Jonathan Payne
drpmaths.bsky.social
Jonathan Payne
@drpmaths.bsky.social
Maths teacher* now working on United Learning’s Maths Excellence Fund programme.

I made some question generators and other tools in the past (mostly superseded by others’ better things): https://www.questiongenerator.co.uk

*former teacher if you insist
Very pleased with my mathematical broccoli/cauliflower. Just the one out of 8ish plants seemed to work
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Why do I not believe you?
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a terrifying sentence
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Was playing with generalising a question from the new Edexcel EMC when I cam across this interesting fact. Nice to be able to come up with a question which combines algebraic proof and coordinate geometry. All just-about GCSE level
July 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Pretty significant misconception to be stating as fact in an official textbook from an exam board
June 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
'Interesting' understanding of how birthdays work from ChatGPT here...
May 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ABCD is an isosceles trapezium and ADEF is a square.

Find the size of angle ABF.
April 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Does quadrilateral ABCD have a pair of perpendicular opposite sides?
April 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
And an animation of it in geogebra, because why not
April 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A neat fact about quadrilaterals I found out about today: If the diagonals are perpendicular and equal length, then the midpoints of the sides form a square
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What's funny about these four fractions? I guarantee you'll hate it
February 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Been playing with tree fractals. The ratio needed between line lengths to make this line up properly was a pleasant surprise
January 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is an interesting pair of percentage calculations
January 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM