Year 10

So have you ever wondered why there are 360 degrees in a circle? Or why there are 60 minutes in an hour? or 60 seconds in a minute? Seems rather weird doesn’t it. Well, don’t worry – it’s not an evil conspiracy.
Simple Answer: Blame the Babylonians (about 4000 years ago!) – they used the Sexagesimal [...]

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http://www.professores.uff.br/hjbortol/arquivo/2006.1/applets/earth_en.html 
This website helps the understanding of the concepts of latitude and longitude and it allows the visualization of geographical elements over the Earth’s surface like meridians, parallels, poles, political divisions and the location of many countries’ capitals.

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Proof the theorem for yourself here with this great interactive site.
Learn more about Pythagoras here.
Looking for proofs of Pythagoras Theorem then head here, there’s heaps!

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How likely is it that two people in your class have the same birthday?
Would you believe that for a class of about 23 students it’s fifty fifty!
What does Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia say about the Birthday paradox
Maybe try this site for a silmulation.

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In the topic of Chance student completed an analysis task based on the game card called “The Ace Race”
A program that simulates the card game can be download here for free!

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The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability loosely based on the American game show Let’s Make a Deal. The name comes from the show’s host, Monty Hall. A widely known statement of the problem appeared in a letter to Marilyn vos Savant’s Ask Marilyn column in Parade (vos Savant 1990):
Suppose you’re on a [...]

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Welcome to the Year 10 Blog
From time to time this page will be updated with links and tips to help you with your Maths. So please check but often. In the meantime if you find something on the internet that might be on interest to Year 10 students at this school please use the comments [...]

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