A massive collection of 116 puzzles for display on interactive whiteboards! These puzzles encourage lateral thinking and "thinking-outside-the-box" and are not really targeted at any specific year group. Volume 1 contains relatively easy puzzles so they could be used by a variety of age and ability groups from Year 5 all the way up to Year 11 as lesson starters or lesson ends, or a quick break from the rest of the lesson. Have used them for years with my own classes and they are very popular! Have updated them for amore modern look. Ideal for maths lesson as logical thinking is encouraged but could be used by teacher's of any subject. All sorts of puzzles are included involving coins, words, logic, matchsticks, sequences, trick questions, maths magic, physical and shape puzzles. Start the PowerPoint and choose your puzzle ! 116 puzzles mean there are enough for three per week for the whole school academic year! (HINT:- It may be helpful to use the coin and matchstick puzzles without the PowerPoint being run, because then students can drag and move the coins / matchsticks around on the interactive whiteboard! Enjoy..!

A fun project looking at letters and using them in different ways to create designs and solve problems. you will need squared paper, isometric paper and multi-link. cross-curricular English, Art & Design. – PRACTICAL letters on squared paper. Draw out the letters, work out the area and perimeter. Create different shapes with the same amount of squares and investigate the perimeter. Cut out your shape and carry out rotations and reflections to create your own wallpaper design - Algebraic Substitution. Substitute into the expressions and cross of the answers on the grid. Can be played alone or as a 2 player challenge. – PRACTICAL choose a book and create a review using ICT. Choose a paragraph and Investigate the number of letters. Create charts and graphs – option to create a spreadsheet and use it to create charts. – PRACTICAL draw out letters in 3D. Draw out plans and elevations and create a net. Create the letters in multi-link to help with the 3D drawings – solving problems with letters. Option to teach some further algebra - Intro into forming and solving equations - extra activity use different colours to mark out the right angles, parallel and perpendicular lines and lines of symmetry onto the alphabet.

Improve times tables fluency and boost confidence using these on-screen test! All answers will be marked instantly and this tool is ideal for tables practice from KS1 upwards! This is an on-screen self marking activity including:- -4 short differentiated tests. TEST A ( X 2,3,5) TEST B (X 4,6,10) TEST C (X 7,8,9) TEST D (X 11,12) -A huge 100 question times table challenge and all are self marking with unlimited questions for times tables! The pack also includes a printable worksheet/ test sheet generator for repeated practice. The answers will turn green when correct for immediate feedback and you can generate a new set of questions with one click. (Just click ‘calculate now’ and a new set will be generated each time - see instruction page.) School license also available! Put on your school network for pupils to work on in the ICT room or use a class starter or print out multiple worksheets for practice. (NB: Requires Microsoft Excel -please read the instructions. This is a read only version so the worksheet will appear blank for each use. Just select yes when prompted to open as read only)

Smash the KS2 Maths Arithmetic Paper by targeting your weaknesses! Aim to get 40 out of 40 on the arithmetic paper. There are 42 Arithmetic Ninja Boosters grouped into 10 topic areas each containing 21 questions. There is a YouTube video link button on each booster too, linking to a video showing students how to do 5 of the questions for that booster to get them started. Watch the video, then try the 21 questions! All you need to target their weaknesses. 42 packs x 21 questions = 882 questions in total! All answers are provided on a projectable slide so children can mark their own at the end of the lesson. The 42 boosters cover the following areas: adding, subtracting, column methods, short and long multiplication, short and long division, decimals, percentages, inverse operations, multiplying and dividing by 10,100, 1000, add, subtract, multiply, divide with fractions and BIDMAS order of operations. This pack is included as part of the Ultimate KS2 Maths Organiser 2019 which is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2019-ks2-sats-revision-ultimate-15-in-1-maths-organiser-11989842

Real-life contextual Maths Lesson(s) on comparing phone tariffs by forming expressions for the costs and substituting - then an activity comparing different tariffs. For further investigation you could extend this into spreadsheets and make it into a project- useful for KS3/KS4 building functional money skills. Please let me know if you like this resource, thanks!

For any queries. please contact ambowers2@yahoo.co.uk

This fun, Great Fire themed resource includes a set of 8 activities /lessons with skills including: -Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) -Partition numbers -Add two different two-digit numbers -Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money -Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction -Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 5 times table -Find ½ and 1/4 of a shape -Find ½ of numbers by splitting them -Order numbers inc large numbers. -Literacy link: Write sentences involving days of the week The pack includes a power point with answers, student worksheets and role play cards to laminate all aimed to fit in with the topic in year 2. To make full use of the activities you will need to use the coins cards for role play but it would be better with plastic coins. One activity is also based on using play dough "cakes" from pudding lane bakery to split into halves/quarters and weighing out each half using scales. This could be used one task at a time , or later in the year/ at the end of term as a review exercise to consolidate different topics. NB: (UK Version - prices are in £'s)

Print unlimited worksheets for column addition practice! Included is a worksheet generator with 3 worksheets of mixed questions with increasing difficulty, including decimals. This tool generates a new set of questions with one click. (Just click 'calculate now' and a new set will be generated each time - see instruction page.) Great for repeated practice for one-to-one's, intervention, homework and revision . Use over time to build up confidence and fluency! (NB: Requires Microsoft Excel- instructions on the first tab)

