100+ ideas for teaching mathematics / Mike Ollerton.

100+ ideas for teaching mathematics /

Containing over 100 inspirational ideas for developing your pupils' mathematical skills, this book features ideas that range from simple addition to using and applying trigonometry, from naming 2D shapes to exploring the intrigues of 3D solids.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ollerton, Mike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Continuum one hundreds.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION 1 A number of number puzzles; 1 100 SQUARE 1 Observing patterns on a 100 grid, summing sequences; 2 100 SQUARE 2 Coding moves on a 100 grid, arithmetic; 3 CARD TRICKERY 1 The arithmetic behind a card trick; 4 CARD TRICKERY 2 Another card trick and more arithmetic; 5 FIVES AND THREES Dominoes and arithmetic; 6 CONSECUTIVE SUMS Consecutive numbers and consecutive sums; 7 DIVISORS 1 Deciding on divisors; 8 DIVISORS 2 Developing divisors; 9 DIVISORS 3 Exploring divisors.
  • 10 DIVISORS 4 Lowest Common Multiples and divisors11 DOUBLING AND DOUBLING AND ... Arithmetic by continually doubling (ABCD); 12 DOUBLING IN MODULAR ARITHMETIC Exploring modular arithmetic; 13 EXPLORING UNIT DIGITS Exploring unit digits, sequences; 14 FIVE DICE /FIVE CARDS TO A HUNDRED; 15 NETWORKS Coding and analysing a line pattern, generalizing, formula; 16 PALINDROMES Exploring numbers, generalizing, arithmetic; 17 PARTITIONS AND PRODUCTS Addition, multiplication, indices, formulae; 18 SCALE FACTORS Enlargements, ratio; 19 STORIES Here's the answer, what's the question?
  • 20 TAKE THREE DICE Arithmetic, properties of numbers21 TAKE THREE NUMBERS A right good number puzzle; 22 TAKE A STRIP OF PAPER From number to algebra; 23 DOMINO DELIGHT Number patterns, algebra and fractions; 24 FRACTION WALLS AS NUMBER LINES Fraction walls, fraction number lines, decimals, percentages; 25 FRACTIONAL FROGS Addition and subtraction of fractions, infinity; 26 TWO MORE FRACTION PROBLEMS Patterns in fractions, generalizing; 27 A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE PROBLEMS Making sense of percent, compound interest; 28 ROOTING OUT SQUARE ROOTS Multiplication of decimals.
  • 29 CREATING A LOG10 TABLE Creating base 10 log tables using fractional indicesSECTION 2 Puzzles to NAG (Number, Algebra and Graphs) your students with; 30 FIBONACCI 1 Sequence generators, golden ratio, graphing data; 31 FIBONACCI 2 Properties of the Fibonacci sequence, algebra; 32 SQUARE NUMBERS A collection of ideas using square numbers; 33 FIVE NUMBERS IN A RING 1 Differencing, generalizing; 34 FIVE NUMBERS IN A RING 2 Summing products, summing quotients, coordinate pictures; 35 JOINING DOTS Exploring structures, generalizing; 36 SPROUTS A strategy game using nodes, arcs and regions.
  • 37 4-SQUARE MEETING POINT PROBLEM Number patterns, generalizing, writing formulae38 TURNING INSIDE-OUT 'People math', a bit of fun, generalizing; 39 X + Y = 10 Partitioning, algebra, graphing; 40 100 SQUARE 3 Algebrizing on a 100 square; 41 TAKE TWO NUMBERS Addition, number patterns, generalizing; 42 DIAGONAL DIVERSIONS 1 Practising Pythagoras and trigonometry in a problem-solving context; 43 CARD TRICKERY 3 Puzzling out a card trick, constructing a formula; 44 LONGEST PATH THROUGH A RECTANGLE Number pattern leading to a quadratic; 45 NUMBER ROUTE PROBLEMS Number problems and algebra.

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