Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.
Maxvoltray Find the maximum volume of a tray made from an A4 sheet of paper. A practical mathematical investigation.
Differentiation Video A reminder of how to differentiate different types of functions and how to find the equations of tangents and normals.
Differentiation Practise the technique of differentiating polynomials with this self marking exercise.
Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:
- "A child's play tent is made in the shape of half a cylinder. It is constructed from a fibreglass frame with material pulled tightly around it. The fibreglass frame consists of a rectangular base, two semi-circular ends and two further support rods, as shown in the following diagram." ... more
- "A package is in the shape of a cuboid and has a length \(l\) cm, width \(w\) cm and height of 12 cm." ... more
Here are some Advanced Starters on this statement:
- Fence Optimisation
Find the length of a rectangle enclosing the largest possible area. more - Maximum Product
Two numbers add up to 10. What's the largest possible product they could have? more - Road Connections
Design roads to connect four houses that are on the corners of a square, side of length one mile, to minimise the total length of the roads. more
Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.
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This Optimisation video is from Revision Village and is aimed at students taking the IB Maths Standard level course.
Transum,
Saturday, August 17, 2019
"My favourite optimisation problem is the farmer's dilemma. It's one of the Advanced Starters and can be found here
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