Pascal's Triangle Thoughts and Crosses

Resource;
Expanding brackets using pascal’s triangle - Thoughts and Crosses.
Could also be treated as a Pascal’s Triangle – differentiated worksheet covering different styles of questions that may be asked on the higher tier exam or A level exam.

Contains;
1. 16 questions on thoughts and crosses, moving from foundation level to exceeding.
2.Cross Curricular link encourages literacy with the pupils, pupils speaking to each other and explaining to how solve problems (this is a massive focus in our school).
3. 16 answers provided.
4. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly.
5. Printable version – white version.
6. Please download file and ensure you don’t just drag and drop to google drive as this can cause issues with the viewing the file.


Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display on board or print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4.

Tip 2: You could laminate and reuse for other classes. This could be printed in colour and used over and over again. Saving you time and money on the printing costs.

File Type;
PDF

Idea behind task;
To develop pupil’s mathematical discussions and thinking/reasoning skills. To encourage pupils to think about what they are writing down in the exam. By speaking to their partner it means their explanation and answers must make sense. Good practice for the exam to ensure they show full working out and to check their answer makes sense.

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