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Tim Silvester’s Maths Resources

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.
Functions and inverse functions
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Functions and inverse functions

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A worksheet intended as a plenary to check understanding of function machines, and the order of operations implicit within equations. A short check on the understanding of inverse operations is included. This worksheet should take around 10 minutes for students to complete.
Fractions and the four operations
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Fractions and the four operations

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A simple resource covering proper and improper fractions and the four operations; should take students between 30 and 40 minutes to complete with applied questions included.
Collection 2: 10 GCSE Maths Topic homework or revision papers
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Collection 2: 10 GCSE Maths Topic homework or revision papers

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A range of assignments, each with 60 marks and easily written on, covering a variety of Geometry, Number, Algebra and Statistics topics; these assignments focus on a key topic and provide problems of increasing difficulty and a wide range of applied contexts. The topics covered are; Angles, Coordinate geometry and Straight Lines, Indices and Standard Form and Surds, Inequalities, Proportions and Proportionate change, Quadratic Equations, Simultaneous Equations, Pythagoras and Trigonometry and Transforming Functions. They are aimed to provide students with examination-style questions to develop and challenge understanding. Full answers are provided.
22 Maths homework or revision papers for Ages 11 to 16 (over 150 pages)
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22 Maths homework or revision papers for Ages 11 to 16 (over 150 pages)

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This is a series of 22 homework assignments. Each page relates to the new GCSE specification grading structure (Page 6 is equivalent to Grade 6) with 15 marks available on each page and a style of questioning that allows for quick marking. For US users, the increasing complexity of the papers will ensure students can demonstrate what they already have learned while challenging themselves to advance their knowledge and understanding. The papers cover a broad range of topics and are designed to get students practising and extending themselves for examination preparation. They can be used successfully with any age, although younger students will naturally focus on the earlier pages of each assignment. The homework assignments are designed so that students can choose any four consecutive pages, or the teacher can designate which four consecutive pages the student should complete, hence targeting the ability of the student and always promoting the opportunity to challenge oneself. The monitoring document, therefore, allows for 4 consecutive page results to be input for each student, generating a percentage result and a ‘Page Progress’ result (which effectively determines the grade that the student achieves). These are easy to use, write on papers that have been used successfully to raise the attainment of Mathematics students at all ability levels at the College within which the author teaches.
Maths 12 Foundation and Higher Number and Algebra homework / revision papers for 14 to 16 years olds
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Maths 12 Foundation and Higher Number and Algebra homework / revision papers for 14 to 16 years olds

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This is a series of 12 differentiated homework or revision resources. They are designed to be used in conjunction with my excel, 'Monitoring' document which allows for all results from the Statistics, Pure and Geometry series to be recorded. There are two versions of each assignment, Foundation (for low to middle ability students) and Higher (for middle to high ability students). They are designed for the new GCSE specification in the UK, and would suit any students within the same age range in other countries. This second series focuses on Number and Algebra. They are easy to mark and provide excellent feedback (the monitoring document allows for results in key topic areas to be analysed, as well as progression as students improve their knowledge and understanding. These assignments have led to sustained improvement of Mathematics results in the College in which the author teaches with students excelling at every ability range.
Decimals including rounding Homework or Revision resource
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Decimals including rounding Homework or Revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve problems involving decimals without a calculator. involving decimals, to round decimals, to calculate bounds, and to convert terminating and recurring decimals to fractions. The questions include work on the four operations, rounding, approximations, calculating with bounds and converting terminating and recurring decimals to fractions. Several different contexts are used, including calculating the mean and working out perimeter and area. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Averages and range homework or revision resource
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Averages and range homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught mean, median, mode, and range. The questions include inter quartile range and they include a variety of statistical diagrams to ensure they are able to interpret data diagrams correctly and extract relevant information for the purposes of statistical analysis. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Mathematics for ages 11 to 14 worksheets Compilation 6
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Mathematics for ages 11 to 14 worksheets Compilation 6

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A variety of worksheets covering proportions of amounts (including sharing in a given ratio), box method for multiplying, bar charts, stem and leaf diagrams and pie charts, scatter diagrams, transformations, functions and function machines, formulae, and probability.
Mathematics learning objectives for self assessment and teacher assessments
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Mathematics learning objectives for self assessment and teacher assessments

