These real-world situation secondary maths posters improve student motivation by
helping them to understand the likely future usefulness of school mathematics.

"Students love them." Suzanne, London (Secondary School Maths Teacher)

Zina
Fitness by Formula
(algebra, graphs)

Evelyn
Measure Your Happiness
(algebra)

Naomi
Art of the Month
(geometry)

Ryan
Not Enough Space

(trig & pythagoras)

Steve
Unequal Votes
(pagerank, logs & recursive functions)

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Zina - Fitness by Formula - Mathsoul My-Story Maths Poster

Overview of Poster Story: Zina is a personal trainer. She uses linear algebra to calculate target training heart rates, and graphs to communicate these to her clients.

Maths Used in Questions on Poster: Q1. Linear equation substitution and solving with supplied data. Q2. Linear equation substitution and solving with own heart rate data. Q3 Showing results graphically.

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Evelyn – Measure Your Happiness - Mathsoul My-Story Maths Poster

Overview of Poster Story: Youth psychologist Evelyn has a happiness assessmenton her web. Students calculate their happiness score using a 4 variable linear equation etc.

Maths Used in Questions on Poster: Q1. Solving a 3 variable linear equation with supplied data. Q2. Solving a 3 variable linear equation using personal data obtained by answering 4 questions. Q3. Rearranging a 3 variable linear equation to solve for 1 unknown.

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Naomi – Art of the Month - Mathsoul My-Story Maths Poster

Overview of Poster Story: Artist Naomi wants to display 12 seasonal images on the faces of a regular Platonic solid, bringing with it the need for knowledge of geometry and for various calculations.

Maths Used in Questions on Poster: Q1. Naming the face shape (= pentagon) of a 12 sided regular plantonic solid (dodecahedron). Q2. Providing examples of this shape in the natural and built environments. Q3. Stating the interior and exterior angles of pentagons. Q4. Using a supplied ratio to calculate the side length for the pentagon so the dodecahedron stands 1.1m high. Also an extension question seeking this answer using multi step trigonometry instead of the supplied ratio. Q5. Whether plantonic solids exist with 7, 5, and 8 sides, for other displays.

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Ryan – Not Enough Space - Mathsoul My-Story Maths Poster

Maths Used in Questions on Poster: Ryan is fitting out a high rise building, and needs to calculate wall lengths and angles after design variations.

Curriculum Relevant to Questions on Poster: Q1. Calculate a wall length using pythagoras. Q2. Calculate a wall length using pythagoras, sine or cosine. Q3. Calculate an angle using sin, cos or tan. Q4. Thinking question about charging for variations, to help reinforce the real-world application.

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Steve – Unequal Votes - Mathsoul My-Story Maths Poster

Overview of Poster Story: Steve optimises website traffic generation. A recursive function and logarithms explain the background to the Google PageRank calculation involved.

Maths Used in Questions on Poster: Q1 Division and addition, muliple times. Q2 Constructing a recursive function, stepping through it on paper or in spreadsheet. Q3 Determine how to use logarithms to represent all small to large numbers as PageRank scores between 0 and 10.

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