George Lythgoe

Maths teacher at @RunshawCollege. Here to help my students get the most out of their A-Level maths & further maths courses.

[George Lythgoe @GLRunshaw]

#Horizonslive Does the universe collapse in on itself and then explode in a Big Bang...? Repeatedly..?

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics.

Assume all lines are straight, and all angles are right angles.

Do we have enough information to determine the value of the perimeter of the shape? If so, what is it?

Miss Miniver's question for young students.

[Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge]

It is (or ought to be) about helping students analyse a situation creatively, pick the correct tools, and apply them effectively. The end product isn't the answer to a sum, or even the skill of applying a technique; it's a student who's the kind of person who can tackle problems.

[Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge]

A hypothesis I'm working on: the goal of mathematics education isn't to equip people to use (such and such) in real life, any more than the goal of English literature is to equip people to whip up, say, an essay on the major themes of Animal Farm as part of their everyday life.

[Runshaw College @RunshawCollege]

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[Colm Mulcahy @CardColm]

"Well-meaning" people's awkwardness/discomfort can so easily translate into unhelpful behaviour like this.

Don't be that well-meaning friend, folks.

Take the plunge and reach out, if you want to pass the TRUE friend test.

It's not easy, I know, but everyone wins in the end.

[Matematickcom @Matematickcom]

🤣🤣

[George Lythgoe @GLRunshaw]

@blatherwick_sam @missradders d & e for me

[Jay Cummings @LongFormMath]

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board?

Me: Yes, but I'm not that kind of…

Flight attendant: The pilots are arguing about whether there are as many irrational numbers as rational numbers.

Me: Okay. I’m here.

[Laura McInerney @miss_mcinerney]

@HughesHaili @Smscallchin I honestly think the simplest thing men could do, to cut out about 50% of women’s fear, is police their mates better when in a group. Especially when drunk. It should be normal to have one of them saying, ‘mate, that’s not on’.

[George Lythgoe @GLRunshaw]

@TeachFMaths @missradders Leonhard Euler

[George Lythgoe @GLRunshaw]

@warq_199 @RunshawCollege Amazing! Well done Shams and best of luck with your new course!

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

BRONZE! 🥉

History has been made by Holly Bradshaw!!!

This is the first Olympic pole vault medal in British history!

More ⬇ #bbcolympics #Tokyo2020 @HollyBradshawPV #TeamGB

[Marty Weissman @marty__weissman]

I'm getting very tired of reading news about Prob(Vaccinated | Infected) rather than Prob(Infected | Vaccinated).

[Kyle D Evans @kyledevans]

New approach for students who write (x + y)² = x²+y²

[$hiv @Shiv0265]

Mathematics be like :
log(😅) =💧log(😄)

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“Are we having starters?”
“You have one if you want one”
“I don’t know, what do you think?”
“Honestly whatever you fancy”
“I’m easy really”
“You have one, go on”
“What would you have?”
“I’m not sure”
“We could share one?”
“Erm…”
“Or have one each?”
“Could do. What do you think?”

[George Lythgoe @GLRunshaw]

@TLMaths We used to teach this proof when we were doing FP3 (taken from the AQA textbook). L'Hopital's was acceptable but not expected as it wasn't on the FP3 syllabus.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

"Let's agree to disagree" - Translation: You're wrong but I'm tired.