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Issue #62

Issue #62 - MathsLinks Newsletter - resources for maths teachers

This newsletter Stage 6 NSW resources contributed by the MathsLinks community.
Single die 🎲 options on MathsStarters.
And a symbolic calculator.

Resources

Thanks to Steven...

Advanced Booklets

Booklets for the Mathematics Advanced (NSW) course produced by Caringbah High School.

Thanks to Kristen for these resources...

MS-F1 and MS-F4 Year 12 Standard Research Task

This task is designed for students to examine purchasing an investment property and a car, with the focus on loans and credit cards.

Year 11 Advanced Math Desmos Investigative Task

This is a DESMOS Advanced Maths Assessment Task based on Marblestars.

Online Tools

Dice on MathsStarters

MathsStarters Dice - updated to include a 🎲 single die: six-sided, six-sided dotted, ten-sided and customer (−10 to 20). Animation added to show the dice rolls.

Avanti Symbolic Calculator

The Avanti Symbolic Calculator is designed to assist with the kinds of numerical and algebraic operations that are used in high school mathematics, while supporting mathematical notation for both input and output. It can expand, factorise, transform, substitute, plot, integrate, differentiate, and solve equations.

Video

How fast is a bullet? [featuring: pendulum calculation]

A classic physics problem done in an experiment.

Introduction to Simple and Compound Interest

A useful introduction video that provides a good explanation of simple and compound interest in a humorous context.

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