We continued with the algebraic skills necessary for the National 4 – Expressions & Formula topic with work on multiplying out brackets and simplifying expressions. This can be found on the MyMaths website under Library – Algebra – Algebraic Manipulation –…
Year: 2014
2B1 – week ending 23rd May
We had to re-schedule one of the periods we had intended to use for the presentations last week to this week, and after all the groups had given their presentations, they were provided with feedback on the content of their…
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2A1 – week ending 23rd May
We finished the Finance Project with more discussion regarding probability and betting.
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1W2 – week ending 23rd May
This week the class continued the topic Statistics with the class learning more about probability before performing another investigation of how probability works. This then led onto calculating the mean, median, mode & range of a set of data.
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3A6 – week ending 16th May
We continued work on substituting values into formulae and this can be found on the MyMaths website under Library – Algebra – Expressions & Formulae – Substitution 2. This led onto making your own formulae and then more work revising…
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2B1 – week ending 16th May
Two periods this week would be devoted to giving the Finance Project presentations to Mrs Rennie and myself. The other lessons would be looking at probability and how this relates to Finance in betting and stocks & shares. This will…
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2A1 – week ending 16th May
This week the class would be looking at probability and how this relates to Finance in betting and stocks & shares. This will carry on to next week as well. We have already discussed how bookmakers take 90% of the…
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1W2 – week ending 16th May
This week the class finished the topic Measurement in particular converting the units weights. We then had one period of revision prior to the end of year test, with all the topics being tested. The topics are – Whole Numbers,…
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3A6 – week ending 9th May
We spent one period looking at enlarging shapes using a scale factor to find a missing side which was a follow on from the work last week. We then went onto substituting values into formulae which has been done previously…
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2B1 – week ending 9th May
We continued the Finance Project looking at the cost of a loan before planning/costing a holiday, buying a car and value for money (all of which has some bearing on the class project and the finances that each group is…
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