At Sixes and Sevens: How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy

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Sevens: How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths At Sixes and Sevens: How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths

Petter, Olivia (8 November 2021). "Rachel Riley gives birth to daughter and reveals unusual name". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021 . Retrieved 10 November 2021. It’s only when I am listening to the tape of our conversation that I am brought up short by Riley’s confession that even though she loved maths at school — and went on to study it in depth at Oxford — she found maths lessons “boring”. Not boring because she could whizz through the problems, but boring because the books and the teaching were “unimaginative. We weren’t given the tools to problem-solve in a holistic way”. She links the subject with music, writing: “Maths, like music, is a truly universal language — so, once you learn it, you can read anything written in it, no matter the origin of the person who wrote it”. I wondered then, given that musicians say everyone can be taught to sing, whether Riley believed everyone could “get” maths. She laughs, but responds: “In the same way that not everyone who learns to carry a tune is going to be Pavarotti, not everyone [with maths] is going to be Stephen Hawking. But everyone can make progress from the position in which they started”. But as she reaches the final stages of her pregnancy, she shared an incredibly relatable story, as she explained she was suffering from "pregnancy throat burn". Episode 7, 2011/2012, Celebrity Mastermind – BBC One". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012 . Retrieved 25 July 2016.Celebrity Antiques Road Trip - 9 November 2021 - BBC Two". tveveryday.com. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021 . Retrieved 9 November 2021. For services to Holocaust Education", Riley was awarded an MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours. [60] [61] In June 2019, Riley was criticised by environmental groups and accused of greenwashing for her promotion of the "future energy solutions" of Shell, an oil and gas company. [51]

At Sixes and Sevens by Rachel Riley, Dr Gareth Moore

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley. Laughing, she said she and her husband had some private ideas for the name of their second child but were not yet ready to share them. Of course, solving a numbers game in just 30 seconds isn’t easy – which has led some to ask whether Rachel ever has to seek help when it comes to getting the correct answers. Kale, Sirin (20 August 2019). "Behind the times? The strange, sad story of rear of the year". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 . Retrieved 24 November 2019. Rachel Riley on combating antisemitism, 10 years on Countdown and getting girls into maths. Channel 4 News. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2021– via YouTube.Rachel and husband Pasha Kovalev welcomed their second child last week, and earlier this week she shared some stunning, never-before-seen pictures of the couple. Eames, Tom (24 June 2013). "Ryan Giggs to appear on 'Countdown' ". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013 . Retrieved 7 August 2022.