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Hello My Cherubs,

This week we are survivors. Sort of.

Lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano is threatening tiny town of Pahoa in Hawaii.

Can you out run a lava Flow? You have to do the maths.

Volcano Survivor 1: Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, 2014

Volcano Survivor 2: Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii, 1950

Volcano Survivor 3: Mount Unzen, Japan, 1991.

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On your bike

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Cheerio

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Mathspig

 

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Hellooooooooo My Little Sweetpeas,

Put it down. Step back from the ch0colate box. Did you know chocolate can kill you? And it takes less than you think. Stop chewing and read on:

Death by Chocolate: The Maths

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How to kill your teacher with kindness! Do the maths.

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Death by Chocolate for DOGS

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Death by Chocolate for CATS

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 While we’re looking at spooky DEATH Statistics check out these posts:

 We’re All Gonna Die

or Why Death Rates are Over-Rated!

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A Comic Look at Death Statistics

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Can you die laughing?

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 Maybe, won’t die. Maybe, you will become a ZOMIE. No worries, we have that covered too.

Zombie Maths

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Bye-de-bye and watch your step

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Mathspig

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Hellooooooooo My Little Party Pigs,

‘Maths is booooooooring’

Middle school students often moan about maths.

Actually, quite often maths is boring because lessons are sooooooo predictable.  Chapter 1 is followed by …..Guess what? 

Chapter 2. And then Chapter 2 is followed by …… You get the picture.

The one way to kill boredom and get their attention is to SURPRISE THEM. 

Ask them weird questions. Do strange calculations. Find a ghost ship. Give them odd maths challenges. Have funny maths days. Throw a maths party. 

Here are some ways you can SURPRISE …. EVEN SHOCK them!

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Top 10 Funny Maths Videos

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10 Weird and Wacky Maths Projects

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10 Urban Maths Myths Busted

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10 Mentalist Maths Tricks

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The Hunger Games Maths

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Maths Cure for Wolverine

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And just to inspire you too here are some weird, funny, serious, ridiculous and fascinating quotes:

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10 Quirky Quotes for Maths Teachers

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Bye-de-bye

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Mathspig

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Helloooooo Sweat Peas,

Did you know the world is just covered in mathsy place names? There are streets, Boulevards, roads, lanes and ways all boasting mathsy names. 

So this week Mathspig just has to ask: 

What place boasts the most mathematical street names in the world?

And this week don’t forget the yummy Easter Egg maths.

How to plot an Easter Egg Graph

How to calculate the amount of sugar in an Easter Egg

Did I hear the word .. CHOCOLATE?  Gotta run ………………………………………

Bye-de-bye

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Mathspig

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Hellooooooooo My Sweeties,

Last year was a yummy year. Mathspig statistics … Mathspig lervs statistics show:

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 170,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it.

But some think you don’t need maths. This makes Mathspig soooooooo mad. Here is what she has to say, Sweeties:

3 Don’t-Mess-with-Mama Reasons Why You Need Maths today

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Mathspig

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Helloooo My Lovelies,

Get ready to sing-a-long.

Here it is a Christmas Maths Song: 

12 Days of Kris-maths

On the 12th day of Kris-maths

my maths class gave to me:

12 Proofs a proving

11 Bar Graphs plotting

 

10 Factors finding

 

9 Surds a sorting

8 Midpoints Marking

7 Powers adding

6 Curves a graphing

5 Golden Rules

4 Perfect squares

3 Cube roots

2 Sine Curves

and gifts wrapped in a fractal tree

 

 

Happy Kris-maths

Bye-de-bye

Mathspig

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Helloooooo Little Mutants,

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This week I’m soooooooo excited about

Wolverine the movie

I just had to do lots of X-men maths.

Read on Mutants.

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Cheerio

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Porkerine

aka Mathspig

 

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Hello Sweet Peas,

This week we are busting Maths Myths. There are many Urban Myths involving maths.

Myths involving maths work because the number sounds sort of right.

eg. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Drink 64 fl oz or 1.89 litres of water a day  does NOT sound quite right, yet this is the same volume of water!!

Here is an Urban Myth involving maths from Mythbusters.

In 2009 (Episode 117) Grant, Tory, and Kari investigated the Myth that a giant 2m (7 ft) Lego ball rolling down a hill could smash a car.

They borrowed 1 million blocks and with all hands on deck built a 1,400 kg (3,000 pound) ball.

Did it smash the car?Nah! It fell to bits first.

Myth Busted.

But you can turn yourself into a Little Lego Character here.

There is a fabulous exercise for middle school maths with worksheets on how rumours spread @ 6 degrees of separation.

Now on with the Maths Myth Busting

Cheerio

Mathspig

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This week two NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T tricks.

One with cards and another with your money … that is, if you like the pokies.

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Cheerio

Mathspig

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Hello My Sweat Peas,

Mathspig has written for newspapers for 30 years. Aaaaah! The maths is frightening. One reason for starting this blog is to show mathpiggies everywhere why we need maths.

One area where we need maths concerns HEALTH STATISTICS. We make all sorts of decisions based on HEALTH STATISTICS.

It is not just the NUMBERS we must understand, but also the LOGIC.

Clear thinking. What do these numbers actually mean. Mathspig has even talked to HEALTH REASEARCHERS, who do not understand statistics. They use computer programs.

So this week Mathspig is applying LOGIC to Health Statistics. She’s looking at the Health Statistics that  Aren’t Good for Your Health.

One Health Statistic of interest involves genes and disease. Angelina Jolie had her healthy breasts removed because of the statistics involving breast cancer. But genes are NOT THE FULL STORY.

And Mathspig, who lervs pi, also loves chubby folk. The health statistics for fatties aren’t always as bad as some claim. See We’re All Gonna Die 2.

To learn a little about Health Statistics and LOGIC read on Sweet Pea.

Ciao

Mathspig