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PLEASE come and be a teacher!
Commuters and shoppers in Birmingham were invited to see if their maths skills added up to a career in teaching during a special exhibition in the city centre.
Passers-by were encouraged to solve a giant, three-dimensional equation in Victoria Square as part of a campaign by the Training and Development Agency for Schools to find more maths teachers.
Students from Holyhead School, in Handsworth, challenged people to solve 2 x X+ 2 = X + 4 (answer: X=2) and then explain how they did it.
The event promoted a teaching careers fair at Thinktank on March 2 and 3.
For more information about how to become a teacher, visit www.teach.gov.uk.
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