I need the weekend to come. Even though I’m far behind with marking – further than I can ever remember being – I need it to be Saturday.
I’m not too crazy about Christmas to be honest, however I had my first festive thought this morning due to the shuffle feature on my phone playing me the Duckworth Lewis Method version of the classic “When A Child Is Born” made famous by Johnny Mathis. I had an enjoyable few minutes as I repeated […]
I’ve had hiccups for what seems like hours now. I hate them. They are making my chest hurt.
For me, it is this: Seen on Facebook. People are gullible. Some of the comments are trying to justify this as a joke. But I don’t think it is meant as one… People, I’ve met people, will believe this.
263 sits in five different types of prime number: a balanced prime an irregular prime a Ramanujan prime a Chen prime and a safe prime. Balanced primes are primes where there are equal sized prime gaps above and below it. Other balanced primes are 5, 53, 157, 173, 211, 257 and 263. Irregular primes are […]
For me, it is most probably my MaST dissertation – that being the Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher certification I gained four (?) years ago. Since then, I have written the odd piece for the TES (Times Educational Supplement) and reviewed mathematics schemes for an educational publisher, both of which ended up being heavily edited at […]
There was a time when the launch of a new iPhone edition was greeted with huge crowds battling to unwrap their desired new piece of technology before anyone else… however, the scenes below may be an indicator that Apple may have some work to do to get the love back!
Today has flown by. I had great plans to get plenty done by getting to work early – but an accident in the fog on the M62 meant that a few members of staff were stuck and were late getting there. I offered to take over until they came. This set me back an hour […]
Plenty: 259=3²+5²+15²= 3²+9²+13² so, it can be expressed as the sum of three distinct squares in two different ways. It can be expressed as the sum of four cubes in two different ways. 259=2³+2³+3³+6³=1³+2³+5³+5³. It is semi-prime in that it is a number that is the product of two distinct primes: 7×37. I have had another […]
Over the last few days, Mrs Pitts has been off work ill. She really hasn’t been well enough to go to be fair. This has confused my routines greatly though and now I’ve realised I’ve let another evening slip by without having written here. Having meetings most nights this week isn’t helping either, to be […]