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TEDtalks and Maths

Sometimes when we’re needing a break, we take some time to indulge in the wonderful world of TEDtalks. More importantly, we love discovering TEDtalks that are all about mathematics. Here are a few talks that we think are worth a … Continue reading

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The Sounds of Pi

March 14th marks Pi Day! Each year around the world maths enthusiasts celebrate that symbolic Greek letter (“π”) that represents the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Why is Pi Day March 14th you may ask? Well, that all … Continue reading

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Big numbers reign supreme at HOTmaths!

At Cambridge HOTmaths, we’re always happy to crunch numbers and work out figures. Recently we were pleased to find that more than 180,000 questions are answered on HOTmaths each day. That means that more than 1 million questions are answered … Continue reading

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From King Henry VIII to HOTmaths…

Check out how the world’s oldest publisher came to publish cutting-edge digital resources here in Australia! Click here to view the video or click here to see more HOTmaths videos.

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HOTmaths wins at the 2014 Education Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA)

We are proud to announce that HOTmaths won two EPAA awards at the Australian Publishers Association event yesterday: Primary: Student Resource – Mathematics (Numeracy) Cambridge HOTmaths FUNdamentals iPad application.                  Author Rachel Neely. … Continue reading

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The best parts of HOTmaths, decided by you.

We recently ran a competition asking teachers to tell us what they liked about HOTmaths.  Congratulations to the winner, Warren Richards from Queensland. Dozens of teachers told us about their favourite parts of HOTmaths, sharing expert advice and classroom experiences.  … Continue reading

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Tell us what you like about HOTmaths to win a $500 Flight Centre voucher!

This competition is open to all teachers, whether you currently use HOTmaths or not.  Just tell us what you like about the program to go into the draw to win a $500 Flight Centre voucher.  We will share your experience … Continue reading

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Problem solving with HOTmaths

Did you know that the HOT in HOTmaths stands for Higher Order Thinking? Cambridge HOTmaths, Australia’s premier online maths resource, has been designed from the outset to help learners develop skills in problem solving, analysis, evaluation and higher order mathematical … Continue reading

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Australian Curriculum grids

Have you seen our Australian Curriculum grids yet? To support schools using the comprehensive Australian Curriculum courses on HOTmaths, we have grids available for each Year level. The grids map HOTmaths to the Australian Curriculum and vice versa, so you … Continue reading

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Michael Evans of AMSI talks about ICE-EM

[embedplusvideo height=”480″ width=”640″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1mGS1Fy” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/lttPOSD-Eg8?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=lttPOSD-Eg8&width=640&height=480&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep4658″ /] Michael Evans of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute speaks to ‘Today’s Schools’ about ICE-EM, a series of textbooks for Years 5 – 10 that matches the Australian Curriculum for Mathematics.  HOTmaths integrated … Continue reading

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