A Blog Index
Find blogs linked to particular maths topics
01 June 2024
If you're looking for a real world application or unusual angle for a classroom maths topic, use the index below to find a blog that might help:
ALGEBRA Ice Cream Puzzle Upside-Down Equation Greek letters
APPLYING FORMULAE Finding typos Rule of 72 Lazy Revision
ARITHMETIC Catch Up Game Two sig figures Three sevenths Arithmeticians Zequals Dirk Bogarde
AVERAGES A Dicey Survey Clarity Index
BODMAS Bodmas confusion
COMBINATIONS World Cup 2026
EXPECTED VALUE Big Bass arcade Rugby decision
FERMI QUESTIONS Crossing the road Hole-in-one Pole-vault Pencil sharpening Richard III descendants
FRACTIONS Dirk Bogarde
GAME THEORY Catch Up Game Honourable Kiwis Biscuit guilt ABBA Penalties Penalty shootout Davis cup
HISTOGRAMS Core Maths
LOCI Six yard box
LOGARITHMS The Rule of 72
NEGATIVE NUMBERS Underground numbers
MEASUREMENT Inching Fibonacci distance Football pitch The Las Vegas pool Tennis serve
MECHANICS Crossing the road Pole vault
MODELLING Biscuit guilt Lazy revision Edinburgh Trams Travelator
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE From Kilo to Bronto Zequals
PERCENTAGES Rule of 72 16 Percent; Clarity Index
PI Pi goals
PROBABILITY Birthday coincidence Big Bass arcade Black Queen Boy girl Chicken Pies HannahSweets Hole-in-one Monty Hall Rugby decision Shooting stars Sisters Sleeping Beauty
PROBLEM SOLVING Catch Up Game
QUADRATICS HannahSweets Upside-Down Equation Pole vault drop
RATIOS Chicken Pies Fibonacci distance Golden rectangle The Las Vegas pool
SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS Ice Cream Puzzle
SQUARE ROOTS Calculator candles Ben Stokes
STANDARD FORM From Kilo to Bronto
STATISTICS Core Maths Dicey-Survey Exam-grades False Positives Flood Risks Covid spread Pi goals Goal glut
TOPOLOGY Blackpool Rollercoaster
VECTORS Tennis serve
VOLUME OF CYLINDER/CONE Pencil sharpening