Triangle Area

Discovering the formula for the area of a triangle

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Jon Skinner

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Triangle, Area

Magic Squares

An investigation into the patterns found in Magic Squares.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Matthew Reames

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Arithmetic, Number puzzles

Perfect Pitch

Look for connections and patterns in the frequencies and wavelengths of sequences of musical notes

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Linda Tetlow

Topic:  Mathematics, STEM

Tags: Exponential, Patterns, STEM, Geometric series, Physics, Loci

The sheep-pen problem

Recognise a quadratic in a realistic context and solve an optimisation problem

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Allan Duncan

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Quadratic, Perimeter, Area, Algebra

Pythagoras - two approaches

Areas of squares ...or lengths of sides, squared?

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Allan Duncan

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Pythagoras

How many squares?

Encourages a systematic approach when searching for solutions. (Works well with TI-Nspire Navigator)

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: Andy Kemp

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Circles, Mathematical thinking

Higher Maths (exam questions) on Integration

Exam level questions on the topic of integration

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Integration

Higher maths (exam questions) on Functions

Exam level questions for Higher Maths on the topic of Functions

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Functions

Volumes of prisms

The volume of a number of different prisms are found in this unit.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Surface area, Volume, Prisms

Areas of quadrilaterals and polygons

The areas of quadrilaterals, n sided shapes and regular polygons are found using the trig area formula.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Trigonometry

Higher Maths Exam Questions

Higher Maths exam questions on the topics of straight line, differentiation, polynomials and functions are presented with solutions.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Functions, Differentiation, Polynomial Division, Linear

Carpeting

Students are expected to work out the cost of carpeting a room using different carpet kinds and adding VAT to the bill.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Area, Percentages

Exploring Linear Regression

Give pupils an insight into the ?black box? that is the least squares regression formula.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: Jonathan Powell

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Linear regression, Scattergraphs

Pollution in a small loch

A recurrence relation is used to solve a pollution problem.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Recurrence relations, Patterns

Trig in a right angled triangle

Trig problems in right angled triangles are solved.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Pythagoras, Trigonometry

High ground, low ground

What is the quickest route from Start to Finish across two types of ground where different speeds are possible?

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags: Pythagoras, Velocity, Time