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OCR Maths Subject Advisor, focusing on the A Level suite and the Level 3 FSMQ but also involved with Entry Level and GCSE. Co-author of the Friday #OCRMathsPuzzle
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Interesting to see the '13 rules that expire' all listed together.
As they say: forewarned is forearmed
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Which begs the question -
What content would you remove in order to allow sufficient time to explore the interconnection between the topics?
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I don't go back quite this far, but I would use an old supply of 4 fig tables when introducing logarithms to show why these were so useful pre-calculator.
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My go to version went along to the tune of pop goes the weasel. Unless it was near christmas, in which case;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDO...
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Can't beat a good cheesy tune to reinforce a complex mathematical concept.
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Join us 12 March 4:00 - 4:45 for Spring 2 A level Maths teacher network.
ow.ly/X7hS50UPGo6
Focus on sharing revision ideas.
Discussion point - alternative solution methods.
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I remember doing this each year with KS3 classes, when the students would be progressing to the GCSE that included coursework.
Even when coursework was a thing of the past I would put it in the scheme of work. One year I got the PE dept involved 🙂
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Diagram created in desmos
www.desmos.com/calculator/h...
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2 x 32^2 x 1^3 = 2048 is a good answer, but there is a solution before this.
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Good answer, but there are examples earlier than this.🙂
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#MathsToday
AO3 may be within a scaffolded question, ensuring problem solving element does not act as a barrier to candidates demonstrating routine skills.
The problem solving element is to find the position of point P, but part (a) allows candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of vectors.
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Question 3b H640/02 2022
Question paper ow.ly/oe1g50UCz3z
Mark Scheme ow.ly/M9Tf50UCz3A
Examiner Report ow.ly/nrAC50UCz3y
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02/01/2025 is the first prime, cubed, squared combination of the year 🙂.
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Nice, that makes at least two solutions. My solution had each edge adding to 33.
What's the greatest and least edge totals?
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Continuing our look at command words in A level Maths,
here is Amy's review of the question request to "Explain", perhaps the area that students find most challenging.
www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...
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Love geometry questions like this, but what about the algebraic challenge to construct this as a graph?
www.desmos.com/calculator/e...
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So much to get my head around. Using sliders to investigate. Can shade the different quadrants, now what about the constraints to colour a single spiral around 360 degrees (2pi radians)?
(It may not be serious pencil and paper maths, but it inspires curiosity.)
www.desmos.com/calculator/x...
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xy=a(b sin px + c cos qy)
www.desmos.com/calculator/q...
For no other reason than why not. Go beyond functions that must have an application in today's 'real world' and take a play before getting down to the standard functions on the curriculum.