Resources for teaching mathematics, 14-16. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Foster.
• Other Names: Foster, Colin, 1973-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A Tale of Two Numbers; 2 Acting Your Age?; 3 Arc Drawings; 4 Area of a Triangle; 5 Bearings; 6 Beat the Calculator!; 7 Being Human; 8 Being Irrational; 9 Building a Wall; 10 Cake-Cutting Contest; 11 Circle Theorems; 12 Circular Argument; 13 Congruence; 14 Connect Four; 15 Constructions; 16 Counting Squares; 17 Cutting a Square; 18 Equable Sectors; 19 Equivalent Fractions; 20 Factorizing Quadratics; 21 Fill it Up!; 22 Fly on the Wall; 23 Functions; 24 Golden Rectangles; 25 Graphical Linear Inequalities; 26 Graphical Solutions of Equations. 27 Histograms28 Identities; 29 Indices; 30 Inverse Functions; 31 Kim's Game; 32 Many Faces; 33 Maximum Product; 34 Monkeying Around; 35 Odd Ones Out; 36 Ordering Fractions; 37 Percentage Increases and Decreases; 38 Pint Cone; 39 Polygon Areas; 40 Prime Numbers; 41 Prime-Generating Formulae; 42 Probability Pi; 43 Properties of Circles; 44 Proportionality; 45 Pythagoras' Theorem; 46 Quadratic Probabilities; 47 Quadratics in Disguise; 48 Radical Equations; 49 Randomness; 50 Rationalizing Denominators; 51 Recurring Decimals; 52 Reverse Percentages; 53 Rounding; 54 Set Theory; 55 Similarity. 56 Simpson's Paradox57 Solving Quadratic Equations; 58 Straight-Line Graphs; 59 Surds; 60 Surface Area and Volume of a Cuboid; 61 Surface Area and Volume of a Sphere; 62 Tetraphobia; 63 The Cosine Rule; 64 The Sine Rule; 65 Throwing a Coin; 66 Trial and Improvement; 67 Trigonometry; 68 Twenty Questions; 69 Vectors; 70 Winner Takes All!; Other Resources; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum International Pub. Group
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 309 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 510.71/2; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Curriculum planning; Lesson planning; EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics; Curriculum planning; Lesson planning; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441137241; 1441137246; 1283271818; 9781283271813
• Related ISBNs: 9780826436030; 082643603X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 304) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.