Vanessa Brown, Maths CPD professional, NCETM PD accredited & WG lead #TSM, #ECT, #TfM #masteryreadiness, ARK Maths Mastery Dev Lead, Associate Lecturer @ SHU

West Midlands, England
Joined July 2017
1 and a half 18s and adjust. 18+9 = 27 Adjust so 27,000 #mathstratchat
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So proud to share that I have been recommended as an Accredited NCETM School Development Lead. This year prog demonstrates my ongoing commitment to empowering teachers, strengthening maths pedagogy, & championing high‑quality PD.
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Inspiring Maths retweeted
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Always looking for a pleasing mathematical pattern whilst #onholiday @NCETM
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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #Timesflies #MyXAnniversary
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4x16x5. I know double 16 is 32, doubled is 64. 64 x 5 = 64 x 10 halved = 320 #mathstratchat
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Final session of the year with our wonderful #TfMIntroductory schools. Such rich discussions about the past, present and future of maths in their schools. @em-mathshub.bsky.social @NCETM
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Inspiring Maths retweeted
🧮 Calculator Crunch Day 4 What sits between 0.25 and 0.5? Find fractions in between and see how many different answers you can create. 👉 Try today’s challenge and enter our prize draw: buff.ly/U28kl5a #CalculatorCrunch
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8x20x5 Reorder 5x20 = 100, 8 x 100 = 800 #mathstratchat
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Inspiring Maths retweeted
Hope you have fun with this year's set of puzzles and enter the prize draws. Do post any work your pupils do, if you are able to, tagging @MEIMaths and using #CalculatorCrunch ... now where is my calculator ...
🧮 Calculator Crunch Day 1 Something’s not adding up… 👀 A broken magic square where one number is wrong. Can you spot it and fix it? 👉 Try today’s challenge: buff.ly/U28kl5a 🏆 Plus, enter our competition while you’re there! #CalculatorCrunch
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Inspiring Maths retweeted
Day 2 of #CalculatorCrunch ... how close to 1,000 can you get using just eight 8s? #PrimaryMaths #PrimaryEd #Y58Continuity
🧮 Calculator Crunch Day 2 Eight 8s. One target: 1,000. Using only 8s, how close can you get? 💭 Can you hit 1,000 exactly? 👉 Take on today’s challenge: buff.ly/U28kl5a #CalculatorCrunch
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24 x 750. Im thinking 3/4 (0.75) of 24 = 18 but I want 1000 the size. So 18,000.
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Final session #primary #ECTs @NCETM & #EMWMH. Impact on my group? "I have learnt that it is okay to scale things back if needed. .. and when reasoning, it is important to focus on oracy first so that children can articulate & then they can reason & apply that skill"
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125 x 160 250 x 80 500 x 40 = 20,000 I also saw the "eighthness" of the 125 related to 1000 So 1/8 of 160 x 1000 #mathstratchat
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In my role, I get to go to lots of different places, I've seen this fountain numerous times but thought I should take a pic in the sunshine. At @SDSA, we were discussing sometimes, always, never questions from @nrichmaths to expose misconceptions.
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1500 x 32 = 3000 x 16 (double/halve) I know that 3x16 = 48 (known fact for me), so 3000 x 16 = 48,000. If I didn't know 3x16=48, I could have continued: 6,000 x 8 or 12,000 x 4 or 24,000 x 2
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I used this problem with my #introductorytomastery WG for @em-mathshub.bsky.social - lots of discussion generalising about what could go in the box but more importantly what wouldn't go in the box. mathshorizons.uk
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There are 3 1/12s in 1/4 so there are 9 1/12s in 3/4. #mathstratchat
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How many sixths in 1 1/2? (3/2 = 1 1/2) 6 sixths =1 and 3 sixths in 1/2, so 9 altogether. #mathstratchat
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