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    • The Dire State Of Matric Maths In South Africa

      28 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments

      The latest figures show that the country is failing to deliver a decent mathematics education to learners, and the consequences are far-reaching.

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      Palindrome Fans Are In For A Once In A Millenium Treat On Sunday

      27 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments

      This Sunday, something will happen that only happens once every 1 000 years. It’s one for the nerds.

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    • Superhumans Exist – Fascinating Tales Of Real People With Mind-Blowing Talents

      27 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments

      Forget Marvel, because there are those out there with unique gifts and talents that seem to prove the existence of superhumans.

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    • Have You Ever Seen A Maths Literacy Grade 12 Paper? Check This Out [Images]

      25 Oct 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      It’s been a while since I’ve seen a matric exam paper, and I had no idea what a Maths Literacy Paper entails. Come, learn with me.

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    • Peak Snowflake: Students ‘Triggered’ By Question In Maths Exam

      12 Jun 2019 by Carrie / 3 Comments

      A maths exam question from a UK GCSE paper sparked a number of complaints, after students claimed it triggered them.

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    • Solve One Of These Six Maths Problems And You Win $1 Million

      04 Sep 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment

      Grigori Perelman famously solved the Poincare Conjecture in 2006. The remaining six problems so important that solving any one of them would make you rich.

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    • No, 2017’s Maths And Science Matric Results Weren’t Better Than Previous Years

      09 Jan 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      Many have been harking on about our improved science and maths results, but if you scratch just beneath the surface you’ll find it’s not all roses.

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    • A Maths Formula To Explain Why All Hipsters Look The Same

      30 May 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments

      Why are hipsters so annoying? Why are there so many of them? Why do they look the same? Apparently maths has the answer.

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    • This Maths Problem Has Gone Viral

      15 Apr 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments

      First it was that dress, then it was a cat walking up (or down) some stairs and now it’s a maths problem. The internet can be a real drag sometimes.

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    • They’re Gong To Make Matric Exams Difficult Again

      05 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments

      Nothing pleases the Department of Education more than an ever-increasing matric pass rate. But, shock and horror, this year it is predicted that the pass rate will actually fall by a few percent.

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    • Maths Explains Why Hipsters All Eventually Synchronise

      13 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Science can explain a lot of things – the weather, space, evolution. It can also explain why hipsters, when trying to be a group of nonconformists, all look EXACTLY the same.

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    • Dumbed-Down Nation – Click To See Where SA Comes In The World For Maths / Science Education

      03 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      The quality of South Africa’s maths and science education places us last out of 148 countries, according to a World Economic Forum report. Is there a solution to the on-going problem?

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    • Awesome Maths Questions From North Korean Text Books

      25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Russian historian, Andrei Lankov lived in Pyongyang in the 1980’s, where he was an exchange student. His forthcoming book takes a look at how the government established a tight grip on the lives of everyday North Koreans. Take, for example, these anti-US questions cited by Lankov in a North Korean student textbook.

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    • Refugee Lands Maths Teacher’s Job By Explaining Equations To Passing Shoppers

      09 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      Eight years after leaving his home country, this Congolese refugee can finally say his expectations of a better future in South Africa have been met. Fernando Brice Olivier Ogadi, 35, has just received a job offer in the profession he is qualified in – as a school maths teacher. His new employer noticed him in a parking lot giving free maths lessons.

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