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Patterns occur everywhere in art, nature, science and especially mathematics.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
5 hours, 2 minutes
Units & Quizzes
18
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Being able to recognise, describe and use these patterns is an important skill that helps you to tackle a wide variety of different problems. This free course, Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas, explores some of these patterns, from ancient number patterns to the latest mathematical research.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Visualise problems using pictures and diagrams
- Recognise patterns in a variety of different situations
- Use a word formula to help solve a problem
- Derive simple word formulas, for example for use in a spreadsheet
- Use doing and undoing diagrams to change formulas round.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Learning outcomes 00:05:00
- Exploring patterns and processes 00:15:00
- Looking for relationships 00:20:00
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- Introduction 00:07:00
- Maths in cookery 00:15:00
- Maths in healthcare 00:15:00
- Maths in business 00:15:00
- Maths in archaeology 00:15:00
- Your formulas – using a spreadsheet 00:25:00
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- Number tricks 00:20:00
- Doing and undoing 00:30:00
- Direct proportion 00:20:00
- Inverse proportion 00:20:00
- Inequalities 00:20:00
- An unsolved problem! 00:20:00
- Patterns in nature and elsewhere 00:15:00
- Summing up 00:15:00
