Kevin Olding - Mathsaurus

Kevin Olding - Mathsaurus

Whether you're preparing for a maths challenge, or aiming for top grades at GCSE or A-Level or have a student taking 11+ exams or are teaching online, you’ve come to the right place. A lot of my content is right here on KZread, but a lot more is available at the online courses website too at courses.mathsaurus.com/ - there you'll find loads of free online courses as well as details of my paid teaching. There's also a website at mathsaurus.com with lots of past papers and grade boundaries.

About me: I studied maths at Oxford University and later created this channel whilst teaching maths at two of the top private schools in London. Since leaving full time teaching I have completed a PhD in Probability and now make content for this channel and the online courses full time!

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  • @Chendhoor
    @Chendhoor22 сағат бұрын

    I'm in Year 8 and got 101/135. I'm not in the UK, so I can't write the Junior Kangaroo.

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 сағат бұрын

    Great result, you can always try the paper for fun!

  • @zacnelson8732
    @zacnelson87322 күн бұрын

    Didn’t even know I was doing it last year, was in yr 11 so didn’t think I was and I managed to get 75. Going for gold hopefully this year

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 сағат бұрын

    Nice, good luck!

  • @bhupendra_chandra
    @bhupendra_chandra3 күн бұрын

    Fps - 2

  • @Patrick-il4es
    @Patrick-il4es6 күн бұрын

    Logic is not based upon deciding which of your assumption you decree as the correct to solve the problem. Hence, incorrect.

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking9568 күн бұрын

    Oh yh i forgot to tell u that I got into mcs.... you've been there

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 сағат бұрын

    congrats!

  • @ashishnagda9422
    @ashishnagda94228 күн бұрын

    Amazing video :)

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus8 күн бұрын

    Thanks! 😀

  • @AnaLeiman
    @AnaLeiman9 күн бұрын

    That's a really great idea for the channel! Great job improving the quality of your videos! Such a progress! I wish I was loving math as you haha

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus8 күн бұрын

    Thank you Ana!

  • @aidan2857
    @aidan285714 күн бұрын

    THANK YOU MATHSAURUS

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95615 күн бұрын

    4

  • @Monster_fun
    @Monster_fun15 күн бұрын

    Oh ok thanks could you make one for English too?

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus8 күн бұрын

    Not really my area of expertise!

  • @Monster_fun
    @Monster_fun5 күн бұрын

    Lol I didn’t read your channel name sorry

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus5 күн бұрын

    @@Monster_fun haha no worries

  • @R4Y7
    @R4Y715 күн бұрын

    I like maths and job prospects are a nice bonus

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus8 күн бұрын

    Both good reasons!

  • @ninakw5279
    @ninakw527916 күн бұрын

    All 4!

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95615 күн бұрын

    wait... all 4x3x2x1?

  • @ninakw5279
    @ninakw527915 күн бұрын

    @@oc1anking956 four factorial indeed!

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95615 күн бұрын

    @@ninakw5279 nice pun

  • @funtastic1297
    @funtastic129716 күн бұрын

    Year 7 to year 8 I liked math because it made me feel smart but as I have done more higher level questions and I often struggle and don’t get an answer or learning from places like numberphile I have come to love math for it’s provelm solving and beauty in proofs lol

  • @BoomSki-pn9lb
    @BoomSki-pn9lb16 күн бұрын

    Yr7 and yr8 maths was so awfully easy that it made me dislike math during that time

  • @funtastic1297
    @funtastic129716 күн бұрын

    I started watching numberphile in year 7, and understanding the new concept from out of school really made me feel smart lol

  • @I.Musaa2008
    @I.Musaa200817 күн бұрын

    Hi Kevin, how do you get paid? Do the students do a bank transfer for each lesson/month/term or is there some other way?

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 күн бұрын

    Yes it varies, mostly these day I use booking software that handles this, takes payment and sends Zoom links etc (Acuity scheduling) but invoicing in the traditional way with bank transfers etc. also works well.

  • @I.Musaa2008
    @I.Musaa20085 күн бұрын

    @@Mathsaurus And how much do you think I would need to set up the minimum requirements for such a desk set-up. I used to do in-person tutoring but public transport wasted a lot of time. Do you think £500 could buy the essentials for online tutoring?

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus5 күн бұрын

    @@I.Musaa2008 Yes (assuming you already have some sort of pc or laptop) that's more than enough. Start basic, upgrade once you have some students. BitPaper + a basic £50 writing tablet is really all you need to start - I'd go for a decent webcam/mic as the next upgrade - probably the mic more than the camera, bad sound is very annoying!

  • @I.Musaa2008
    @I.Musaa20085 күн бұрын

    @@Mathsaurus Thanks for the advice, Kevin, really appreciate it!

  • @funtastic1297
    @funtastic129718 күн бұрын

    Big fan, and I must say your channel is very unique and I love it, you have really helped in learning how to learn. also every day I train for UKMT intermediate math challenge but I see no improvement. Also THANK YOU SO MCUH FOR THE FREE COURSES! You could do livestreams for the big group idea I do have a slight thing to ask:I have used courses, learnt tricks and do questions without looking at answers till I get or look at solution and use method to solve similar equations to improve but see none, do you have any advice. I can only ever get gold and none of the other competitions

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 күн бұрын

    Thanks! I'd say firstly that gold is a great result and so probably you have been improving - Gold in Intermediate is an improvement from Gold in Junior for example, so you have made progress! If you weren't at that level and really not getting things I'd suggest going back to lower levels as problems in maths are as often about not having fully understood what's gone before. Otherwise to get to really top scores is very tough - but you need to analyse what's going wrong - is it not paying attention and losing marks early on? Is it not having time to think about the later questions? Is it just not being able to do the harder ones. As you can imagine, each of these would have different solutions! The main thing is to enjoy the maths and to keep trying interesting problems though - there are very few real world problems that you need to solve in an hour after all!

