Today (September 1st 2022) is Metatutor’s 5th birthday! Exactly 5 years ago, we started up with big dreams and a mission of providing affordable and effective maths tuition for children in Bristol. Despite a rather large setback in 2020 (you remember, that pandemic…), we’ve had a great 5 years all… Continue reading Happy 5th Birthday Metatutor!
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content”There are very few things that are perfect in the world. But in maths, there are perfect numbers. What is a perfect number? To describe what a perfect number is, we first need to know what a factor is.The factors of a… Continue reading Perfect numbers
In the previous blog, I explained the Difference of Two Squares, as this mentioned in the Advance Information. Another topic that is mentioned specifically in the Edexcel Advance Information for the Summer 2022 GCSE exams is the Capture-Recapture Method. This will be very easy to prepare for as the questions… Continue reading The Capture-Recapture Method – how to estimate the number of fish in a lake
Mentioned specifically in the Edexcel Advance Information for the 2022 GCSE exams is something called the Difference of Two Squares. So I decided to write a blog about it.I’ve already touched on factorising quadratics in these two blogs – Factorising Quadratics (Foundation) and Factorising Quadratics (Higher). In those two blogs,… Continue reading The Difference of Two Squares
Due to the disruption to schooling caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, exam boards have provided advance information for the upcoming Summer 2022 GCSE exams. This consists of: a list of topics that will come up in the exams, allowing students to focus their revision on fewer topics a formula booklet… Continue reading Advance Information for Summer 2022 GCSE Exams
