Podcast for curious kids
Maths is Not Boring
The patterns behind everything, once you know how to look.
One great mathematical idea an episode - numbers that never end, shapes with only one side, the strange rules of chance, the patterns hiding in a snowflake. Nobody does sums here. Maths is not just a list of rules to learn; it is one of the most beautiful ways anyone has found of seeing the world.
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What is a googol?
Have you ever tried to think of the absolute biggest number in the world? A million? A billion? What about a number so gigantic that it is bigger than all the atoms in the entire known universe? Welcome to the mind-boggling world of the googol! In this…
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What is a fraction? 13:49 
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What is place value? 12:33 
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