  • @funtastic1297
    @funtastic129717 күн бұрын

    Thank you!, you really are one of the best math KZreadrs , I see you on level with Matt parker and James grime

  • @systemerr0r58
    @systemerr0r5818 күн бұрын

    Im in year 8 and after studying for half a year i managed to enter the jmo with a score of exactly 123. I did the jmo recently and im waiting for my results

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 сағат бұрын

    Excellent, congrats!

  • @VihaanThakur-ot8we
    @VihaanThakur-ot8we21 күн бұрын

    I am in year 8 and qualified for the olympiad with 130. Me and my mate revised 16 hours and after the papers and solutions have been released, I got 4/6 and am looking at any medal rn. Really pleased with UKMT

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus17 сағат бұрын

    Congratuations!

  • @peakanimal493
    @peakanimal49326 күн бұрын

    wat about 14

  • @aryansrivastava16212
    @aryansrivastava1621227 күн бұрын

    Thank You! I have been watching your videos since my preparation for the UKMT JMC and am now doing my JMO. Your videos have helped me so much and now I feel more confident for my JMO tomorrow. Thank You for your Videos!

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus27 күн бұрын

    So pleased to hear that - good luck!

  • @rebeccawalker943
    @rebeccawalker94327 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this video, my son is sitting the Junior Olympiad 24 tomorrow!

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus27 күн бұрын

    Good luck to him!

  • @WilliamChen-qg5cj
    @WilliamChen-qg5cj27 күн бұрын

    Very smart

  • @Mia-San-Mia-2701
    @Mia-San-Mia-270127 күн бұрын

    ANY ADVICE, doing it tomoz

  • @DigiGamerPr0
    @DigiGamerPr027 күн бұрын

    same

  • @RohitPatel-zq4mx
    @RohitPatel-zq4mx28 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @Bookops
    @Bookops28 күн бұрын

    Thank you now im more confused 😀

  • @aringupta4883
    @aringupta488328 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much🎉, my JMO is really soon and this is going to help SO MUCH

  • @Mathsaurus
    @Mathsaurus27 күн бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @Abdullah123-lx9ji
    @Abdullah123-lx9ji28 күн бұрын

    I think its E. We can write the information like this Lets say the three digit number is abc we can write it as 100a+10b+c-297= 100c+10b+a as its reverse.-c and 10b from both sides.100a-297=99c+a. minus a from both sides to get 99a-297=99c.99*3 is 297 so a and c have to have a difference of 3.So some possibilities are 4,1 5,2 6,3 7,4 8,5 9,6 which is 6 possibilities and b could any number from 0-9 which is 10 possibilities so the amount of three digit numbers which are reversed when subtracted by 297 is 6*10 = 60 which is E,this proof may not be right so im not too sure.

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95628 күн бұрын

    E

  • @Ashy-carboii
    @Ashy-carboii28 күн бұрын

    bro could've just copied loll

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95628 күн бұрын

    @@Ashy-carboii I dont

  • @Ashy-carboii
    @Ashy-carboii27 күн бұрын

    @@oc1anking956 o ok I was js saying for jk lol

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95627 күн бұрын

    @@Ashy-carboii alr lol

  • @warmmonkey679
    @warmmonkey67929 күн бұрын

    Cheers Kev my mate

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    c

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    c

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    d

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    c

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    c

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    A

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    E

  • @oc1anking956
    @oc1anking95629 күн бұрын

    E

  • @chess33196
    @chess3319629 күн бұрын

    Thursday

  • @nyeom7
    @nyeom7Ай бұрын

    Sundays are on 3 11 31 = Thursday

  • @ashvysasikumar6682
    @ashvysasikumar6682Ай бұрын

    Thursday

  • @ninakw5279
    @ninakw5279Ай бұрын

    E

  • @GremlinHallow
    @GremlinHallowАй бұрын

    omg so good frfr ong i learnt everything ez pz, recommended to all my pea brained friends and they also learnt a lot fr, ez subscribed cause this is just such a good channel. The way you explain allows even cactuses to understand.💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @KanhaWes
    @KanhaWesАй бұрын

    now do the detailed explanation

  • @Secretgeek2012
    @Secretgeek2012Ай бұрын

    9 Rotate one square 45° and lay on top of the other square.

  • @AishmikensEducation
    @AishmikensEducationАй бұрын

    c

  • @AishmikensEducation
    @AishmikensEducationАй бұрын

    c

  • @AishmikensEducation
    @AishmikensEducationАй бұрын

    c

  • @person42069
    @person42069Ай бұрын

    2024 olympiad boundary was insane, 123 which means that only maximum 2 mistakes allowance

  • @Tochkannn
    @TochkannnАй бұрын

    How is this the only video i can find on this topic

  • @canofpulp
    @canofpulpАй бұрын

    Obviously 4

  • @vidareggum6118
    @vidareggum6118Ай бұрын

    What is the purpose of marking this with A-E and 1-5 when there are 6 figures?