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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 4d

I remember I had a colleague who was stuck on a FP1 question because she was trying to use algebraic division - she asked for my help and I did it in seconds using a grid. I’ll see if I can find it. All I can remember is it had a p as a coefficient! It was a great example of logic over algorithm.

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know - something big like £2k pa. It doesn’t come out the maths budget. Every school in my MAT has it - considered worth it for the quality and impact.

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Kev Field Music @kevfieldmusic.bsky.social · 9d

Hi Maths folk, does anyone know of handy booklets to use for A-level maths intervention? Hoping for something that has questions that are easier and then build up to more exam style? Thanks for any help (also anything for Alevel FM would be appreciated)
@mathsjem.bsky.social @drbennison.bsky.social

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mathemategol.bsky.social @mathemategol.bsky.social · 10d

Heyo! I have a meeting with area leaders on numeracy across the curriculum. What are high-performing departments doing here? I want to avoid any shoe-horning! @mathsjem.bsky.social

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Stephen Cox @etzsmc.bsky.social · 12d

TMUA Paper 2 preparation material *available now as editable PowerPoint* at

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

A page of logical equivalents to help students convert "A only if B" statements (which melt my brain) into "A implies B" or "if A then B" (which don't).

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 12d

This is always a fun day in precalc - lots of friendly arguments

Series of questions on domains of various functions

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 15d

Fine, but we’re not expecting them to mark it properly and give themselves a mark out of eighty - they just use it to check answers.

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Stephen Cox @etzsmc.bsky.social · 18d

More free resources for students preparing for TMUA Paper 2 logic: two MCQ review tests on the key topics, including necessary and sufficient conditions; counterexamples; contrapositive; converse; quantifiers and negation; logically equivalent statements. Answers too.

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

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DavidPetro314 @davidpetro314.bsky.social · 17d

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...

Links and help from @mathsjem.bsky.social @edutopia.org @howiehua.bsky.social @murrayh83.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 17d

Eek! That’s terrible. Wow!

Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 19d

In case you missed it!

Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 26d

New! My 192nd gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎

www.resourceaholic.com/2025/09/5-ma...

Hat tips to follow.

#mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths #iteachmath

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 19d

I know! Love it.

I love the Sisyphus reference - I never thought of it like that before! Never ending…!

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 19d

I much prefer it to them all sniggering at the number 69 tbf!

Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 19d

Mitchell and Webb on teaching maths… 😂 youtu.be/8AeCo3AD1cM?...

Confused Teacher Crashes Out Over His Job | Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping | Channel 4 Comedy

YouTube video by Channel 4 Comedy

youtu.be

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 19d

www.parents.com/why-cant-kid...

Kids Can't Stop Shouting 'Six Seven'—Here's What It Really Means

Kids are obsessively repeating the phrase 'six seven,' and no one—not even the teens—can quite explain why. Here's what the trend means, where it came from, and whether you should be concerned if it s...

www.parents.com

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Tom Bowler @ridermeister.bsky.social · 20d

That time of year again...

Please share the below booklet with any pupils thinking of studying maths at universities that use interviews as part of the admissions process.

www.drfrost.org/downloadable...

#MathsToday #AlevelMaths

Dr Frost Learning

Dr Frost provides an online learning platform, teaching resources, videos and a bank of exam questions, all for free.

www.drfrost.org

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Stephen Cox @etzsmc.bsky.social · 20d

Supporting students for the upcoming TMUA/MAT maths entrance exams? Two free resources to help (both with answers) at

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

and

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 26d

New! My 192nd gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎

www.resourceaholic.com/2025/09/5-ma...

Hat tips to follow.

#mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths #iteachmath

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 21d

Brilliant!

Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 21d

I love the early Y12 lessons too - so many brilliant resources to choose from! Wish we could give these lovely topics more time.

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 21d

Eek! I missed this. Seems ok now…?

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 21d

Our Year 11s love Papers Society! 150 students voluntarily stayed after school yesterday to do maths GCSE papers in the canteen.

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Helen Konstantine @giftedhko.bsky.social · 23d

Made this for my year 11. Not the most exciting and not a lot of variety in types but they wanted practice factorsing with quadratics mathshko.com/2019/10/04/alg…

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 22d

Yes I know, but this feature which automatically appears in Chrome has only been added in the last few weeks (giving students the idea to use AI if they hadn’t thought of doing it previously)

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HannahKettleMaths @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you for the feature! Unit 1 for Higher has gone up today and I’ve given them a more permanent home here: www.hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/cover

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