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This excel document summarises the key learning objectives for Mathematics from ages 11 to 16; the objectives are carefully organised and allow for students to self-assess and teachers to record their progress in a simple, visual way. Each topic area can be printed as a single sheet to share objectives with students, evaluate prior knowledge, and evaluate progress at the end of a taught topic.
Fractions and the Four Operations homework or revision resource
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Fractions and the Four Operations homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, and to deal with mixed numbers and improper fractions. The questions include applications within geometry (with perimeter, area and volume) and some surd form, where students will be stretched to apply their basic understanding to wider concepts. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Maths Core Skills Homeworks 2, 3 and 4
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Maths Core Skills Homeworks 2, 3 and 4

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These documents are replicas of the Core Skills 1 model, albeit with different values to keep the students practising the 'core skill' areas of Mathematics that require students to learn methods and understand basic notation. There is no 'use and application' and the worksheets are designed to identify areas of weakness for targeted intervention. They are really useful as cover work, revision work, homework, and targeted class work.
Maths core skills and extended skills homework or revision resource
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Maths core skills and extended skills homework or revision resource

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These worksheets are designed as general practice for the basic Grade 4 (core skills) and more advanced Grade 6 (extended skills) ability ranges. There is no 'Use and Application', and they are designed purely to get students to practise the broad range of methods and knowledge required to 'do' Mathematics. They are ordered in respect of Number, Algebra, Statistics and Geometry. The 8 pages are designed to be printed onto A3 folded sheets so that students have a write on resource with minimal printing required. The Mathematics 'Help Booklet' that I offer for free, and the 'Steps for Success' document, provide guidance to students to help with the completion of these papers. The back page of the 'Help Booklet' directly references each question of Core Skills into the booklet; for example, question 1b on the Algebra page is referenced to pages 21 and 26 respectively of the Help Booklet where structured models are available to show the process of factorising linear and quadratic expressions.
GCSE Religious Studies self-assessment rubrics for writing extended responses
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GCSE Religious Studies self-assessment rubrics for writing extended responses

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These rubrics allow students to review and evaluate their own work. The 'RS Checklist for Success' is more appropriate for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners who are middle to lower ability, and need to learn to scaffold their own work and check for completeness, SPAG, and general presentation. We use the rubric as a support for those students who are prone to making the same basic literacy errors, and who need to develop their basic written responses. The 'RS GCSE Checklist for Success provides two tables; one for Edexcel GCSE Part c) style responses (usually requiring two points that are clearly expressed and sufficiently developed, and where a source of authority is referred to); and one for Part d) style responses which require greater depth of argument with points FOR, points AGAINST and a general balanced conclusion. While developed for RS Edexcel Specification B, the tables can easily be edited and adapted to suit any essay writing needs, to encourage self-assessment and ensure students have a framework that will support progress and success.
Function Machines and Inverse Functions
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Function Machines and Inverse Functions

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This worksheet comprises 3 sections over 3 pages with an answer sheet on the fourth page. It can be printed to a single A3 folded booklet. Section A provides 20 function machines with up to 3 operations to be converted into equations. An example is provided first. Section B provides 12 equations with up to 3 steps to be converted into function machines. An example is provided first. Section C provides 18 functions to be converted into function machines so that inverse function machines can be drawn, and finally the inverse function can be written. The sections contain plenty of practice and will provide at least 2 to 3 lessons of independent study. Each section is intended to develop student understanding towards the ability to write inverse functions. The relationship between a function and its inverse can then be discussed.
Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion
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Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion

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Three pages of questions including; Page 1: Increase and Decrease an amount by a proportion; Page 2: Successive proportionate change given an original amount; Page 3: Reverse Proportion Questions; Page 4 “Cheese Method script” which provides prompts for students to structure their working consistently. You will want to adapt this, or not print this page, according to your teaching pedagogy! I have also included videos that provide guidance for students (and which also explain what I mean by Cheese Method!
Maths Practice for ages 10 to 14 Bundle
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Maths Practice for ages 10 to 14 Bundle

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This bundle contains a wealth of revision work including write-on practice papers with SAT-style questions and worksheets that cover the full range of the Curriculum. A useful pack for students preparing for summer assessments and wishing to hone their skills, knowledge and understanding!