This week we continued with the topic Decimals with extra practice on adding and subtracting decimals, before moving onto multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. This can be found on the Mymaths website under Library – Number – Decimals.…
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5C2 – week ending 4th October
This week the class sat their Unit 1 – NAB which test the pupils at the basic competence for the topic and gives a good indicator of how well they are coping. This was followed by a period finishing off…
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4B4 – week ending 4th October
We continued Unit 2 – Relationships, Straight Line and investigated negative gradients. We were using the new textbooks that arrived two weeks ago (TeeJay Publishers – National N4-2). We were able to see the formula generalising Straight Lines. This led onto the…
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3A6 – week ending 4th October
This week we continued the topic Speed / Distance / Time which had been done in S2 but we had more practice of using the various formulae to calculate distance, speed and time. We spent another period revising some of…
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2B1 – week ending 4th October
This week we finished the topic Equations with extra practice on multiplying out single brackets including negative multipliers as well as equations with fractions and the class were reminded of the need to check their answers. If anyone needs extra practice, the…
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2A1 – week ending 4th October
This week we continued the topic Equations with extra practice on multiplying out single brackets including negative multipliers before solving equations with brackets and the class were reminded of the need to check their answers. If anyone needs extra practice, the work…
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1W2 – week ending 4th October
We did more work on Problem Solving – be systematic, with the class challenged to find as many triangles in a diagram as they possibly could by being systematic (the target was over 70). We then started the topic Decimals…
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5C2 – week ending 27th September
This week we continued the topic Differentiation and Chapter 6. We finished the chapter. The class were reminded that they need to have mastered the Standard Grade work on Fractions, Indices and Factorising. The class had their homework 6 on Differentiation returned (and the opportunity…
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4B4 – week ending 27th September
Last week the class sat the Unit Test on Expressions & Formulae and so once everyone had ccompleted it, I was then able to go though it and explain how to tackle every single question. Everyone should know how they got on with…
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3A6 – week ending 27th September
This week we started the topic Speed / Distance / Time with a recap of time intervals, 12 & 24 hour clock notation and how to read timetables. We spent a period revising some of the work covered in S2…
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