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Not only is numeracy a life skill, but an understanding of mathematics helps to develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving, which can be used throughout your academic studies and your future career. 

Here you can explore the live workshops the Centre for Academic Success has to offer over the next couple of weeks on the theme of Mathematics. 


Tuesday 26th November 2024

Composition of Functions

This workshop explores combining functions using algebraic operations, creating a new function by composition of functions, evaluating composite functions, finding the domain of a composite function, and decomposing a composite function into its component functions.

  Online via Zoom
  Tuesday 26th November 2024
  12:00 - 13:00 GMT

Sign up to this Algebra workshop
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Solving Differential Equations

This workshop will explore how to solve differential equations using different methods: direct integration, the separation of variables and the integration factor.

 Ar-lein trwy Zoom
 Tuesday 26th November 2024
 15:00 - 16:00 GMT

Sign up to this Differentiation workshop
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Wednesday 27th November 2024

Partial Fractions

Adding rational expressions and simplifying is relatively easy. However, going the other way round, expressing a single rational function as the sum of two or more simpler ones is much more difficult. This workshop teaches us how to handle partial fractions and denominators with repeated quadratic factors.

  Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 27th November 2024
  11:00 - 12:00 GMT

Sign up to this Algebra workshop
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Solving Quadratic Equations

A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of degree 2. The ''U'' shaped graph of a quadratic is called a parabola. A quadratic equation has two solutions. Either two distinct real solutions, one double real solution or two imaginary solutions. There are several methods we can use to solve a quadratic equation explored in this workshop.

  Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 27th November 2024
  14:00 - 15:00 BST

Sign up to this Algebra workshop
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Thursday 28th November 2024

Linear Algebra

In this workshop, we will introduce the concept of Linear Algebra. You may have come across sets of two or three simultaneous equations before. We will extend the idea of simultaneous equations in the wider field of linear Algebra. We will look at the different solutions of sets of simultaneous equations.

  Bay Campus
 Thursday 28th November 2024
  12:00 - 13:00 GMT

Sign up to this Linear Algebra workshop
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Wednesday 4th December 2024

Composition of Functions

This workshop explores combining functions using algebraic operations, creating a new function by composition of functions, evaluating composite functions, finding the domain of a composite function, and decomposing a composite function into its component functions.

  Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 4th December 2024
  12:00 - 13:00 GMT

Sign up to this Algebra workshop
Equations on paper

Thursday 5th December 2024

Gauss Elimination

This workshop builds on the previous workshop and explores an efficient strategy for determining the solution of a system of linear equations called Gauss elimination.

  Bay Campus
  Thursday 5th December 2024
  12:00 - 13:00 GMT

Sign up to this Linear Algebra workshop
Matrices written on paper