25 Bar model questions and answers for GCSE thinking. The questions are from week 1 Barvember 2020.
Each day, there are 2 accessible questions, another 2 that requires more thought and a final challenging question.
All sorts of mathematical contexts are used. The solutions are efficient and designed to a minimum number of steps.
The next 3 weeks from 2020 can be downloaded from here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12881902
A pdf of a 42 slide PowerPoint showing an approach to additive for teenage students who have difficulties with mental maths . It employs a Linear Model for addition and subtraction.
It narrows the use of manipulatives to the counting stick, multilink cubes and base 10 materials.
It is designed to be used for Maths Dept CPD rather than for teaching students although some slides would be useful for teaching.
Years of experience of training Maths teachers, research and thinking has gone into this resource.
The actual Powerpoint is available to purchase and has animation to enable conceptual development to be brought into sharper focus. Some slides are difficult to interpret without the animation.
A spreadsheet that makes clear the links between graphs of quadratic functions and intercepts, turning points and symmetry. It is completely editable.
It works best with a=1 since the aspect of completing the square and bracket factoring need a more sophisticated approach (version 2?).
It includes a blank template for students to complete. Let me know in a review if you have any further suggestions for improvement.
A four page booklet bringing various approaches together that aim to improve how questions are asked in the maths classroom.
It is designed to be used for Maths Dept CPD rather than for teaching students although some slides would be useful for teaching.
It encourages teachers to ask better questions and to develop student questioning in Mathematics. It includes a modified Bloom’s taxonomy as a prism through which to see questions in Maths.
New Specification (2021)
Legacy specification pdf can be accessed here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12442002
The aim of this unit is to develop an understanding of some of the basic principles around personal money management.
Personal debt is a growing concern and understanding some of the basic principles when working out take home pay and budgeting principles for a household income helps develop an understanding of the value of money. Updated to include definitions of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.
PPT version can be accessed here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12626382
If you use it please review.
A pdf of 20 puzzles/games. This provides spatial awareness practice, CAT4 practice and cognitive abilities test practice.
Difficulty: Level 3 Hard.
Cut out cards and rearrange to make tracks. Use symmetry, rotation, reflection and 90 degree angles to complete the tracks.
Track cards are inspired by the amazing Serpentiles originally published by ThinkFun but no longer manufactured.
The PowerPoint is available with the correct answer highlighted for each of the 20 puzzles. It can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12919926
A pdf of 12 short puzzles. This provides spatial awareness practice, CAT4 practice and cognitive abilities test practice.
Difficulty: Level 1 Easy.
Cut out cards and rearrange to make tracks. Use symmetry, rotation, reflection and 90 degree angles to complete the tracks.
Track cards are inspired by the amazing Serpentiles originally published by ThinkFun but no longer manufactured.
The PowerPoint is available with the correct answer highlighted for each of the 12 puzzles. It can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12912646
Coordinates: questions for maths lessons. One pdf with questions and a separate pdf with answers.
Questions consist of a range of medium ones.
A PowerPoint is available with correct answers animated so that each question can be discussed as a class or group: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12955816
Please contact Cubed Maths if you identify any incorrections.
cubed.maths@gmail.com
07949749781
Key words: 𝑦 axis, 𝑥 axis, quadrilaterals, kite, trapezium, rectangle, parallelogram, midpoint, circle, diameter
Straight line graphs or linear graphs: questions for maths lessons.
Includes questions on drawing graphs, calculating gradients and working out intercepts.
One pdf with questions and a separate pdf with questions and answers.
Questions range from medium to hard.
A PowerPoint is available with correct answers animated so that each question can be discussed as a class or group: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12946855
Please contact Cubed Maths if you identify any incorrections.
cubed.maths@gmail.com
07949749781
Key words: linear graphs, intersection, gradient, parallel, equation, coordinates, axes, 𝑦=𝑚𝑥+c, 𝑦 axis, 𝑥 axis
Surds: questions for maths lessons. One pdf with questions and a separate pdf with questions and answers.
A PowerPoint is available with correct answers animated so that each question can be discussed as a class or group: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13057000
Please contact Cubed Maths if you identify any incorrections.
cubed.maths@gmail.com
079 497 497 81
Key words: simplify, expand, root, squared, difference of two squares, surd, rational, Pythagoras, cosine, cos, tangent, tan, space diagonal, area, cube, cuboid, trapezium
Surds: questions for GCSE maths revision. One pdf with questions and answers.
Please contact Cubed Maths if you identify any incorrections or have ideas for further papers.
cubed.maths@gmail.com
079 497 497 81
Key words: plans, elevations, front, side, view, elevation, rotational symmetry, cube, cuboid, structure, grid, volume, 3-dimensional.
One of a series of PowerPoints that use a card sort activity with Wacky Races characters.
The aim here is to position characters according to ordinal clues such as “Penelope Pitstop finished four cars ahead of Peter Perfect”.
High quality with gifs.
Please review if you put the ppt to use.
A spreadsheet to generate the dice outcomes of the seven dice in this popular game. It is useful if dice have gone missing or dice outcomes need to be presented to a group.
There are two views: the faces of the dice and the position of the blockers on the board.