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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/04/math...

Links and help from @theericklee.bsky.social @studymaths.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @pwharris.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

2 days ago 7 2 0 2

Gave this warmup question to my class today. Students had to think carefully about the function and what x represents in each statement. Great discussions. @studymaths.bsky.social #ITeachMath #MathSky

6 days ago 16 4 1 0
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#TryThisThursday

Try Would You Rather as such a great routine to get students thinking and sharing about mathematical relationships.
Which is your favorite and why?

#MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

5 days ago 4 1 1 0
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I saw this come across one of my feeds and I thought it was fake. But it turns out that in 1979, the #Casio "Calculighter" was legit

www.calculator.org/calculators/...

#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

4 days ago 3 0 0 0
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/04/math...

links and help from @davidkbutler.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @edutopia.org @math-problems.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 week ago 6 3 1 1
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Demonstration of Triangle Sum #iteachmath #geometry

1 week ago 3 2 0 0
A photo of a piece of paper with a diagram being drawn.
A grey horizontal line is labelled "number line" and has points marked 0,1, a and b.
A red line goes across the top left of the page and is labelled "away". 
A blue line goes acrosds the top right of the page and is labelled "home".
A red line parallel to the away line goes up from 1, and meets a blue line parallel to the home line that goes down to a.
A green line goes from 0 through the point where red turned to blue and continues upwards. It's labelled "turn line".
One hand holds a ruler in place through the point marked b parallel to the "away" line, while the other hand holds a red marker and draws a line along the ruler to finish on the green line marked "turn line".

A photo of a piece of paper with a diagram being drawn. A grey horizontal line is labelled "number line" and has points marked 0,1, a and b. A red line goes across the top left of the page and is labelled "away". A blue line goes acrosds the top right of the page and is labelled "home". A red line parallel to the away line goes up from 1, and meets a blue line parallel to the home line that goes down to a. A green line goes from 0 through the point where red turned to blue and continues upwards. It's labelled "turn line". One hand holds a ruler in place through the point marked b parallel to the "away" line, while the other hand holds a red marker and draws a line along the ruler to finish on the green line marked "turn line".

New blog post about my method of doing addition and multiplication using the geometry of parallel lines. It's called "Home & Away: Gometric Arithmetic". davidkbutler.xyz/2026/04/10/h...

1 week ago 13 7 4 1
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My Favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/04/math...

Links and help from @howiehua.bsky.social @karencampe.bsky.social @mathsjem.bsky.social @mathsvault.bsky.social @tilefarmer.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

2 weeks ago 6 4 1 1
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Using Student-Created Stop-Motion Movies to Explore Math Making simple movies provides early elementary students with chances for rich mathematical discussions.

Stop-motion movies are made by recording one small change at a time—the perfect medium for capturing several fundamental math concepts! 📹

#MathSky #ITeachMath #EduSky

2 weeks ago 8 3 0 0
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Twenty four clusters of tiles that look like 3D clusters of cubes, each with a differing number of cubes.

Twenty four clusters of tiles that look like 3D clusters of cubes, each with a differing number of cubes.

#ElemMathChat Q7 “Last Tile Standing” is another one of my favorites (for Tile Farm’s version go to tiletalk.tilefarm.com). I’ve chosen one of the 24 patterns above, can you think of yes/no questions that could help eliminate options? Ask and I’ll answer yes/no. Can comment below if easier.

2 weeks ago 3 2 2 0
Maths Vault lesson social card

Maths Vault lesson social card

Discuss — Factors of a number

#maths #mathsteacher #UKMathsChat #GCSEMaths #MathsChat #Discussion #MathsDiscussion #TalkTasks #FactorsOfANumber

2 weeks ago 1 1 0 0
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/03/math...

Links and help from @denisegaskins.com @howiehua.bsky.social @duanehabecker.com @murrayh83.bsky.social @maria-naturalmath.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS

3 weeks ago 4 0 0 1
The main image in the top left shows a radial design created with 21st Century Pattern Blocks. It was built by arranging six identical double hexagons around a central teal hexagon. Each double hexagon is composed of two heptagons joined together using darts. The gaps between the double hexagons are filled in with regular hexagons made from six teal kites. The first image along the bottom shows the double hexagon made from two gray darts, four teal kites, eight green triangles, and ten blue rhombuses. The  rest of the images along the bottom and on the right show the progression of the design.

The main image in the top left shows a radial design created with 21st Century Pattern Blocks. It was built by arranging six identical double hexagons around a central teal hexagon. Each double hexagon is composed of two heptagons joined together using darts. The gaps between the double hexagons are filled in with regular hexagons made from six teal kites. The first image along the bottom shows the double hexagon made from two gray darts, four teal kites, eight green triangles, and ten blue rhombuses. The rest of the images along the bottom and on the right show the progression of the design.

Pattern block play! #21CenturyPB #iTeachMath

3 weeks ago 5 1 1 0
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Mathematicians can’t agree on whether 0.999... equals 1 Whether 0.999... equals 1 is the subject of bitter dispute in countless online forums

Oh no! #MathSky friends! According to a theoretical physicist and Scientific American, we just can't agree! Even if it doesn't lead to any more contradictions that calculus.

Mathematicians can’t agree on whether 0.999... equals 1 | Scientific American share.google/mA2qoeNbIulE...

