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Packing Problems - 3 - Shelving
This optimisation problem is an ideal opportunity to use the real-world context of logistics as an application of a first fit decreasing algorthim.
In this activity students have to decide how to cut pieces of wood to make a shelving unit using the least number of planks of wood, within certain constraints....
Packing Problems -1 - How many employees?
This optimisation problem is an ideal opportunity to use the real-world context of logistics as an application of first fit algorthims.
In this activity students have to allocate a number of different jobs to different employees within certain constraints. As part of the task students are introduced to first...
Padlock challenges
The aim of each challenge is for students to complete each of the five tasks, recording their results on the answer sheet entitled “To open the padlock”. Students obtaining the correct ‘grand total’ have successfully completed the challenge.
The number padlock challenge contains five number challenges, one...
Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable to students (key stage 3 and 4) to engage with geometry. It is a comprehensive set of...
Published by The Mathematical Association; Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable students (Key stage 3 and 4) to engage with statistics and probability. It is a comprehensive set of worksheets from which teachers can construct their own pupil booklets or classroom posters...
Published by The Mathematical Association; Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable students (Key stage 3 and 4) to engage with algebra and numbers. It is a comprehensive set of worksheets from which teachers can construct their own pupil booklets or classroom posters containing a...
These meticulously designed Painted Lady lifecycle figures are an educational accessory to any live butterfly kits. The accurately detailed egg, larva, chrysalid and adult butterfly replicas are scaled to suit younger...
Painting the Playground
This activity from Cre8ate maths lends itself to the development of personal thinking and learning skills, based on activities for a playground. Making a maze involves students in quite complex 2-D visualisation, working with a prepared spreadsheet, in excel, which encourages students to refine and redraft their...
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