Math Links for Week Ending Mar 27th, 2026

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A weekly prompt? I like the idea of the cross curricular math activity
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https://denisegaskins.com/2026/03/26/thinking-thursday-leo-tolstoy/

Thinking Thursday: Leo Tolstoy Try this week's math journaling prompt with your kids! #homeschooling #mathjournal #letsplaymath #mtbos #iteachmath

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— Denise Gaskins (@denisegaskins.com) March 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM

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Check out all the Tape diagrams
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http://bit.ly/TapeDiagramTuesday

It's time for #TapeDiagramTuesday!Here's what to do: 1. Pick a problem. 2. Solve it using a tape diagram to model your thinking. - - - - OR - - - - Give the problem to your students to model. 3. Share your model with #TapeDiagramTuesday #iTeachMath

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— Duane Habecker (@duanehabecker.com) March 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Nice geometric video
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https://bsky.app/profile/maria-naturalmath.bsky.social/post/3mhv2cwtef22x

So pleasing to watch! #iTeachMath

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— Maria D. at Natural Math (@maria-naturalmath.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 8:04 AM

You just have to keep it slow and think logically
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2036907773926269435

Let's learn about conditional probability pic.twitter.com/KfupYfT7HV

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 25, 2026

Love the Monty Hall Problem
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2037257191930130688

Let's understand the Monty Hall problem pic.twitter.com/dFlv8gd2uZ

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 26, 2026

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Pattern Block Fun
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https://bsky.app/profile/murrayh83.bsky.social/post/3mhvofspfx22e

Pattern block play! #21CenturyPB #iTeachMath

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— Hana Murray (@murrayh83.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 20th, 2026

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In the end, this is a pretty simple idea. Basically it is this: create a review (or set of questions) where each answer is the same but don't tell them. I like the idea of a self checking assignment and (in this case) a fun April Fool's prank
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https://mathycathy.com/2026/03/the-april-fools-day-math-activity-students-never-forget/

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Don't forget Slow Reveal Graphs. @JennaLaib continues to add to the collection with this one with Canadian data
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https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2026/03/17/percentage-of-canadian-population-that-is-asleep-by-time-of-day/

New #SlowRevealGraph: How many Canadians are awake at any given time of day?

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— Jenna Laib (@jennalaib.bsky.social) March 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM

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I think approaching this problem in this way makes it more like a puzzle and less like math for students
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2034721609421135881

How can we find all integer solutions to 3x+2y=100?

Here's a quick introduction to solving linear Diophantine equations. pic.twitter.com/WKue0mgPQZ

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 19, 2026

This was always one of my favourite little problems to do 
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2034454153213378694

Let's learn how to convert a repeating decimal into a fraction pic.twitter.com/FgO9au6HdJ

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 19, 2026

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Fun puzzle with primes
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https://bsky.app/profile/stevemaths.bsky.social/post/3mhisdreeec2e

Continuing with the prime theme, here is today's summer inspired #OCRMathsPuzzle. Each summer symbol in the grid below represents a prime number. The sum of each row and the sum of each column are given. Work out the value of each summer symbol. #UKMathsChat #MathsToday @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

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— Steve Walker (@stevemaths.bsky.social) March 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 13, 2026

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My yearly time to point to my Pi Pinterest page
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https://www.pinterest.com/davidpetro314/pi-day/

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And I always like seeing other people's Pi Day pages
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https://www.transum.org/Software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_March14.asp

Tomorrow is #PiDay, the perfect excuse to celebrate the most famous number in Maths! If you're looking for a quick classroom starter, puzzle or activity for 14 March, take a look at my Pi Day page: www.transum.org/Intro/Starte... #Maths #MathChat #Teachers #PiDay2026

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— transum.bsky.social (@transum.bsky.social) March 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM

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For combinatorics, it's important to break the problems down in to logical steps. 
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2031884126807343574

How many ways can we split 12 color guard members so we have 4 rifles, 4 sabres, and 4 flags? pic.twitter.com/DrBiauVW2t

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 12, 2026

You can always count on @standupmaths to give us something interesting about Pi but this is not actually this year's attempt
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY0pf0-Daew

This is this year's attempt at a weird way to determine the ways to find Pi
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https://youtu.be/kahGSss6SsU?si=ESccNHD-WvPtu7rN

Thank you Archemedes
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2032789235678457930

Happy pi day! Here's how Archimedes approximated the value of pi and how many digits of pi we actually need. pic.twitter.com/RCBSAhhuwv

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 14, 2026

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Dad joke/Math Joke alert
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https://x.com/miniapeur/status/2032285090735112619

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— Mathieu (@miniapeur) March 13, 2026

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 6th, 2026

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Our last episode of the season is where we ask all of the guests the same question and hear their response. This year we asked "What advice would you give a new teacher who is struggling to engage their math students?" Here are the results
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-8

[New Podcast] This is our last episode of the season where we asked all of our guests advice about engaging students. Featuring @realjmitchell.bsky.social @pwharris.bsky.social @cluzniak.bsky.social @themathguru.bsky.social &more Listen here: talks.oame.on.ca/season-8 #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

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— DavidPetro314 (@davidpetro314.bsky.social) March 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM

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@KarenCampe continues to post classic NCTM calendar problems and I appreciate it
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/march-calendar-problems-4/

The March Calendar of Problems is here! Enjoy some #ProblemSolving yourself or with students. Let us know your thoughts & working-out here or on post. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #RecreationalMath #MathChathttps://t.co/gfAsr8hdI7

— Karen Campe (@KarenCampe) March 1, 2026

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The area model to the rescue
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MCR3U, MCF3M, MBF3C
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2030035682937405728