4 weeks ago 2 2 2 0
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It's time for #TapeDiagramTuesday!Here's what to do:
1. Pick a problem.
2. Solve it using a tape diagram to model your thinking.
- - - - OR - - - -
Give the problem to your students to model.
3. Share your model with
#TapeDiagramTuesday #iTeachMath

4 weeks ago 0 1 0 0

So pleasing to watch! #iTeachMath

3 weeks ago 9 1 0 0
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Thinking Thursday: Leo Tolstoy Writing to Learn Math: What did the author mean? Put the thought in your own words. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Do you want your children to develop the ability to reason creatively and figure out things on their own? Help kids practice slowing down and taking the time to fully comprehend a math topic or problem-solving situation with these classic tools of learning: …

Thinking Thursday: Leo Tolstoy

Try this week's math journaling prompt with your kids!

#homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

3 weeks ago 0 1 0 0
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Math Links for Week Ending Mar 20th, 2026 Featured Links In the end, this is a pretty simple idea. Basically it is this: create a review (or set of questions) where each answer is th...

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/03/math...

Links and help from @jennalaib.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @stevemaths.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

4 weeks ago 4 1 0 1
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Percentage of Canadian Population that is Asleep, by Time of Day Percentage of Canadian Population that is Asleep, by Time of Day

New #SlowRevealGraph:

How many Canadians are awake at any given time of day?

1 month ago 4 2 0 0
A 4×4 puzzle grid featuring summer symbols. Each symbol — umbrella, sandals, glasses, or sun — represents a prime number. Each row has a total shown on the right, and each column has a total shown beneath it.
Rows (top to bottom, left to right):
Row 1: Umbrella, Sandals, Glasses, Sandals. Row total: 282. 
Row 2: Umbrella, Sandals, Sun, Glasses. Row total: 290. 
Row 3: Sun, Sandals, Sun, Sun. Row total: 308. 
Row 4: Glasses, Umbrella, Glasses, Sun. Row total: 292
Columns (top to bottom using the first image in each row):
Column 1:
Row 1 Umbrella → Row 2 Umbrella → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Glasses.
Column total: 286. 
Column 2:
Row 1 Sandals → Row 2 Sandals → Row 3 Sandals → Row 4 Umbrella.
Column total: 280. 
Column 3:
Row 1 Glasses → Row 2 Sun → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Glasses.
Column total: 304
Column 4:
Row 1 Sandals → Row 2 Glasses → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Sun.
Column total: 302.

A 4×4 puzzle grid featuring summer symbols. Each symbol — umbrella, sandals, glasses, or sun — represents a prime number. Each row has a total shown on the right, and each column has a total shown beneath it. Rows (top to bottom, left to right): Row 1: Umbrella, Sandals, Glasses, Sandals. Row total: 282. Row 2: Umbrella, Sandals, Sun, Glasses. Row total: 290. Row 3: Sun, Sandals, Sun, Sun. Row total: 308. Row 4: Glasses, Umbrella, Glasses, Sun. Row total: 292 Columns (top to bottom using the first image in each row): Column 1: Row 1 Umbrella → Row 2 Umbrella → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Glasses. Column total: 286. Column 2: Row 1 Sandals → Row 2 Sandals → Row 3 Sandals → Row 4 Umbrella. Column total: 280. Column 3: Row 1 Glasses → Row 2 Sun → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Glasses. Column total: 304 Column 4: Row 1 Sandals → Row 2 Glasses → Row 3 Sun → Row 4 Sun. Column total: 302.

Continuing with the prime theme, here is today's summer inspired #OCRMathsPuzzle.

Each summer symbol in the grid below represents a prime number.
The sum of each row and the sum of each column are given.
Work out the value of each summer symbol.

#UKMathsChat #MathsToday
@cambridgeocr.bsky.social

1 month ago 3 3 0 0
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/03/math...

Links and help from @howiehua.bsky.social @standupmaths.bsky.social @transum.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 month ago 3 1 0 1
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My yearly #PiDay reference to my found set of #Pi resources (and my yearly attempt to prove the #RollingStones are secret Mathematicians):

www.pinterest.com/davidpetro31...

#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 month ago 3 0 0 0
Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness)
Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness) YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

It's @standupmaths.bsky.social yearly "I calculated Pi via some weird method " video ( with some surprises)

youtu.be/kahGSss6SsU?...

#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath #PiDay

1 month ago 3 1 0 0
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Tomorrow is #PiDay, the perfect excuse to celebrate the most famous number in Maths!
If you're looking for a quick classroom starter, puzzle or activity for 14 March, take a look at my Pi Day page:

www.transum.org/Intro/Starte...

#Maths #MathChat #Teachers #PiDay2026

1 month ago 3 3 0 0
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Math Links for Week Ending Mar 6th, 2026 Featured Links Our last episode of the season is where we ask all of the guests the same question and hear their response. This year we aske...

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/03/math...

links and help from @karencampe.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @veganjackson.bsky.social and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 month ago 5 1 1 1
Square root waves and logistic waves

Square root waves and logistic waves

Square root waves and logistic waves
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🖼️Current Exhibition🖼️
#genart #art #geometric #processedart #mathsky

1 month ago 3 1 0 0
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This was fun. Looking forward to coming in person!

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[New Podcast] This is our last episode of the season where we asked all of our guests advice about engaging students. Featuring @realjmitchell.bsky.social @pwharris.bsky.social @cluzniak.bsky.social @themathguru.bsky.social &more
Listen here:

talks.oame.on.ca/season-8

#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 month ago 4 2 0 1
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:

ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/02/math...

Link and help from @standupmaths.bsky.social @robertkaplinsky.com @mathsjem.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @mathspadnicola.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

1 month ago 6 1 0 1
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#mathstoday

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