Examples of how to factorise Quadratics using the Guide Number method.

This free course has two aims: firstly, to help you read and interpret information in the form of diagrams, charts and graphs, and secondly, to give you practice in producing such diagrams yourself. To start you will deal ...

This free course, Finding information in mathematics and statistics, will help you to identify and use information in maths and statistics, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the key ...

Explains how to rewrite a cubic polynomial as the product of a linear term and a quadratic, by dividing the cubic by the linear term.

Our world is full of measurements - but who decides what we measure and how? Dr Simon Bell from The Open University and the Bayswater Institute investigates the world of indicators (or measurements). Who decides what ...

This free course, Modelling heat transfer, is the fourth in the series of five courses on mathematical modelling. In this course you will be taken through the whole modelling process in detail, from creating a first simple ...

This free course looks at Scotsman John Napier, best known to for his treatise on Protestant religion. However, it was his interest in a completely different subject that radically altered the course of mathematics. After ...

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Patterns occur everywhere in art, nature, science and especially mathematics. Being able to recognise, describe and use these patterns is an important skill that helps you to tackle a wide variety of different problems. ...