ALGEBRA. Getting into Algebra. 5. Creating Algebraic Equations to Solve. X on Both Sides. 20 Questions with Animated Step-by-Step Solutions. The resource is intended as an introduction to algebraic thinking. Each question has… The question with work-pad (for print or board) An animated step-by-step walk-through

VALENTINE’S DAY GEOMETRY. Irregular Polygons. Sum of the Interior Angles. Free Sample. Students are told that my beloved gave me some white chocolate hearts for Valentine’s Day but they melted in the box before I could eat them. They are presented with the solidified mess - an irregular polygon. Students need to prove that the sum of the interior angles of the shape is (n-2)x180 where n is the number of sides. They can find the sum by applying the formula (n-2)x180 where n is the number of sides. They can prove it by dissecting the polygon into triangles and applying the formula nx180 where n is the number of triangles created. This is a PowerPoint Presentation so can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students to complete. The free sample contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge and a corresponding answer slide (complete with working). The full set contains a title page, worked example, 25 blank challenges and corresponding answer slides (complete with working). What you are downloading here is the free sample. Thank you for looking.

VALENTINE’S DAY GEOMETRY. Regular Polygons. Number of Sides from One Exterior Angle. Free Sample Students are told that my beloved proposed to me on Valentine’s Day and that I went to take a photo but the flash ruined it. The flash obscures the diamond so students cannot see how many sides the shape has. All they can see is part of the diamond and a clearly identified exterior angle. They are asked to use the one exterior angle given to work out the number of sides. This is a PowerPoint Presentation so can be easily displayed on the board or printed out for students to complete. The free sample contains a title page, a worked example, a blank challenge and a corresponding answer slide (complete with working). The full set contains a title page, a worked example, 15 blank challenges and a corresponding answer slides (complete with working). What you are downloading here is the free sample. Thank you for looking.

VALENTINE’S DAY GEOMETRY. Regular Polygons. Finding the Sum of the Interior Angles. Free Sample Students are told that my beloved proposed to me on Valentine’s Day and are given a picture of the engagement ring on my finger. Students are asked to find the sum of the interior angles of the diamond and to prove it. They can find the sum by applying the formula (n-2)x180 where n is the number of sides. They can prove it by dissecting the polygon into triangles and applying the formula nx180 where n is the number of triangles created. This is a PowerPoint Presentation so can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students to complete. The free sample contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge and a corresponding answer slide (complete with working). The full set contains a title page, worked example, 15 blank challenges and corresponding answer slides (complete with working). What you are downloading here is the free sample. Thank you for looking.

VALENTINE’S DAY GEOMETRY. Regular Polygons. Finding an Exterior Angle from Number of Sides. Free Sample Students are told that my beloved plans to propose to me on Valentine’s Day with a bespoke ring, that they have picked a diamond and now want to design a ring with the help of a jeweller. Students need to work out one of the diamond’s exterior angles from the number of sides given. This is a PowerPoint Presentation so can be easily displayed on the board or printed out for students to complete. The free sample contains a title page, a worked example, a blank challenge and a corresponding answer slide (complete with working). The full set contains a title page, a worked example, 25 blank challenges and a corresponding answer slides (complete with working). What you are downloading here is the free sample. Thank you for looking.

**VALENTINE’S DAY GEOMETRY. Finding the Sum of the Interior Angles of an Irregular Polygon. Free Sample ** Students are presented with the outline of an animal who has lost his mate. They are told that the sum of the interior angles of animal in front of them is exactly the same as the lost mate. Students are asked to work out the sum of the interior angles of the animal in front of them and then multiply to find the sum total of the interior angles of both animals. Students can work out the interior angles of the animal in front of them by:- Counting the number of sides and then applying the formula (n-2)x180 or… Dissecting the shape into triangles and then multiplying the number of triangles by 180. The combined total of the interior angles of both animals is found by simply multiplying the interior angles of the first animal by 2. This is a PowerPoint document so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students to complete by hand. The free sample contains a title page, one worked example, a blank challenge and corresponding answer slide (complete with working). The full set contains contains a title page, one worked example, ten blank challenges and corresponding answer slides (complete with working). What you are downloading here is the free sample. Thank you for looking.

Algebra. Creating and Expanding Double Brackets. Christmas Challenge. FULL SET Brighten up algebra in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. Students need produce two expressions for the area of the surface of my Christmas dinner table – one with brackets and one without. They are presented with two expressions, one for the length and one for the width of the table. To find the first expression (with brackets), they need to apply the formula for the area of a rectangle i.e. multiply length by width. These brackets can then be expanded to produce a second expression for the area of the table. This is a PowerPoint Presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, instructions, 20 blank challenges and 20 corresponding answer slides. The full set covers:- (x+)(x+) (x+)(x-) (x-)(x-) (nx+)(nx+) (nx+)(nx-) (nx-)(nx-) A free sample is also available to download and try which contains the title page, instructions, one blank question and corresponding answer slide.

Algebra. Factorising Quadratic Equations. Christmas Challenge. FULL SET Christmas X-Factorising. What is the mystery song? A fun festive challenge to brighten up quadratic equation lessons in the run up to Christmas. Students need to factorise a list of quadratic equations in order to find potential solutions for x. Factorised quadratic equations include… (x+)( x+) (x+) (x-) (x-)( x-) Possible solutions for X correspond to letters on a grid provided. Students need to gather these letters and then rearrange to reveal the mystery Christmas song. This is a PowerPoint presentation so the slides can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students. The document includes a title page, instructions, 10 challenge pages and 10 corresponding solution pages. The 10 mystery songs include… Last Christmas Let it Snow Santa Baby One More Sleep Walking in the Air Frosty the Snowman Jingle Bell Rock White Christmas Blue Christmas Mary’s Boy Child A free sample is also available if you want to check things out before deciding to buy the full set. The free sample includes a title page, instructions, one challenge slide and one corresponding answer slide. The mystery song for the the free sample is ‘LAST CHRISTMAS’

Algebra. Simultaneous Equations. Two Positives. Christmas Challenge. FULL SET Brighten up algebra lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. Students are presented with festive drinks orders and challenged to find the cost of the individual drinks. In order to find the cost, they need to covert the orders into simultaneous equations to solve. This is a PowerPoint presentation so can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed for students. The set contains a title page, instructions, 15 blank challenges and corresponding answer slides. The set covers:- 5 sets of equations that can be solved by simple subtraction. 5 sets of equations that require students to multiply one equation before subtracting. 5 sets of equations that require students to multiply both equations before subtracting. A free sample is available for download separately. The free sample contains a title page, instructions, one blank challenge and corresponding answer slide.

Christmas Algebra. Simplifying Expressions. Fractions. Indices. FULL SET Brighten up algebra lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun festive challenge. Students are presented with a rather complicated-looking algebraic fraction. Simplifying the fraction by cancelling out the indices reveals a series of letters that can be rearranged to spell out a word connected to Christmas. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, instructions (with worked example), 15 blank questions slides and 15 corresponding answer slides. Mystery words include:- Reindeer Nativity Trimmings Chestnuts Yuletide Rudolf Eggnog Sleigh Goose Mistletoe Tidings Robin Myrrh Wreath Baubles A free sample is also avaialble to download. This contains a title page, instructions (with worked example), a blank question slide (mystery word ‘reindeer’) and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

Christmas Ratio and Proportion. Ratio Dividing. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. Everyone in my house gets sprouts on their Christmas dinner whether they like it or not. In the house, there is me, my husband and our daughter. Students are given a total number of sprouts and a ratio. This ratio tells students how the sprouts are shared out between us. Their task is to work out exactly how many sprouts we get each on our respective plates. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is available for download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

KS3 to KS4/GCSE. Christmas Algebra. Simultaneous Equations. Quiz. Puzzle Pack. This pack contains 27 Christmas themed simultaneous equation puzzles. These can be displayed on the board as a quiz or presented to students as a puzzle pack to work through at their own pace. Students need to work out the value of ‘x’ and ‘y’ (which have been replaced with Christmas items) using their knowledge of how to approach simultaneous equations. They need to be familiar with… How to create their own simultaneous equations from a scenario How to cancel equations through use of addition and subtraction How to multiply one or both equations so that this is possible. Working with both positive and negative numbers. Answers are provided at the end. Thank you for looking

Christmas Ratio and Proportion. Spider Ratios. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. I buy a big tub of sweets every Christmas. I have been keeping tabs on the number of fudge and the number of toffee sweets in the tub over the last 6 years. I have recorded this as a ratio per year (6 in total). Students are given the total number of sweets in the tub and sweet ratios for the last 6 years. Students need to work out how many fudge and how many toffee were in the tub each year. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is available for download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

Christmas Shape. Transformations. Translations. Vectors. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. The focus of this activity is the Christmas star and how it moves through the midnight sky. Students are presented with a star on a grid and a vector of translation. Their task is to use the vector of translation to draw the star in it’s new position. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slides and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is also available for download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

Christmas Shape. Transformations. Enlargements. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. How big does the tree grow? Students are presented with a green triangle on a grid and asked to enlarge it. They are presented with a centre of enlargement and a scale factor. They need to use these to perform the task correctly. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slides and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is available to download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

Algebra. Simplifying Expressions. Addition and Subtraction. Christmas Edition. FULL SET Brighten up algebra lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. Students are presented with list of shopping items. The list has been written in a panic and is overly complicated. Students need to simplify the list -first by creating an algebraic expression and then as a simplified list. The set contains a title page, instruction page, 20 blank challenges and corresponding answer slides. The challenges cover:- Addition with two/three letter variables. Subtraction with two/three letter variables. Addition and subtraction with two/three letter variables. A free sample is also also available to download separately. The free sample includes a title page, instruction page, 1 blank challenges and corresponding answer slide. The challenge involves addition with two letter variables.

Algebra. Trigonometry. Right Angled Triangles. Missing Angles. Christmas Challenge. FULL SET Brighten up algebra/trigonometry lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun festive challenge. Students need to work out how many degrees the shepherds need to tilt their heads to see the Angel of the Lord. They are presented with two lengths and challenged to find angle X (the angle the shepherds need to tilt their heads to look at the angel). Students need to draw on their knowledge of trigonometry and are reminded of SOHCAHTOA to guide them. This is a PowerPoint presentation document so it can easily be displayed on the board and/or printed for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, instructions, 10 blank question slides and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is also available which contains a title page, instructions, 1 blank question slide and corresponding answer slide.

**KS3. Christmas Algebra. Creating Expressions by Collecting Like Terms. ** This resource is intended to inject a big of festive fun into creating expressions by collecting like terms. Letters have been replaced by Christmas symbols. The resource contains… 20 question pages 20 corresponding answer pages. Each question page… Covers a different type of activity. Has an example Has 3 questions for students to complete. The questions cover… Simple collection of terms. Simple collection of mixed terms. Addition Subtraction Division Multiplication Simplification. This resource can be projected easily on the board or presented to students as a work pack activity. Thank you for looking.

Christmas Ratio and Proportion. Angle Ratio Dividing. Circles. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. Students are provided with bird’s eye view of my local town centre. The image depicts a Christmas tree and hanging lights that come together at the tree’s star. The result is a circle with 3 angles. Students are presented with a diagram (not to scale but roughly representative) and a ratio for the angles in the circle. Students need to use their understanding of circles and the ratio provided in order to work out the angles. This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slides and 10 corresponding answer slides. A free sample is available for download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, a blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.

Christmas Shape. Transformations. Reflections. FULL SET Brighten up lessons in the run up to Christmas with this fun little festive challenge. The focus of this activity is the Christmas star and how it is reflected through both the x axis and the y axis. Students are presented with the star on a grid. They are told to reflect it through both the x axis and the y axis e.g. when x=2 and y=6 This is a PowerPoint presentation so it can be easily displayed on the board and/or printed out for students. What you are downloading here is the full set which contains a title page, worked example, 10 blank challenge slides and corresponding answer slides. A free sample is also available to download separately. This contains a title page, worked example, one blank challenge slide and corresponding answer slide. Thank you for looking.