Secondary Catalogue

Series: Numbers and Algebra


Basic Index Laws: Games, Set, Match

Basic Index Laws: Games, Set, Match

This video demonstrates how to use index notation to establish index laws with positive integral indices and the zero index. Using the example of Grand Slam tennis tournaments, our narrator constructs his own school based tennis tournament draw...Show More
Basketballs, Parabolas and Circles

Basketballs, Parabolas and Circles

There's a lot of geometry on a basketball court! This video explores the connection between algebraic and graphical representations of relations such as simple quadratics, circles and exponentials through examples of lines on a basketball court,...Show More
Best Buys: Buying or Making Sandwiches

Best Buys: Buying or Making Sandwiches

A group of friends are planning a lunch and compare the costs of pre-made lunches versus making it themselves. They investigate their options by comparing total costs and per person costs. Calculations are determined with and without digital...Show More
Calculating Profit: Earning Your Bread and Butter

Calculating Profit: Earning Your Bread and Butter

Our presenter is interested in running her own café and decides to see what profit can be made from selling sandwiches. She works through the individual costs of sandwich ingredients to compare against café sandwich prices, then calculates her...Show More
Destination Distances on a Cartesian Plane

Destination Distances on a Cartesian Plane

When the Smithton River floods five local towns, a plane needs to drop supplies at each. A route needs to be determined that will reach the most affected areas first, while ensuring the plane has enough fuel between stops, and that the pilot...Show More
Graphing Distance and Time: A Runner's Story

Graphing Distance and Time: A Runner's Story

This video follows a runner graphing his running distance and speed. He explains what happened along the route that affected his speed, translating this information onto a graph and accounting for the varying steepness of gradients between...Show More
Graphing Simple Parabolas and Circles

Graphing Simple Parabolas and Circles

This video begins with a short introduction of everyday applications of circles and parabolas. Next, basic parabolas and circles are graphed using quadratic equations. Ideal for reinforcing concepts.
Index Notation and Prime Factors

Index Notation and Prime Factors

This video provides a short lesson on index notation and representing whole numbers as products of powers of prime numbers. Examples of raising base numbers to different powers are shown. Prime and composite numbers are explained and factor trees...Show More
Line Graphs: Gradients and Midpoints

Line Graphs: Gradients and Midpoints

This video follows a sprinter graphing her distance and speed for two separate sprints. The first sprint is at a constant speed, resulting in a straight line graph. In the second sprint, her graph reflects three distinct intervals as her speed...Show More
Perfect Squares and Square Roots

Perfect Squares and Square Roots

This video investigates and uses square roots of perfect square numbers to create and solve equations. Viewers will learn how to determine the square roots of perfect squares, and determine if a number is a perfect square using technology and...Show More
Simultaneous Equations on the Golf Course

Simultaneous Equations on the Golf Course

This video demonstrates how to solve simultaneous equations, using the example of golfers determining par and handicaps. Substitution, elimination and graphing software methods are all used to solve equations. Ideal for applying mathematical...Show More
Solving Quadratic Equations in Cricket and Rowing

Solving Quadratic Equations in Cricket and Rowing

Our presenter applies algebraic knowledge of quadratic equations to two sports events. First, he determines the height of a batted cricket ball and the amount of time it is in the air. Next, he determines the speed at which a rower travels...Show More