Making Maths Simple & Visual
Hello parents/teachers, Happy to share a tried and tested idea to develop interest, excitement and curiosity in students for learning Algebra. This keeps our students fully engaged in our Algebra workshop. Hope it helps your children/students as well. Introduce your children to Math tricks and teach them how to decode the tricks. Encourage them to... Continue Reading →
One of my grade 8 students was working on the graphical solution method for simultaneous equations. 4x - 5y = 14 3x + y = 1 He plotted the lines on the graph paper and as expected, lines cut at ( 1, -2 ) He knew that the intersection point is the solution for such... Continue Reading →
Most students learn about Co-ordinate geometry in Grade 7 or Grade 8 and this is how we usually introduce this topic to them: We draw two perpendicular lines on the graph, name the intersection point as 'origin' and introduce x & y coordinates to represent any point on the plane. Then, we tell them the... Continue Reading →
Me - Algebra can help me to find out how many brothers and sisters do you have. Student - How is that possible ? If I don't tell you about my brothers & sisters, how can Algebra help you? Me - That is the beauty of maths dear!! Ok, lets try it out. Student -... Continue Reading →
Usually, Algebra is introduced around grade 6. By that time, students are so accustomed to using numbers in Maths that they cannot imagine Maths beyond numbers. They get intimidated by the fact that they have to deal with letters 'x, y, z' in Maths. This fear blocks their mind for any further learning and the... Continue Reading →
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