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I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.

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I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
Maths Probability in KS3 and KS4 - everything up to GCSE Higher.
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Maths Probability in KS3 and KS4 - everything up to GCSE Higher.

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Four great bundles of stuff for developing skills and understanding in the area of probability. Great for introducing topics in Years 7, 8 and 9, and for revising skills later on. All you need up to and including GCSE Foundation and Higher. Plus two-way tables, which are a great way of giving opportunities for practising probability knowledge and skills.
Times tables
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Times tables

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Very simple times tables in lists and tables - a dozen of one and half a dozen of the other.
Maths KS2 Year 6 or KS3 revision: multiplying pairs of fractions; presentation, worksheets, answers
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Maths KS2 Year 6 or KS3 revision: multiplying pairs of fractions; presentation, worksheets, answers

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National Curriculum Maths year 6, but also essential for revision in KS3, and great for lower tiers of Foundation GCSE. 'Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form'. Guidelines say: 'Pupils should use a variety of images to support their understanding of multiplication with fractions. This follows earlier work about fractions as operators (fractions of), as numbers, and as equal parts of objects, for example as parts of a rectangle.' Clear step-by-step presentation with questions and answers built in for class discussion and question/answer session. Everything for at least one lesson and some consolidation.
Maths KS2 multiply fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers.  Presentation, worksheet, answers!
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Maths KS2 multiply fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers. Presentation, worksheet, answers!

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Maths National Curriculum Multiplying fractions Year 5 ’multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams’ Clear, concise and colourful presentation giving a variety of real scenarios with appropriate images and photographs to give the learners opportunities the ability to see this topic from a variety of positions. And hopefully the learners will develop alternative ways to find solutions. A PDF version is included to ensure it looks good on any screen with any computer system. Plus a worksheet of questions, and another file with the answers. Meets the criteria for Year 5, but invaluable for revision in year 6 and in Key Stages 3 and 4.
GSCE Maths: Geometry statements revision
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GSCE Maths: Geometry statements revision

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I got this idea from Jim Smith and his book 'The Lazy Teacher&'s Handbook&';. I can thoroughly recommend the book as full of ideas for teachers and learners. I took the recently published guidance from Edexcel on what the examiners expect in terms of 'why&' in geometry questions, added some images, and produced a simple slideshow to loop whilst the learners are revising questions themselves.
A labour of love: forty nine images of fractions/decimals/percentage plus activity sheets
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A labour of love: forty nine images of fractions/decimals/percentage plus activity sheets

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These have been enormously popular. I teach a number of people who are far more artistically minded than mathematical, so I produced some visual displays to illustrate equivalences. Run the PowerPoint, or print off some slides for display. I've also added a few posters by way of example of how you might use the individual slides. For classroom activity I’ve included five pages of shapes to colour for fractions etc to keep or display. Everything included in editable format, so use as many slides as appropriate for your year group, or change the shapes pages as required. All images ©2015 Colin Billett
KS2, KS3 or KS4 Revision; Equivalent Fractions; lots of presentations, activities, worksheets.
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KS2, KS3 or KS4 Revision; Equivalent Fractions; lots of presentations, activities, worksheets.

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Multiple resources to look at, and learn, equivalent fractions, from KS2 to GCSE Foundation. Colourful presentations including ‘fraction chains’, lots of authentic types of questions, and lots of activities for colouring in fractions. Everything for a wide range of abilities, right up to KS4. Year 3 - recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators. Year 4 - recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions. Year 5 - compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number; identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually,. Year 6 - use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination; compare and order fractions.
Maths Word Searches
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Maths Word Searches

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Fifteen word searches in a variety of forms - doc, pdf, and as a slideshow in PowerPoint. I've included a guide on how I intend to use them, but they are easily adaptable for a variety of purposes. Solutions included but I don&'t think the point is to find all of them.
Tetrominoes. Symmetry. Powerpoint. KS3
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Tetrominoes. Symmetry. Powerpoint. KS3

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Powepoint accompanyment to exploring a variety of concepts using tetrominoes - symmetry, tesselations, transformations. The learners explore the shapes, and discover the five tetrominoes, then explore the concepts.
Maths KS2 KS3 Algebra - Powerpoint quiz covering every aspect of Year 6 algebra. Free sample.
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Maths KS2 KS3 Algebra - Powerpoint quiz covering every aspect of Year 6 algebra. Free sample.

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A powerpoint quiz covering all the aspects of KS2 algebra, and great for revision in KS3 or older. Pupils should be taught to: • use simple formulae • generate and describe linear number sequences • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables. To find a big bundle of activities and worksheets covering the full specs in year 6, look at my resource for sale at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-ks2-algebra-full-bundle-of-resources-to-cover-the-entire-specs-great-for-ks3-revision-11254418
Maths KS2 Year 4 Area by counting squares. Engaging activities for area of rectilinear shapes
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Maths KS2 Year 4 Area by counting squares. Engaging activities for area of rectilinear shapes

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A set of engaging activities to give the learners the concept of area. National Curriculum Year 4 mathematics. Area by counting squares, area of rectangles as arrays, and addition and subtraction of rectangles to find the area of a rectilinear shape. Statutory requirements Pupils should be taught to: • find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares Notes and guidance (non-statutory) They relate area to arrays and multiplication. But also great for revision in Year 5 and above. I've done this sort of thing with Foundation GCSE!
Area and Perimeter - everything for KS 2 or KS 3 revision
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Area and Perimeter - everything for KS 2 or KS 3 revision

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A big bundle of assorted resources for full lessons to teach area and perimeter in UK primary schools. Rectangles, squares, parallelograms, triangles. All with full NC specs. Covers everything for years 4, 5 and 6. Great for revision in KS3 or GCSE foundation and Functional Skills
GCSE mathematics Higher Tier Equation of a circle, radius and tangent - plus exam style questions.
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GCSE mathematics Higher Tier Equation of a circle, radius and tangent - plus exam style questions.

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GCSE Mathematics Higher Tier new for 2017 exams. 'recognise and use the equation of a circle with centre at the origin; find the equation of a tangent to a circle at a given point' Clear introduction to circle equations on a cartesian grid using Pythagoras' theorem. Lots of opportunity for learners to draw their own using the formula, and extending to equation of radius, finding a perpendicular line, and hence finding the equation of the tangent.
GCSE Maths 'Using the Product Rule for Counting' Differentiated Presentation
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GCSE Maths 'Using the Product Rule for Counting' Differentiated Presentation

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GCSE Higher Tier says ‘apply systematic listing strategies, including use of the product rule for counting (i.e. if there are m ways of doing one task and for each of these, there are n ways of doing another task, then the total number of ways the two tasks can be done is m × n ways)’. A clear, colourful and carefully explained PowerPoint presentation building up the skills from simple matching problems to calculating combinations and permutations in a variety of realistic and original settings, with lots of opportunity for the learner to reflect, apply, and evaluate the problems. Also available in my shop are two differentiated worksheets of adapted exam questions from sample and real GCSE assessments. Plus a PDF version that will work on all operating systems.