Lessons in Life - Mental Maths.: Recent Episodes

Jason Goudie

This podcast is designed to help students with their mental mathematics. Each episode has two parts, a video tutorial and a audio quiz. First watch the video tutorial, then have a go at the quiz.

Disclamer: All content in this podcast is my own and is to be used as you see fit. Although every effort is made to make sure it is accurate, no responsibility will be taken if errors are found. This podcast should not take the place of your textbook.

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Another audio quiz. 20 questions.

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The Audio Quiz to go with episode 7 about fractions. 20 questions. download the answer sheet here:

http://users.tpg.com.au/jgoudie1//ep7.pdf

any comments : goudie.jason@gmail.com.

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A video tutorial of how to find fractions of whole numbers. Break fractions down into 2 simple multiply and divide steps.

Comments: goudie.jason@gmail.com.

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Just an audio quiz. 20 questions. Download the answer sheet here:

http://users.tpg.com.au/jgoudie1/ep6.pdf

If you have comments email them to me here : goudie.jason@gmail.com

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The audio quiz to go with the episode 5 about ratios. Download the answer sheet to at the link below. It is set up like a normal mental maths test (only hand drawn). This week there are 15 questions.

http://users.tpg.com.au/jgoudie1/ep5.pdf

If you can't get to it, don't worry email me and ill see what i can do about it.

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A little trick to help you answer questions on ratios. Use the time when the question is being read out to jot down important information.

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No video for this week just 20 questions. However there is a new part for this week. I have prepared an answer sheet for you to use. You can download this print it off and use it to write your answers in. Either click the link here or copy and paste it into the address bar. Please let me know if this works or if it does not. I can also look at putting it elsewhere.

http://users.tpg.com.au/jgoudie1//Ep_4_answersheet.pdf

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The audio quiz to go along side the percentages video podcast. 15 questions. The first 5 are 5 second questions the last 10 are 10 second questions.

Again. All comments email goudie.jason@gmail.com

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How to calculate percentages in your head. Handy for those after christmas shopping expeditions. From now on I will be only posting one video every two week. But don't worry, a new audio quiz will be still out every week.

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As the title suggest a quiz to go along side the video tutorial for episode 2. Mainly questions to do with multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Please send in any comments or suggestions to goudie.jason@gmail.com.

Enjoy.

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This is the 2nd episode and it deals with shortcuts in multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000.

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As the titles suggests the audio quiz section to accompany episode 1.

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Video Tutorial - The nines.

A shortcut to help you remember your nine times tables.