Cool Crazy Calculator!

Trying to figure out how to use your calculator has never been more fun!

A single worksheet which helps students practise their skills using the mathematical functions on a GCSE specification scientific calculator (specifically the Casio fx-83GT X or the Casio fx-83GT PLUS).

This fun and highly enjoyable activity could be used as a starter, plenary or main activity (in person or remotely) once students have been introduced to some of the key functions on their calculator, including:

-Converting between improper fractions, decimals and mixed numbers
-Converting percentages to fractions/mixed numbers
-Entering complex calculations involving roots, indices and fractions
-Time/decimal conversions
-Prime factorisation (FACT function)
-Completing a table of values given an equation (TABLE function)

The worksheet also requires students to round some of their answers to 1-2 decimal places and 1-3 significant figures as an added challenge and for some additional practise with rounding.

Resource includes:
-Cool Crazy Calculator activity worksheet
-Answers

Students have loved using this resource time and time again. We have used it with Y9-Y11 in all kinds of settings, i.e. in our pre-GCSE calculator exam booster, as a starter following the ‘Use of a calculator lesson’, as a skills check at the end of the same lesson or at a later date.

I hope you enjoy!

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