be interested to know how your students get on with similar “describe and explain” tasks. #MathsToday

Question 1 has lots of parts which ask students to add, subtract or multiply polynomials from a box on the left. Question 2 says: Write down the degree of each of the polynomials in the box, and also of each of your answers to Q1. What general rules can you derive? Can you explain why these rules work?
Can you find any special cases that are exceptions to the general rules?

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ooh - that’s an interesting task. I’m sure I have a class I could try that with next week. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good morning! Does anyone have a nice graphic of the set notation symbols, including the R, N for real numbers, natural numbers, etc - I’m sure i had something, but can’t find it! #ALevelMaths

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Sep 3

In #mathstoday #alevelmaths I did the simultaneous equations activity from the Mathematical Association Pure Mathematics Book (the one with the green cover)- it was a great first task to enable me to get to know my year 12 FM classes and get them talking and working together.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Sep 3

I had students do this in the summer and they have really enjoyed it. Definitely going to get some of the new cohort signed up!

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MrLevMaths @mrlevmaths.bsky.social · Sep 1

Back to school thinking of a fun little starter for Year 13s after a summer off... #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

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Susan Whitehouse @susanwhitehouse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a reminder that if you are about to start teaching #ALevelMaths, this book is available from the Mathematical Association @mathematicala.bsky.social online shop. In my completely unbiased opinion, it's really quite useful.

A picture of the book "Teaching A Level Maths: Content and Pedagogy"

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Jonathan Robinson @mr-mathematics.bsky.social · Aug 27

Boost your A-Level teaching! 🧠

New PD resource: Proof by Contradiction for Year 13. Includes lesson plan, video tutorial, and handout. Strengthen your subject knowledge and classroom delivery.

Perfect for departmental CPD.

🔗: mr-mathematics.com/product/year...

#MathsCPD #AlevelMaths

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Susan Whitehouse @susanwhitehouse.bsky.social · Aug 25

An xkcd cartoon especially for you @ecrmaths.bsky.social #ALevelMaths

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Definitely agreed about losing a mark…but 2 out of 5 felt harsh given how much other work was done perfectly! Clearly will be adding it to a ‘why brackets matter’ rant!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks @ecrmaths.bsky.social - I’ll drop you a dm, but please ignore until you’re back at work!!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Aug 20

I also have links for the Oxford live stream and the incoming MEI on-demand courses to pass to students.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Aug 20

This year for #ALevelMaths I have a weekly 30 min workshop to help students prep for entrance exams (year 13 this term, then year 12 from Jan). I’m working through the integral ODPD to prepare before term starts. Any other tips?

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · Aug 19

Same for Edexcel. I had a student 1 mark off their grade who wrote sin x ^4 instead of sin^4 x all the way through a CP1 proof. Intent was clear and every step was perfect, but they lost the first B1 and hence the final A1. Seemed harsh to lose 2 marks for poor notation.

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Jack Brown @tlmaths.bsky.social · Aug 19

We’ve got a 10% discount on the A-Level Maths textbook until 31st August - feel free to share! @danihosford.bsky.social #ALevelMaths

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