Four lots of 4 average and range problems where the students are given the answer but need to find the blanks in the question. Some have one possible solution and some have many solutions which automatically builds in differentiation as you could task students with finding the range of possible solutions. I use these as starters/plenaries but use them however you like (assuming you like them).

The usual terrible joke once students have done some work on gradients of lines either by finding it from the equation (involves some rearranging) or by calculating it from two points on the line.

This is a whole set of lessons based around Maths in the real world: currency conversion, deals in shops, sales, tax, misleading statistics, ratio and proportion (recipes) etc. Each section has separate resources. I have put everything into one PowerPoint (“Whole”) but also uploaded them separately in case people want them individually. It is not supposed to get in to fine detail but just open student eyes to Maths that appears in day-to-day life just a little.

The usual thing involving grouped frequency tables as well as frequency tables, working forwards and backwards.

A short exercise converting imperial measures to metric for the "Time Travelling Handyman" (a rather bad sounding super hero, I know). I have tried to involve length, capacity and mass.

Matthew the Mathematician has wants a house designed mathematically - this involves transformations, calculations, properties of number etc.

Is Blitzen correct in telling Santa what the equation of his flight path is? It's up to you (or your class) to show that it is!

This worksheet has six questions and eight answers to choose from (this is to avoid students guessing the final answer/answers) so that Santa can rest two reindeer for each trip. This one covers parallel and perpendicular lines and contains an answer sheet. I use these as starters/plenaries or as "prove you can do this topic" sheets. I have used them as quick homework tasks too.

There are four spiders (the last one has lost a couple of legs, I realise that!) of increasing difficulty. Fill in the blanks by using skills of adding and subtracting fractions. The final "spider" is a discussion one with many answers and the chance for students to fully demonstrate their understanding.

Three sheets; one each on reflection, rotation and translation. Each one leads to a lame joke as usual.

I got this idea from DaveGale (thanks by the way!) and the QR Code links to a picture of me looking busy. I used the website qrstuff.com to generate the original code then deleted some bits so that the kids needed to answer the questions correctly etc. It givces them a legitimate reason to have their phone out too!

The aim of this is as a starter or plenary but could be used as a class activity. This activity is designed to get students thinking and discussing properties of number. The aim is to allow students to show what they do/don't know and understand. I have two versions: one where students find the number given the properties and vice versa which I suspect will create more discussion. There will be extra properties I've left out on purpose. There is a blank to make up your own too.

Taking students through the skills required to solve problems involving surds. There are questions that students will need to do without a calculator as the calculator will give them the fully simplified solution.

Two codebreakers: one of frequency tables and one with grouped frequency. The usual; you know how these work by now… Typo corrected…

Eight problems involving angles in parallel lines, probability, averages, area/perimeter, ratio, Venn diagrams, percentage change, arithmetic/geometric sequences where to solve them you can use simultaneous equations. There is a question slide and a solution slide.

This is designed to encourage students to explain their working rather than just read out an answer at the end. I have given an example of solutions but these are not the only solutions for each. This should encourage discussion too.

Use the information to cost the building of a swimming pool. I have tried to use genuine values for costs of hire and labour, so the the results should be fairly accurate.

This covers adding and subtracting vectors and multiples of vectors before moving on to describing journeys using vectors. This is essentially a load of questions on vectors but they should encourage discussion in class. Typo corrected

Answer the questions and reveal the gag; I rather like this joke (I saw it on social media and it’s clean). There are “given that…” questions too to create discussion.

Calculate how much of the wall can be covered by Willis and Granite's new invention and draw your own conclusions! Involves area, percentages and as a result proportion.