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Leaving Cert Constructions

http://gofree.indigo.ie/~hallinan/ProjectMaths/LC_Geometry_Strand2/Leaving_Cert_Geometry_summary_constructions.htm

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National Numeracy Strategy Week 1

Maths Video 1 Belvedere College S.J. are involved in a National Numeracy Strategy Pilot.  Over the next six weeks we are dedicating Friday morning Form Period Tutor to numeracy. Enjoy this week’s video!

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Happy New Year!

Every newspaper and magazine seems awash with statistics on how few people will keep their New Years Resolutions.  How are they collecting this data?  What could bias it? What constitutes ‘keeping’ a resolution? These are the types of questions we … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Conor Ryan Rhetoric who won the Maths Week Photo Competition.

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Maths Week drawing to a close…

Several times throughout this week I have questioned how effective is Maths Week and what do we hope it will achieve? Firstly we hope it raises the profile of maths in the school and encourages everyone to think about maths … Continue reading

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Maths Week off to a great start. Lots of entries so far for todays puzzle. See your form noticeboard for more details!

See also survey in post below

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Maths Week

Next week is Maths Week and we will be officially launching the blog.  Plus there will be lots of puzzles and competitions to enter. Photography Competition and Spice up your Maths lesson running now! See form noticeboards for details!

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Daily Mail invented story based on guilty verdict on website

The use of statistics are often invented or changed to agree with what a journalist wants to prove.  Some interesting examples on this website which would certainly make you think twice before taking any statistics at face value. http://understandinguncertainty.org/

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excited by new blog set up by Belvedere College #nrich

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