Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is ...

Mr and Mrs Wallace hire a van for moving house. They see this advert in the local paper and decide to use this company. When they hand the van back, their bill comes to £59. How many hours did they ...

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A function machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a function machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in the ...