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A mean bean

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 05 October 2018
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith really enjoys Taskmaster, but takes him - and his hapless contestants - to task over their depiction of mathematics
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Women - like men, only cheaper

by Darren Macey & Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 10 August 2018
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Darren Macey and Lucy Rycroft-Smith collaborate to highlight the pitfalls when interpreting published data about the gender pay gap
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Talking knots

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 12 July 2018
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Are there lessons to be learned by modern mathematicians from the ancient quipu system? Lucy Rycroft-Smith suggests there could be
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What is mathematics?

by Lynn Fortin, 01 June 2018
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In her first blog for Cambridge Mathematics Lynn Fortin fails to define mathematics - but discovers some valuable insights about it
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Laughing counts, counting laughs

by Darren Macey, 09 February 2018
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Darren Macey suggests using humour to help students understand the aggregate properties of data.
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The spirit of statistical literacy

by Darren Macey, 12 January 2018
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Join Darren Macey in a (somewhat) sober reflection on teaching statistics from real life contexts
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To sleep, perchance to graph

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 18 December 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith analyses her own sleep patterns to explore representing data as graphs
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Marking our words

by Darren Macey, 01 December 2017
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Darren Macey suggests a quick and easy way to help students develop statistical literacy
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Mathematical back stories

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 17 November 2017
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith looks at the origins of some unusual mathematical words
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Carnival of Mathematics 147

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 07 July 2017
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Cambridge Mathematics is delighted to host this month's Carnival of Mathematics  - number 147!
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