Linking coordinates and equations of lines/gradients; this, I would say, is the next step on from the other “Gradients and Equations of Lines - Fill In The Blanks”.

Find the equations of the asymptotes that the players hit ball along. As a freelance baseball mathematician you need to tell their opponents where not to place fielders.

This does what it says on the tin: nets of 3D shapes, choose the right one. Answer the questions, reveal the punchline.

I saw this picture on Twitter and thought that there must be some maths in it and came up with this. I'm sure you will all come up with better stuff than me but this is what I came up with on a Saturday morning!

Mick owns a printing firm and is doing an audit. His employees like amounts in improper fractions, Mick likes his as mixed numbers. Help both Mick and his employees communicate the amounts of printing equipment they have in stock. Just a quick activity to practice converting...

Two versions: one with words listed and one without. Use the words to complete the sentences.

Rearrange the formulae and reveal the joke (generous description in fairness). These formulae are not particularly tough to rearrange but should get across the principles of it; the subject only appears once in each case. Ideal for classroom activities (main task or starter/plenary) but I have used them for online lessons and homeworks as well.

Two sections, one for direct and one for inverse proportion; four calculations (one example) to complete the blanks in. This aims to get students thinking forwards and backwards.

Track Pond's car chase of Ernest Stavros Blowfield using the co-ordinate grid provided.

The usual: answer the questions to reveal the punchline to the joke. Can be used in starters, plenaries, main tasks and homeworks!

This is a variation on a codebreaker; unfortunately the software (PowerPoint) won’t let me reflect words, but it will let me rotate them. The shapes fit together when transformed correctly and the words should form a cheesy joke.

Clive is having a go at some revision tests on some basic algebra, including simple algebraic fractions, like terms, expanding brackets, solving linear equations (including with variables on both sides), expanding two brackets and substitution. He has made a mistake on each question; your class needs to spot the error, correct it and then explain what it is. These are designed to encourage discussion in class and develop deeper understanding using common errors.

I needed something for a class just being introduced to manipulating formulae/algebra so I produced this… The usual: do the maths, reveal the punchline.

Calculate the fractions of a turn and the fraction of Spidey's enemies required.

Clive is tackling number in these two tests, including properties of number, HCF, LCM, prime factors, Venn diagrams and the product rule for counting. As ever he is making mistakes and needs help from your classes to help him correct his errors and then explain what he did wrong so that he (hopefully) doesn’t make the same mistakes again. This is designed to create discussion.

The usual thing: answer the questions, reveal the cheesy joke. I use these as starters, plenaries and main tasks; you can use them (or not as the case may be) however you like… but students do seem to like them (if the volume of groans at the jokes is anything to go by).

This is designed to get students thinking rather than getting in to a rut with this. There are columns for questions, factorising, a sketch of the curve and the solution; some are missing in each case.

Problems involving fractions basically; unjumble the letters to discover the cheesy joke.

Two fish jokes to find: one on quadratics graphs and one on other curves. Ideal for classroom in real life or online and also homework tasks.

Work out the equation of the line that the footballers kick the ball along in order to eventually score. There are two versions, one with the pitch and one without due to possible printing out issues.