I provide comprehensive worksheets to revise a particular topic (always with answers included) as well as extension materials, for pupils ranging from age about 11 to 16+.
All of my premium resources have a UK and US version.
I provide comprehensive worksheets to revise a particular topic (always with answers included) as well as extension materials, for pupils ranging from age about 11 to 16+.
All of my premium resources have a UK and US version.
A series of worksheets on the following topics. The first three are easier (age 11/12 or S1 in Scotland), the second three harder (age 12/13 or S2 in Scotland)
#1 - algebra, percentage, area, perimeter, indices, primes
#2 - fractions, substitution, negatives, percentages, Pythagoras, rounding, area
#3 - simplifying, polygons, substitution, percentages, rounding
#4 - algebra, sequences, volume, percentages, ratio, DST, standard form
#5 - angles, area, percentages
#6 - fractions, angles, polygons, Pythagoras, area, volume, circles
Included with solutions
A Powerpoint with questions and answers, alongside video solutions.
The following binomial questions are solved:
finding exact probabilities using the formula
finding more than or equal probabilities using hte data booklet
solving large problems using the normal approximation
How should you stack blocks to get the maximum overhang? This can be viewed as a centre of mass problem.
This worksheet takes you through questions to learn about a good solution, then explores some alternatives.
A challenging investigation encouraging pupils to think about some 3D geometry problems, using their skills with Pythagoras, including looking at edges and faces.
Four separate challenges, all with solutions at the end.
A chance for pupils to learn what mathematicians really do: they pick a mathematician from the list and are then guided through a very simplified version of their work.
The aim is that pupils learn about a mathematician but also do some real maths!
The file Modern Mathematicians.pdf lists all the options, then there are 25 separate tasks to look at.
Suggested answers also included.
Building up and using the skills for Pythagoras:
squaring
square rooting
short side
long side
mix of short and long side
some word problems.
Answers included at the end.
Bridge is a great card game that is played in pairs. It is similar to whist (with tricks and trumps) and requires four to a table.
The attached booklets start with the very basics (e.g. dealing the cards) then teach the main concepts.
Each booklet has a page of learning, then a short quiz, and so on.
I have used these successfully at a school bridge club.
Answer booklet included too.
A series of statistics questions that cover everything that might be needed for an Advanced Higher Geography project. Largely overlaps with Advanced Higher Statistics. Topics included are:
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range, standard deviation, standard error, coefficient of variation)
Inferential statistics (chi-squared)
Linear regression
Nearest Neighbour analysis
Full solutions at the end.
Two worksheets of questions, one written just before the 2016 US Election and one just before the 2020 US Election.
The questions cover sampling, mean and variance, outliers, confidence intervals as well as some more thoughtful questions on the errors in sampling.
Is every square a rectangle? Is every rectangle a square?
An investigation into the properties of the quadrilaterals, working out their properties and which ones are similar.
Includes a look into Venn Diagrams and a couple of area challenges at the end.
Notes and answers at the bottom of each slide.
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.