A ‘Spook-tacular’ 12 task Halloween themed Maths booklet which can be printed back to back. This would be great as a revision lesson as it covers a range of topics including: -Word problems -Equivalent fractions -Co-ordinates and Direction -Ratio -Codes -Sequences -Percentages -Conversions Symmetry You could print out the whole booklet or alternatively have one page per table and structure a carousel lesson(s) where teams rotate around the tables and solve the problems. Great for some Halloween fun and all answers included! Aimed at KS2 (or lower KS3)

Get your 5 a day Mini-Maths for the whole year! This great time saving resource provides 3 differentiated sets of short Arithmetic questions for every day of the week (Mon-Fri) for the whole year (35 weeks) with all answers provided. The whole week prints onto a single double sided A4 sheet (a 1 page wonder!) to keep photocopying down and there is tracking document provided. These could be used as a daily warm up/starter or as a mini homework for every day of the week. For each day there are 3 sets of questions at different difficulty levels - Great, Super & Awesome: These could be used in a variety of different ways e.g. - start on Great/Super and once you are getting most correct move up - use a different section per year group/per set - for a longer activity see if pupils can complete all 15 questions - use in form time/ for intervention This is also a great way to improve fluency and see progress as they can be marked quickly and pupils can keep track of their scores for each section over the course of the year. They are suitable for KS2/lower KS3

A fun introduction to multiples and factors in KS2 based on a farm theme. Objectives covered include: - recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12 - recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations - identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs - establish whether a number is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19 - begin to identify common factors and common multiples The pack contains PowerPoint, starter, workbook, game and all answers including SATs style questions at the end.

These Estimation games are fun for all ages! Split your class into 5 teams and display the question and picture on the interactive whiteboard. Play the timer and the teams will have 30 seconds to discuss their best estimate for that question. Then take each teams' estimate and reveal the answer. Closest team gets three points, second closest two points and third closest gets one point. Other teams get nothing! Features 3 versions (1 for each term) with mixed questions - perfect for end of term fun - students will surprise themselves at how good (and bad in some cases!) their estimates are, whilst learning interesting and new facts at the same time. Tried and tested with my own classes for several years, students love it!

Help Rudolph defeat the Evil Grouch by adding Presents to his Sleigh Value. Which ever team has the Rudolph card when there are 100 presents on the sleigh wins - all children's presents get delivered and everyone has a happy Christmas! Plan your strategy carefully and use the ChristMaths character cards with special powers (in the form of maths operations) wisely. Characters include Jack Frost, Ginger Bread Man, The Grouch, Scrooge, Penguin Face, Santa, Elf Boy, Christmas Pudding, Polar Percy, Raging Robin and Christmas Tree. The Special Power cards allow you to practice rounding to the nearest 10, square and prime numbers, adding and subtracting and work with place value digits, whilst gaining control of the all important Rudolph card for your team. For an extra challenge there are 3 extra versions of the board to play - the prime number game board, the square number game board and the negative numbers edition whose game board spans from -49 to 50. The class teacher can help all teams keep track of Rudolph's current presents value on the sleigh by annotating the provided game board on the interactive screen. There is a Powerpoint version to display or a flipchart file. This will help all teams decide their tactics and play their next card. Do they steal Rudolph now? Or wait until later in the game? But by then will it be too late? Will another team play a better strategy? Just print out and laminate the game cards if the deck of cards is to be used year after year, but well worth it as KS2 and KS3 children will love using their basic maths skills whilst having fun! Even KS4 students enjoy the strategic and fast paced team game along with the funky branding. Guaranteed end of term Christmas satisfaction for all!

Help the Incredible Sulk defeat the Evil Doctor Octagon by adding Rage Point cards to his Anger Value. Which ever team has the Incredible Sulk card when the Anger Value reaches 100 wins. Plan your strategy carefully and use the Marvel-lous character cards with special powers (in the form of maths operations) wisely. Characters include Captain USA, Iron Pants, The Green Imp, Wolfymean, Tarantula Man, Supermath, Math Bat, Locus Man, The Berzerker and The Prankster. The Special Power cards allow you to practice rounding to the nearest 10, square numbers,, adding and subtracting and work with place value digits, whilst gaining control of the all important Incredible Sulk card for your team. For an extra challenge there are 3 extra versions of the board to play - the prime number game board, the square number game board and the negative numbers edition whose game board spans from -49 to 50. The class teacher can help all teams keep track of Sulk's current anger value by annotating the provided game board on the interactive screen. There is a Powerpoint version to display or a flipchart file. This will help all teams decide their tactics and play their next card. Do they steal Incredible Sulk now? Or wait until later in the game? But by then will it be too late? Will another team play a better strategy? Just print out and laminate the game cards if the deck of cards is to be used year after year, Children of all ages will enjoy the strategic and fast paced game along with the funky branding (no copyright has been breached as all Marvel and DC characters have had their names changed and images have been created on a pixelated grid!). Guaranteed end of term satisfaction or indeed any time of term if studying rounding, prime, square or negative numbers.

Christmas Quiz with a Maths theme! This fun quiz is suitable for KS2/KS3. Split your class into teams, project each round onto the IWB and mark it before moving onto the next. There are 8 rounds including word problems, area, coordinates and compass directions. Each round has bonus points available. Score sheets are included, you just need paper for working out/answers. I hope you enjoy playing this Festive Quiz!

25+ past paper SATS questions that all require an understanding of decimals of different sizes and numbers of decimal places. Some are basic sums and others are word problems. All questions have a Youtube button next to them that can be pressed for a quick link to a video solution. This free booster is part of the complete 48 booster pack in the Ultimate Maths Organiser which can be found at the link below. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2017-ks2-sats-ultimate-3-in-1-maths-organiser-11401293