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Telling the Time

Telling the time can be very difficult for pupils. We try and give a background to how this weird counting system works. And other ways you might be able to count

How Counting Works

Why do we count tell the time in twelves? Rufus looks at the history of the clock and why the Babylonians favoured a base-12 system

Different Counting Systems

Rufus breaks down different counting systems that we could put on our clock and introduced us to Clock Arithmetic 

Mind Reading

Rufus teaches us a Mind Reading trick that uses a binary counting system

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