24th December: one more sleep!

Posted on 24/12/2011 by

Merry Christmas, everyone!  The video below shows a scene similar to the one I expect will be played out in my house tonight – and lots of your houses too!  The Better Tuition team (Paul, Christine, Emma A, Mel, Ann, Niki, Holly, Emma C and Rhianna) would like to wish everyone a very merry holiday.

Rather than send out Christmas cards to our customers, we have bought a ‘teach a teacher’ gift from Oxfam Unwrapped.

We’re taking a little break, but we’ll be back in 2012 with lots of educational tips and advice.  Have a great holiday!
 
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23rd December: edible maths

Posted on 23/12/2011 by

Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is a fun maths puzzle.

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Beth is making gingerbread men for Christmas. She uses 2 raisins for eyes and 3 raisins for buttons for each gingerbread man. She buys 4 boxes of raisins, each with 120 raisins in it. How many dozens of gingerbread men can she make?  The solution will be posted tomorrow.

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22nd December: Santa’s Verbal Reasoning Challenge

Posted on 22/12/2011 by

Santa loves our Better Tuition advent calendar so much he has created a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge for all those year five students who are busily preparing for Trafford’s Entrance Exams.

Each Christmas Eve, Santa’s elves must prepare the reindeer for the night to come.  Santa is very particular about the order of his reindeer and has left these instructions for the elves.  Can you help them by writing down the correct order?  Answers posted tomorrow.

If you are battling with Verbal Reasoning, read our tips and advice here, or find out more about entrance exams here, and remember you can book a FREE assessment worth £40 with our entrance exam experts by calling the Better Tuition Centre on 0161 748 3912. Remember: we are the only tuition centre recommended by Father Christmas!

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12 Days of Christmas Solution

Posted on 21/12/2011 by

This is the solution to our advent puzzle from yesterday. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s Better tuition centre here.

The total number of gifts my true love sent to me is a whopping 364!  Scroll down to see how to work this out.

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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree (so I had 1 item).
On the second day of Christmas my generous true love gave to me two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree (so I had 3 items).

Day 1 = 1 = 1
Day 2 = 1 + 2 = 3
Day 3 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
Day 4 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
Day 5 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15
Day 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21
Day 7 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28
Day 8 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36
Day 9 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45
Day 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55
Day 11 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 = 66
Day 12 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 = 78

Total = 364

Does your child need help with maths? Better Tuition is Urmston’s tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment, worth £40.

Many thanks to fellow Association of Professional Tuition Centres founders, Step Up Tuition in Timperley, from whom we got the puzzle.  You can visit their APTC page or like them on Facebook here.

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21st December: spread some happiness around the world (and have fun too)!

Posted on 21/12/2011 by

Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is to feed hungry people from developing countries. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s tuition centre here.

Freerice.com gives quiz questions where every correct answer donates 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.  It’s a really fun game enjoyed by people of all ages.

You can choose vocabulary building, maths, language learning or chemistry, amongst other subjects.  Our favourite is vocabulary building, which is suitable for all ages.

The program adjusts according to the ability of the player, which is a fabulous feature.  It’s a great little passtime for the Christmas holidays and it really makes a difference to other people, so try it today: you’ll love it.

Does your child need extra help? Better Tuition is Urmston’s tuition centre for maths, English, science and entrance exam preparation. We tutor young people aged 5-16. Call us today on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment, worth £40.

 

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20th December: Christmas Maths Puzzle

Posted on 20/12/2011 by

Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is a fun maths puzzle.

Welcome to Day 20 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar.  Today we have a Christmas maths problem for you.

Maths Problem:

December 21st is the winter solstice: the shortest and darkest day of the year.

If the sun rises at 08:04 and sets at 15:53, how many hours and minutes of daylight is this?

Scroll down to the very end of the page for the answer.

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Answer:

7 hours 49 minutes

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17th December: One Minute Christmas Cloze

Posted on 19/12/2011 by

Can you complete our Christmas Cloze Quiz in one minute or less? Choose the best word to complete each sentence.

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Christmas Cloze

QUIZ START

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18th December: Star of Wonder

Posted on 18/12/2011 by

Your challenge today is to calculate and identify the angles on the star below.

You can visit Better Tuition’s Advent Activity Calendar every day until 24th December for a fun learning activity in maths, English, verbal or non-verbal reasoning. You may also like to visit our download store, where you can download our 100 Winter Word Problems absolutely FREE or, if you need to practise proof reading and editing skills, why not try our Finding and Correcting Spelling and Punctuation Errors workbook (priced £3.99)?

For tuition, practice exams or a free assessment at our Urmston tuition centre, please call Paul. or Christine on 0161 748 3912.

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17th December: Save money at Better Tuition, Urmston and Stretford

Posted on 17/12/2011 by

This was a £10 voucher towards a lesson at the Better Tuition Centre in Urmston. You had to print this page off yesterday, 17th December to get your voucher, but you can use it to claim your special offer any time before the end of January 2012. The voucher can be used by new or existing customers. If you are a new customer, call us now on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment. Take a look at our special offers here. Find out more about Urmston’s tuition centre here, and return to our Advent Calendar here.

Get money off lessons at Better Tuition in Urmston

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16th December: More Christmaths!

Posted on 16/12/2011 by

Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Use pi x d (pi x the diameter) to work out the answers.

If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment. 

Looking for a maths, English or science tutor in Urmston or Stretford? Contact Better Tuition today to book your FREE assessment.

 

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