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

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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". Rachel Riley is a British “personality”, in the public eye and generally cherished for her likeability. She is famous as the maths whizz on the Countdown TV programme, which catapulted her to a 2013 appearance on Strictly Come Dancing. She has also made brief appearances in Dispatches, Britain's Brightest and 1001 Things You Should Know.

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Feeling that we “don’t get” numbers or that we’re no good at maths can mean we avoid them. But that only makes matters worse – especially where money is concerned. Knowing about numbers helps us make sense of bills, budgets, baking and big decisions . As for her and Pasha’s adored daughter, formally Maven Aria Riley Kovaleva, her name, Riley explains, “is a nod to my Jewish heritage. Maven means one who understands, and Aria is from the Hebrew for lioness. But also the initials spell out ‘Mark’, because my uncle died while I was pregnant, so that’s a way of honouring him.” 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”. 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. The communities, individuals and workplaces that National Numeracy has supported over the past 10 years have shown that it IS possible to change your mindset about maths with the help of these resources. We can help turn that “I can’t,” into an “I can!"Me a sex symbol? It doesn't add up, says Rachel Riley". Daily Gazette. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017 . Retrieved 7 August 2022.

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Good numeracy, Riley points out, is linked to “employability, to better earnings”, and poor numeracy often links to “poor health and mental health problems”. So there are any amount of incentives for coming to grips with maths, she says, and perhaps, I think, having spoken to her, it’s the teaching that is at fault, which leads to so many saying that their brains “are not wired” for numbers. Had I had a teacher such as Riley, urging me on from the sidelines, you can do it, you can do it, I am sure I would be better than I am at maths. Episode 7, 2011/2012, Celebrity Mastermind – BBC One". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012 . Retrieved 25 July 2016. Since it was first broadcast on 2 January 2012, Riley has also performed her Countdown role on the comedy crossover spin-off version, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, alongside comedian Jimmy Carr as host.O'Connor, Roisin (31 December 2022). "Rachel Riley awarded MBE in New Year Honours for work combatting antisemitism". The Independent. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022 . Retrieved 31 December 2022. Rachel Riley gives birth to baby girl - Maven Aria Riley Kovaleva". The Jewish Chronicle. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019 . Retrieved 18 December 2019. In fact, she says, “I’m hoping my book will give people more confidence in themselves and their abilities with maths. The inspiration behind doing it: I often get friends or family sending me messages on social media and asking about problems. Perhaps they’ve been trying to help their kids and they don’t understand the maths. I’ve always really liked answering. When you learn stuff in school, you might just have been doing it to pass exams — and now, of course, you don’t remember”. An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley. 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]

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She is also a presenter — with comedian Jimmy Carr — on the spin-off programme, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and expanding on her passion for football, particularly her favourite club, Manchester United, has fronted several football programmes as a pundit. During a university holiday, Riley considered a career in the financial sector and completed an internship at Deutsche Bank in the City of London. The experience put her off: she found the extreme behaviour of city traders wearing, and she disliked the early-morning train commute. [9] Television career [ edit ] Countdown [ edit ] Get inspired by our Confidence Conversations videos about people who gained confidence with numbers. You can too! Out of 10 Cats (17 June 2011, 12 August 2011, 21 October 2011, 23 March 2012, 11 May 2012, 15 June 2012, 29 October 2012, 1 February 2013)From September 2013, Riley appeared in the eleventh series of the BBC One ballroom dancing programme Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancing partner and future husband Pasha Kovalev. She was eliminated in week 6 of the show, on 3 November, after losing out in the dance-off against Abbey Clancy and Aljaž Škorjanec, who went on to win the series.