Enough cable for the job

Like many people in MK, we are getting fibre broadband. Unfortunately, they started work way too early this morning. Naturally, this left me quite grumpy, and I hadn’t even had my cup of coffee. 😂😂😂

However, this has lead me to try my hand at creating custom worksheets, and to see how well my style of teaching translates to an online setting.

What I prefer to do is frame the maths concept around a real-world scenario; which I’ve found makes it much easier for students to grasp, and also has the added benefit of answering the age-old question “what’s the point of this?” What I’d like to do is make maths fun and engaging again; to turn it into something useful that people want to learn, instead of just the textbook exercises people are accustomed to.

Perhaps that’s enough of me just talking at you all at this stage. We really should move on to the worksheet (insert appropriate emoji here).

So, today’s sheet puts the student in the role of assisting a team who are laying cable for Fibre Broadband (guess where my inspiration came from for this). Your task, as their assistant, is to make sure they have enough cable for the job.

Please let me know what you think of this sheet. This is just a mock-up, and I want to see how well notion works for me and any prospective students.

https://www.notion.so/Perimeter-Worksheet-08339350f79a4f508f88f8c713bd8c8a

Tomorrow’s post will be about a singular number that is found in geometry, art and architecture. Even the Parthenon in Greece has this number.