Some condensed notes for Advanced Higher Mechanics which include all the key formulas that pupils need to memorise.

A collection of five nicely presented powerpoints each with 5-10 logic puzzles, taken from the books of Raymond Smullyan. For example: Knights always tell the truth and Knaves always lie. You meet two people. The first says “At least one of us is telling the truth.” What can you say about the two people? All provided with answers, and references from which Raymond Smullyan book they are taken from.

Three examples of how matrices can be used to solve real problems. Requires knowledge of matrix multiplication matrix inverses simple probability Aimed at Advanced Higher Maths but useful for anyone who wants to answer the question ‘what are matrices used for’.

A series of Pi Day resources aimed at GCSE / National 5 Level Homework is the easiest and features features: substitution, fractions, algebra, percentages, shapes, area Problems features: rearranging equations, simultaneous equations, volume of cuboids, Pythagoras. Revision is the hardest and features: radians, area, surds, area All with solutions included.

Seven christmas themed questions on the following topics: adding fractions, angles in triangles, dividing with fractions, substitution, negative numbers

Extension questions testing numeracy, e.g. what are the prime factors of 1001 logic, e.g. how many false statements are in the list below: There is exactly one false statement in this list. There are exactly two false statements in this list. There are exactly three false statements in this list. Provided with answers

Two videos on the cosine rule: missing angle missing side And a third video: which one of Sine rule or Cosine rule to use? All the videos are compressed mp4

A set of three powerpoints with riddles on such as this: Clock A is broken. It never moves. Clock B loses 10 minutes an hour. If both clock are right at the very start of 2021, how often are they each right in the whole year? Provided with solutions at the bottom of each slide.

Four challenging problems as extension material. The first is to make the number 2021 from the numbers 10,9,8,…,3,2,1 in order. The other three are tough too! Solutions at the bottom of each slide.

Explanations and examples of the key statistical concepts for the Cambridge STEP Mathematics entrance exam. Covers Basic probability Combinatorics Mean and variance Continuous probability distributions Uniform, binomial and normal distributions Hypothesis testing All with solutions to my questions and references for the past paper questions

Practice question on topics that pupils might come across when sitting extra maths tests for admission to Cambridge, Oxford, or some other universities. The topics covered are: Worksheet 1 - Trapezium Rule, Fixed Point Iterations Worksheet 2 - Equations, Proportion, Probaility, Riddles Worksheet 3 - Graphs, Logarithms Worksheet 4 - Inequalities, Necessary and Sufficient, Proof, Logic Worksheet 5 - Sine and Cosine Rule, Trig Identities All with full solutions. (See my other resource for all the STEP Statisitc questions)

A Powerpoint / PDF giving the Indices Rules with some examples - I have printed these two-sided and laminated these for lots of pupils Also a few practice questions on Surds and Indices to diagnose what they need to practice.

A Powerpoint of revision and a Worksheet of practice questions. Covers: mean standard deviation median interquartile range statements

A series of ten questions asking pupils to prove Trig Identities. For example Show that 3 tan⁡x cos⁡x=3 sin⁡x All included with full solutions.

A set of nine revision homeworks, including one for calculator and one non-calculator. Covers all areas of the National 5 Mathematics syllabus. All provided with solutions.

A fun challenge to try and work out the maths behind the fact that a dog will take the optimal path into a river to get a ball. Needs knowledge of visualising 2D motion distance speed time finding the minimum of a quadratic Provided with solutions

Questions on the following topics: Direct and Inverse Proportion Reciprocal Graphs Nth term of linear or quadratic sequences Circle Theorems Probability Trigonometry Modulus function These are particularly aimed at Scottish pupils as these topics aren’t included in the Scottish syllabus.

Four worksheets with questions covering the maths required for Advanced Higher Mechanics (partial fractions, differentiation, integration). These topics are also included in Advanced Higher Maths so could be useful for that too. Update - added 2022 practice questions and a practice test. All with solutions.

Two resources about the Poisson Distribution A Powerpoint that contains everything you need for the Poisson distribution recap of the properties of the Normal and Binomial distributions (to avoid getting them mixed up) examples of situations with Poisson distributions solving small problems using the Poisson formula solving medium problems using a data booklet solving large problems using a normal approximation analysis of the assumptions involved in a Poisson distribution summary of the properties of the Poisson distribution An extra page of questions with solutions at the end

A Powerpoint with questions and answers, alongside video solutions. The following questions are solved for a normally distributed population: probability of being above a certain value probability of being below a certain value probability of being between two values Final answers are found using a data booklet (specifically the one for Advanced Higher Statistics in Scotland) Also included ‘AH Statistics Normal Distributions with Phi Notation’ which shows how the number of standard deviations above or below the mean leads to a probability. Normal distribution short questions