by Gary Pemberton | Jan 9, 2013 | Secondary Maths
Mollie Orshansky was an American statistician and economist who developed the Orshansky Poverty Thresholds in the mid 1960s. These thresholds are still used today in the United States as a measure of the income that a household must not exceed to be counted as poor....
by Gary Pemberton | Dec 18, 2012 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary Maths
Tangrams are a Chinese dissection puzzle based around arranging seven pieces of shaped card to make a specific shape. I have attached a Tangram blank to print out and use to create several seasonal shapes… Good luck and have a nice holiday!
by Gary Pemberton | Dec 18, 2012 | Secondary Maths
December 19th 1944 is the birthdate of one of the most famous mathematicians of the modern era, Mitchell Feigenbaum. Chaos theory is one of the most important developments in mathematics of the last 50 years and develops the model of how the world and the universe...
by Gary Pemberton | Dec 12, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary Maths
Any extra help in mathematics is always appreciated and we were very fortunate this week to have a guest to help with keeping an eye on the Grade 9’s ……
by Gary Pemberton | Dec 12, 2012 | Grade 10, Secondary Maths
At 12.12 today, the grade 10’s took a moment in Mathematics to mark a very important moment in history 12.12 pm 12.12.12, a repeated number date that will not happen again for another 89 years (which I don’t think many of us will still be around to...
