Sunday 23 November 2014

The Golden Ratio - probably the best rectangle in the world.

From the United Nations' building in New York to your credit card or train ticket this rectangle is it is believed to be an appealing shape... . Check out this and more on BBC Radio 4 and the Open University's A History of Ideas here.


Cloud Computing

This little video from YouTube takes the mystery out of cloud computing - an indispensable source of storage for all our files.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Interactive Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Running up that hill!

How old is that hedge? Hooper's Rule

Height and weight - the Hamwi Equation

QQI/FETAC Level 3 Geometry overview

Application of Number quiz @ ExamTime

Quiz created by jodriscoll64 with ExamTime

Digit sums checking

A Sense of Number and Fractions in Action Presentation

Guesstimating the mortgage repayments

This is a nice exercise where loan repayments can be calculated "by hand". This handout also includes a tried and tested formula that will calculate exact repayments.