Mathematics - Mathspace Blog

Stations in the math classroom

We look at the challenges of implementing stations in the math classroom and ways to overcome them.

Supporting struggling learners with Response to Intervention

At Mathspace, we believe every student can excel in mathematics with the right help at the right time. See how Mathspace supports the Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI) model to help struggling learners.

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Stones and apples

"How can it be that two objects, initially traveling in parallel, can continue each moving in a straight line and yet end up meeting one another?" Jake reveals the answer in this interesting thought experiment.

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The beauty of mathematics

What comes to mind when you think about math? For Nadya, it's the beauty!

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Introducing the 2020 Editions

The 2020 editions are the biggest overhaul of our questions and our lessons since Mathspace’s inception, built in direct response to feedback from teachers and students across Australia. Andrew will take us through the process and show us what's new!

Education

How Mathspace has helped to improve student confidence at Sacred Heart College

Initially, students were against Mathspace because of the online nature. But now students really value the support within Mathspace. It has helped many students to become independent learners and extra

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A little something nothing

What do you get when you break mathematics down to its core? Well - nothing, really. That’s what Jake demonstrates, using some familiar objects, as he explores the big picture view of math.

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Math is Cool

A few neat mathematical properties for your enjoymentJonathan’s math class — circa 2000:“Take out your calculators. Now, somebody give me a number to divide by 7. I bet I

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Flipping your math classroom: A beginner’s guide

Tips & resources to help you flip your classroomFirst, some background on who we are and how we came to be writing this blog… We’re Elisha and Jonathan. We’

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Going down the rabbit hole

Fibonacci’s Numbers are amazing, creative, fascinating and worth every second of this blog post.That’s Jonathan, and his empty coffee cup!This week we didn’t have coffee

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Mixed Numbers: An Educator’s Guide

In many countries mixed numbers are introduced in middle primary. But why? And what use are they?Why and where?Whether you teach in Australia, the United States, Canada, New

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Predictability and its dangers

An introduction to information entropyThat’s Mansour!We’re not just a math business; we’re a math technology business. So on top of having an awesome team of mathematicians,

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The Mathematical Reason for Deuce

and other intriguing insights into the world of tennis scoresLast Monday morning at Mathspace HQ we started the day with an impassioned debate. It was about the first Grand Slam

$To infinity and beyond, with fractals$

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To infinity and beyond, with fractals

The Coffee + Math SeriesThis is Adam.We’ve squeezed in one final Coffee + Math catch up for 2017! This week we defied the sweltering Summer heat and had a hot

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Euler’s Identity: The Intersection of Math & Poetry

The Coffee + Math SeriesThat’s Andie.Welcome to our Coffee + Math series. This week we had an iced coffee with Andie Hoyt in St. Louis, Missouri. Before finding her home

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How to make an infinite amount of money (and other things Statistics can prove)

The Coffee + Math SeriesThat’s JackThis is our second instalment of the Coffee + Math series. It’s simple - we have a coffee and chat about our favorite math equations,

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Just go with the flow: The math of fluid

The Coffee + Math SeriesThat’s JakeWe have a team full of mathematicians, math teachers, and math enthusiasts. We want to share our passion for math with everyone, so we’ve decided to launch a new series called Coffee + Math. Coffee + Math is as simple

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If half the world was illiterate, would that be ok?

It’s not socially acceptable to be illiterate. It shouldn’t be socially acceptable to be bad at math either.It’s hard to believe that just over 50 years

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These pretzels are making me…. Geometric

Here’s a fun (and delicious!) set of puzzles for you to try, inspired by “The Moscow Puzzles.” You’ll need a big bag of pretzel sticks (or other items

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Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

There’s a common belief that technology always improves things. It can make things faster, more efficient, more powerful… The list goes on. With online Mathematics there’s the belief

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How far away is the horizon?

Imagine you’re at the beach, standing on the shoreline (lucky you!). Off in the distance you see a ship on its way out to sea. Slowly it appears to

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Mathematically Perfect Gift Wrapping -Explained

If you don’t like wasting gift wrapping paper (and we sure don’t), then this is the perfect post for you! Recently we asked if it’s possible to

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Why Does Math Anxiety Continue to Plague Americans?

Like so many math educators across the country, my goal has always been to help students learn to love mathematics. If they can’t love math, I hope to instill

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Can Gift Wrapping Be Mathematically Perfect?

Christmas is a time of giving… presents! And one of the most important parts of gift-giving is the wrapping paper — how it looks under the Christmas tree is as much

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