Mathematics resources from Australia
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AAMT, the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, has an international reputation for supporting innovation and excellence in mathematics teaching. Badsey Publications is pleased to offer a selection from the AAMT catalogue for sale in the UK and Europe.

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  • Age 12 to 18 years
  • Classroom material
  • Modelling/Applied mathematics
  • Problem solving

Neville de Mestre &
Trevor Parkes
Published by AAMT, 1990,
62 pp. soft cover

Price £6
(UK & Europe only)

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But This Isn't Maths!

Stuck for ideas to challenge and engage your students? This set of reproducible problems helps illustrate many of the paradoxes in arithmetic, algebra, measurement and geometry. Together they illustrate that mathematics is a valuable tool which is worth using.


Page example

CONTENTS
Now Hear This!
The Treasury
Giveaway prize, High school dance, Discounts, At the movies, Truancy, Bank book
Department of Transport
Traffic lights, Getting to school, Tyre wear, Bus routes, Dad's petrol consumption, Road signs, Averages, Mum's petrol consumption, Bus timetable, Gas conversion
Department of Education
Teacher training, Beer and marbles, Bridging maths, Missing test, Scaling, Allocating Marks
Department of Weights and Measures
Equatorial expansion, Farmer Brown's water supply, Hanging cable, Market stall, Half a drum, Five and three makes four, Where on earth?, Corrugations
Department of Sport
Cricket, Competition draw, Anyone for tennis?, Triathlon start, Staggered start
Department of Inconsequential Studies
Trivial pursuit, Permutations, True or false, Addiplication, Think of a number.


Page updated 26 February 2006.