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

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. To mark her 1,000th episode of Countdown (aired on 25 June 2013), United player Ryan Giggs presented her with a signed team shirt, Giggs himself having celebrated his 1,000th game for the club the same year. Low confidence with numbers can also affect well-being and have a knock-on effect on how our children feel about maths. Not just one but TWO giveaways for a Peter Sawkins’ baking bundle or a Rachel Riley maths book and resources - check out our Instagram account for details!

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She also gave her followers a humorous insight into the recording process, with the audio version having been recorded while she was 39 weeks pregnant. In 2016, Riley was part of the three-person presenting team for ITV's six-part series, It's Not Rocket Science, billed by the network as an entertainment series celebrating science. Countdown co-host Rachel Riley brands Derbyshire borough councillor a 'holocaust revisionist' in Twitter row". Maths, maintains Riley, has almost infinite applications — from time travel for astronauts, to helping people to decorate their house by calculating the numbers of tiles or rolls of wallpaper.The clip appeared to show Rachel saying she was ‘bad at maths’ and was ‘fed the answers in my earpiece’ – leading to some confusion among her social media followers. Rachel Riley is one of the mainstays of Countdown, having dazzled us with her maths wizardry since January 2009. Having taken GCSE Maths just before Covid lockdowns, ( I attained a grade 7 after getting a paltry CSE at school over 50 years ago), I needed a refresher. In February 2019, according to The Times and i, Riley had been involved in talks to set up a centrist breakaway party from Labour.

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In this brilliant, well-rounded guide, Countdown's Rachel Riley will take you back to the very basics, allow you to revisit what you learnt at school (and may have promptly forgotten, *ahem*), build your understanding of maths from the get-go and provide you with the essential toolkit to gain confidence in your numerical abilities. Confidence with numbers is clearly important for our industry but it is also crucial in enabling individuals to make better choices for their finances and careers. During these times of uncertainty, we recognise the difference having confidence with numbers has when it comes to finances and money management, as well as the impact it can have on skills for everyday life.

Another important issue Rachel is actively involved in campaigning about is antisemitism, coming from Jewish heritage herself.