Sun 31/5/15
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Interest Posts:
FTJ means 'For the juniors'
1) Finding area of a quadriateral - continued Thanks Heureka and Fiora
2) Tricky algebra expansion question - continued Thanks Heureka and CPhill, anon Alan and Nauseated.
3) How many squares will there be? Thanks CPhill and Heureka
5) How to get 4L of water? Puzzle question for all Thanks CPhill
6) How can you get the photographers across the river safely Thanks CPhill
7) Making sense of a frequency histogram (good practice) Thanks CPhill
8) How much money was there ? Thanks CPhill
9) Dealing with indices Thanks Geno3141
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weight = mass * gravity and it is measured in Newtons.
When you get your 'weight' from the bathroom scales you are not really getting your weight at all, you are gettting an estimate of your mass!
Here this mathsis fun unit looks quite good :)
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/weight-mass.html
Here is a question for you MG, or anyone else who want to answer,
When would more mass NOT equal more weight?