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…the famous equation poster contest from the excellent Math Careers site?

Do you have a favourite equation? Peter Alfeld of The University of Utah has a collection he thinks are important or intriguing. My personal favourite, Euler’s identity, is his first on the list.

eⁱ^π = -1

For more on beautiful equations try the 17 equations that changed the world on the World Economic Forum where for each equation we have the following information:

What does it mean?
History
Importance
Modern use

Or from BBC Earth, have a look at “What is the most beautiful equation?”

For UK school age students note the famous equation poster contest from the excellent Maths Careers site. This competition closes on Friday 8th June; winners in each age group will win an Android tablet. There will also be five ‘highly commended’ certificates awarded in each group.

I have added the competition details to Mathematics for Students.

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Have you seen…?

Minimally Different Problems from Jess, (@FortyNineCubed on Twitter)

Using the Quadratic Formula – Minimally Different Problems

Note the menu on the right-hand side to help you find exercises.
As Jess says, text exercises can become too varied too quickly, so perhaps try some minimally different problems to explore what happens with these small changes.

MEI M4 Magazine Archive

MEI has been busy, their M4 Magazine is a source of excellent resources as well as articles to read. Now you can search the archive for GCSE problems categorised by topic.

I enjoyed many excellent sessions at the recent BCME9 conference; I particularly enjoyed the Nrich session. Nrich has so many accessible problems, it’s not just all about high ability students; try these problems on Factors, Multiples and Primes for example.

For the new specification – A Level proof, I’ll certainly be using this Interactive Proof Sorter example which works on my phone as well as on my laptop.