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Some maths resources for teachers and pupils.

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Have put a few resources up at plexmaths.com hope that somebody finds them useful
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Here is a matrix made with 'Pascal' Numbers. What is its inverse?
Brilliant - got it now. 10002 and 20001 next ones No idea how to prove that they are the only ones though.
Replying to @GodsonMaths
I tend to use the 1/3 = 0.3333.... , 2/3 = 0.6666... , so 3/3 = 0.9999... but it does not always convince the whole class much to my bewilderment.
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What is your best approach to convincing students that this is not true?
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Thank you. It seems like there might be infinitely many of them then..
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'Reversible Square Numbers' Are there any more of these and how can I find them??
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Old but still good when teaching powers youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDj…
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Can you find a run of 7 consecutive non prime integers? What about a run of 9? #maths
Students can read about the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search at plexmaths.com/prime-numbers-… #mathschat
Free four fours resource published Ideal for first lesson. plexmaths.com/worksheets
Strange and quirky facts about pi at plexmaths.com/quirky-pi #maths
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The sign used in the UK to denote a football stadium is geometrically impossible?? #maths
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Maths lottery. Tickets £10 each. Prize - infinite amount of money. Prize money paid £1 this week, £0.50 next week, £0.3333....the following week, ... #Mathematics #math
Find out about the ham sandwich theorem with numberphile at youtube.com/watch?v=YCXmUi56… #math #Mathematics #MathFun
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What are the equations of these circles? Can you extend the pattern? A nice investigation when studying equations of circles. #Math #mathchat #puzzle
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Billie the bookworm starts chomping through the books on a shelf. Each book is one inch thick. She chomps all the way from the front cover of Volume 1 to the back cover of Volume 3. How far has Billie chomped? #Maths #PuzzlePage
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