Let's learn how to factor by grouping and why it works pic.twitter.com/2BTLwRYsPY

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) March 6, 2026

I'm thinking there is a sequence and/or series (or maybe a linear relations) question lurking in this video 
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W, MCR3U
https://x.com/davidpetro314/status/2030063900247433472

What #math problem could you ask about this video?#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath https://t.co/k9wjXIOgSz

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) March 6, 2026

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Who doesn't like geometric art
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https://bsky.app/profile/veganjackson.bsky.social/post/3mgdsh6lt6v2i

Math Links for Week Ending Feb 27, 2026

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Even though for most curriculum we don't care about the surface area of a toroid, it could be easily worked in with this context. 
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https://youtu.be/CYjD9cpxT18?si=DQvqTExD8SLtzwCM

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Open middle is a great structure to have kids think deeply. Here's one about perpendicular lines
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https://www.openmiddle.com/perpendicular-lines-through-a-given-point/

If your students are learning about perpendicular lines, try out this Open Middle problem from Andy Schwen with them: www.openmiddle.com/perpendi...

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— Robert Kaplinsky (@robertkaplinsky.com) February 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM

I'm always happy to share summary posts like this one
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https://www.resourceaholic.com/2026/02/5-maths-gems-196.html 

New! My 196th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers.https://t.co/FgEC1lfnOY#mathsgems #mathschat #teammaths #mathscpdchat #mathstlp pic.twitter.com/lWClAxRpik

— Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) February 17, 2026

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As always, I like the fact that the reason why is explained
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2027134778953409006

One of the biggest "tricks" in algebra is "slide and divide." I honestly didn't understand why it worked until around 20 years after algebra class. Here's why it works. pic.twitter.com/eRyOqFhwbj

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) February 26, 2026

Visualizing factoring 
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2025303867903369621 

I wish I was taught this way of finding the greatest common factor when I was in school pic.twitter.com/7N87KSYsoB

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) February 21, 2026

I always liked showing the connection between permutations and combinations
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2026390576086884641

The permutation and combination formulas don't just have to be formulas to memorize. Here's how we can derive them. pic.twitter.com/i2vjZwH94b

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) February 24, 2026

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This would be a good discussion in class
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https://bsky.app/profile/mathspadnicola.bsky.social/post/3mfu655uwek2i

#mathstoday

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— Nicola Waddilove (@mathspadnicola.bsky.social) February 27, 2026 at 11:49 AM

Math Links for Week Ending Feb 20th, 2026

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This is an old video but still pretty cool
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg1NpMmPv48

#Mathsky youtube.com/watch?v=pg1N...

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— Pete Wung The Curious Polymath (@curiouspolymath.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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I have always liked the idea of warmup questions. Something for kids to do as soon as they step in the door. Nothing too crazy, maybe with different levels of difficulty. And even though these examples are for Calculus, the idea is universal.
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https://bsky.app/profile/theericklee.bsky.social/post/3mfcymi3r3c2r

A few warm-up questions from this week in my high school Calculus class. I start each day with a question. Sometimes for review/retrieval, sometimes to launch the day's discussion and sometimes for practice/consolidation. #ITeachMath #MathsToday

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— Erick Lee (@theericklee.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM

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Both models are correct and necessary
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2024891678977655292

I know a lot of people think about 3 ÷ 1/2 as "how many 1/2 fit into 3?" but there is another model!

Here are two ways we can think about division. pic.twitter.com/k5WbJI0Wtv

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) February 20, 2026

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Asking for questions is a good way to get more students involved. Especially for students that struggle and for students that excel, you can give them a specific topic. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/teacher2teacher.bsky.social/post/3mew3e35zia27

A change in perspective can make all the difference! T Kathy Minas (themathcollective on IG) mixes it up by giving the answer first – and asking learners for the question: www.instagram.com/p/DO1o9bSEmr9/ #MTBoS

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— Teacher2Teacher (@teacher2teacher.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM

Math Links for Week Ending Feb 13th, 2026

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Some Valentines Day fun for math class
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https://colleenyoung.org/2026/02/08/for-valentines-day-2026/

Valentine's cards for mathsy friends?! colleenyoung.org/2026/02/08/f...

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— Colleen Young (@colleenyoung.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM

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Keep those classic calendar links coming
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/february-calendar-problems-4/

It's a SUPER day for #ProblemSolving Sunday!
Check out the February Calendar of Problems... which ones did you like from this past week?
Share your thinking & working out here or on the post.#MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #RecreationalMath https://t.co/th7fNLR4JV

— Karen Campe (@KarenCampe) February 8, 2026

Logic is defnintly a mathematical skill
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https://alicekeeler.com/2019/05/30/google-sheets-play-connect-four/

I created a Google Sheets template to play Connect Four. It allows you to create quiz cards and students earn their next move by answering the question. Google Sheets: Play Connect 4 alicekeeler.com/2019/05/30/g... #GoogleEDU #GoogleSheets #Gamification #EduSky

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— Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler.com) February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM

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I love a good discussion about approximating mathematical quantities.
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https://bsky.app/profile/howiehua.bsky.social/post/3memfuxu4222q

How to visually approximate square roots

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— Howie Hua (@howiehua.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM

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I love this idea. So simple and low tech
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MBF3C, MDM4U
https://bsky.app/profile/johngolden.bsky.social/post/3meovduibs32a

#mathstoday started with one of my favorite early probability activities. Students write events on stickies for almost never to almost always and another group tries to sort them. Lots of discussion about wording and googling for more info.

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— John Golden (@johngolden.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM