Ideal for GCSE Further Maths as well as A level (Year 12) this offers up a cheesy joke in return for doing some maths.

Find the midpoints, discover the cheesy joke. I realised that I had too few resources on midpoints for a lesson on them, hence this. These are good for starters, plenaries, main tasks or homeworks as they spell something out so students know quickly whether they are going in the right direction.

Another fish joke discovered having written and simplified some algebraic fractions as a single fractions. Ideal for starters, plenaries, main tasks and homeworks; they are surprisingly popular given the standard of joke…

Another one of these; solve the quadratic inequalities and reveal the joke. Ideal for students at home or in school as the fact that it spells out a short sentence means that they know whether they are doing it right; they also like the competitive nature of getting to the end first in my experience.

Find the missing values in the coordinates given the equation. The joke is a classic but will make the students groan. These are ideal for class or homework tasks as the students will know whether they are going correctly because the words will begin to form; they also like the competitive nature of getting to the answer first.

Ultimately this is a substitution exercise that reveals a joke. These seem popular with students who like getting the joke first and can be used in most classroom/homework situations. This involves mainly quadratic curves but also a couple of cubics and a reciprocal.

Substitute the given values into the expression to reveal the fish pun; good for class or homework and ideal for online learning.

The usual thing: do some maths and find the punchline to a cheesy joke. Ideal for online learning or any other type of activity.

Rearrange the formulae to reveal the joke (a rather good one in my opinion). Ideal for online tasks or homeworks as well as in the normal classroom environment.

Four “spiders”: two on midpoints, two on finding the distance between two points. Midpoints: some questions ask students to find the midpoint, some give the midpoint and one coordinate. Distance: the first spider asks students to find distance (the final question asks students to find a points a given distance from another point). The second gives one point and a length; this could lead to a discussion on Pythagorean triples. Suggested/examples of answers are given where there are multiple options.

This contains questions on speed, density, pressure and population density, with questions getting increasingly challenging as you go through. These sheets seem popular with students and are ideal for working in school or from home.

Answer the questions, reveal the fish-related joke. You know how these work by now. Ideal for online lessons, homework or in class tasks.

I needed something for deriving formulae and came up with this. There are some that take students through the process by the hand and then four at the end that ask students to go solo (as it were).

Various questions involving pressure, including converting between different measurements of pressure. The joke is related to fish hence the name of the resource. These are ideal for online lessons, homeworks or in class.

A fish joke after some population density questions are answered correctly; like a dream come true for many, I’m sure… Ideal for in class, homework or online. As the answers spell out a word or short sentence students know if they are going right or need help.

Summing arithmetic sequences and various other things arithmetic sequence related. The usual answer questions then unjumble the letters to reveal a fish joke. Ideal for in class or at home.

Another fish joke, another set of maths questions to answer. This involves increase/decrease, finding the percentage change, reverse percentages and one repeated percentage change question. Ideal for both classroom and online tasks or a homework.

Three “spiders”: one on perimeter and two on area. Each slide contains six questions; four contain a diagram from which a formula needs to be derived and two contain a formula where students can draw their own diagram (this should lead to interesting discussions and thought processes).

Rearrange the formulae and reveal the joke (generous description in fairness). These formulae are not particularly tough to rearrange but should get across the principles of it; the subject only appears once in each case. Ideal for classroom activities (main task or starter/plenary) but I have used them for online lessons and homeworks as well.

Answer the questions, match to the letters and get a fish-related joke. These are useful in class, online or for homework; students seem to like them too despite the quality of the jokes…