I viewed The Dawn of Numbers, an animated video uploaded by MyWhyU on Youtube. It is very interesting. Students must view this.

This fictitious story  takes place on the fititious island of Cocoloco and roughly parallels the historical evolution of number systems. It takes a humorous look at early attempts at creating number systems, leading to the base-10 decimal numbers.

My students have just finished their mid-year examination. Though the school holidays have started, the piles of examination papers to be marked form a small hill on my working table in the house. Happy marking to me and the teachers out there who have to spent their holidays marking. "Happy holidays"

It is already the 4th of January 2012. School has reopened for the new term in the new year. Students are back to school. The school has chosen to start the Form 5 mathematics with chapter 2 : Graphs of Functions, a chapter supposedly to be easier to understand and grasp the concepts. Well, for the form 5 students out there, get ready your graph books and happy graphing!

Book for PMR Mathematics

Dear all form three students, try to get a copy of "Nota Poket PMR A-ttack" published by Cerdik Publications Sdn. Bhd. It is handy and will be useful when you revise for PMR.

For the students who are having their school holidays presently, the link below may keep you occupied while having fun.

http://www.coolmaths.com/

Festive Greetings

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my students and my colleagues Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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CHRISTMAS &

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Revision questions for Form 5 students (2010)

Question 1

Given P is a point on the ground 20 m from the base of the Christmas tree shown above. If the angle of elevation of the star above the Christmas tree from point P is 14 degrees, calculate the height, in m, of the star from the ground.

Question 2

If the Christmas tree shown above is 5 m tall, and the angle of depression of a car on the ground from the top of the Christmas tree is 55 degrees. Find the distance of the car from the base of the Christmas tree.

Ans:Q1: 4.987 m; Q2: 3.501 m

Best wishes for PMR

Dear all form three students of SMK Assunta, especially the students of 3A3, 3C2 and 3M3, best wishes for your PMR examination which is starting tomorrow. Try your best, especially in the mathematics papers!

PMR and SPM Trial Examination Papers

PMR and SPM are around the corner. Let us get down to serious business for the time being. Thanks to the team from SM Sains Muzaffar Syah Melaka. They have a large collection of trial examination questions for both PMR and SPM. If you are looking for trial examination papers from various states, you can visit their blog.

http://koleksisoalan.blogspot.com

Or if you are looking for trial examination papers from SBP 2009, click below.

http://koleksisoalan.blogspot.com

Finding the square of numbers that end with 5

There is a faster way to get the answer when multiplying 25 by 25, or finding the square of numbers that end with digit 5. To know how, play the video clip...

Video clip by Pn Low

If you like to solve puzzles...

If you like solving puzzles, click on the link below:

http://brainden.com/logic-puzzles.htm

Mathematics and science videos for teachers

I come across this site called teachers.tv which has a lot of resources for teaching mathematics and science. Teachers may find this useful, so click on the link to register and download the relevant videos. Enjoy...

http://www.teachers.tv

PMR Mathematics

Dear all Form 3 students of SMK Assunta, and all other Form 3 students out there, PMR is around the corner and for some of you the trial exam starts tomorrow. Study hard, be calm, and best wishes. If you are looking for a mathmatics book for revision, perhaps the book below may be useful to you. The book is available at MPH and Popular Book Stores.

Multiply a number by 11

Let us start off with some mental arithmetic...

For example, multiply a number by 11.

First video clip by Pn Low