This is a free-standing resource on simple fractions. It involves questions like 1/4 of 20 up to things like 3/7 of 14. It's taken from a Murder Mystery Package I wrote hence it includes a small riddle element at the end. There are two levels of difficulty (A is easier than B) that both have the same solution. Full solutions included.

A series of worksheets revising negative numbers. - addition and subtraction - subtracting negative numbers - multiplying and dividing - all operations, with fractions and decimals Full solutions provided.

A powerpoint-activity to learn and revise about vectors. There's been a robbery! Can you help Inspector Vector solve the crime by collecting clues? This is a fun activity for groups that includes: - adding and subtracting 2D and 3D vectors - finding the magnitude of 2D and 3D vectors - adding and subtracting vectors like a and b - some practice with surds for magnitude of vectors - visualizing vectors in 3D - using some logic to solve the crime Solutions to each clue included in the Power Point notes. Takes a very good class about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Three Power Points introducing forming and solving equations in a fun context. The first leads pupils to an equation like x + 5 The second leads pupils to an equation like 2(x+5) The third is more complicated and involves x on both sides of the equation

A fun introduction to units, converting between e.g. metres and centimetres. A starter activity, two pages of worksheet activities, and a challenge to find the amount of air in the room.

This will introduce the topics of 3D volume and surface area, and also provide some challenging extension questions. A set of four worksheets on - Basic Skills (rounding, 2D perimeter and area, 3D volume and surface area) - Problems (real life problems involving volume and surface area of cuboids, cylinders, cones and spheres) - Units (converting between e.g. square metres and square centimetres) - Extensions to the Problems (revisiting the problems with converting units and more in-depth calculations) All provided with solutions. Also includes a Power Point for some revision

Two pages of tricky riddles, that will keep pupils busy. The second page is much harder than the first. Requires only simple mathematical ideas but lots of lateral and creative thinking. Solutions provided.

An investigation for pupils about the classic Four Colour Theorem. Some background and examples, then a chance for them to have a go at. Makes a change from the usual end-of-term colouring!

This is a series of prompts to help pupils investigate doing maths on a computer, using either Wolfram Alpha or ChatGPT. These (free) resources are very powerful and can solve word problems.

These are extensive notes that I have made to teach this SQA Course. Includes many example questions and follow ups on Excel. I’ve also included here a course outline, essential exam skills and a practice exam with solutions. *Updated 2020 to have Course Notes for pupils (with spaces for answers) and Course Notes for teachers (answers filled in) *Updated 2022 with corrections

For those teaching AH Statistics - I’ve gone through three textbooks finding which parts are relevant for teaching this course. The books are A-Level Statistics Study Guide (Crawshaw & Chambers) Maths in Action – Advanced Higher Statistics (Book 1 and Book 2) Statistics – Practice for Advanced Advanced Mathematics (Alan Smith)

A worksheet of questions covering the different types of probability covered in the Advanced Higher Statistics Course: Conditional Probability Probability distributions With full solutions (using tree diagrams where appropriate).

This is a series of PowerPoints and questions introducing and testing knowledge of Distance, Speed and Time. Starting with simple Time questions, pupils will learn how to recognise different types of DST question, and how to solve them. - Some introductory questions that check pupils can convert between 12hr and 24hr time, and convert between hours and minutes - Checking pupils can recognise whether they are being asked a Distance, Speed or Time question. - Estimating speeds of different forms of transport - A class project for each group to work out the time it takes to get somewhere, by different forms of transport - A couple of PowerPoints on timetables DST Starters - Some standard test-level DST questions - A spreadsheet and graph of the distance from school and time it takes to get there from one example class.

A set of questions where pupils plot some points for a straight line, then identify the gradient and intercepts. Solutions included.

A Power Point that includes questions on finding 10% (and 20%, 30% etc) and another one for 15%, 25%, 35% et cetera, Useful for teaching the topic or just for practice.

A group activity to practice using bearings. Each group designs a route (choosing how many paces and how many bearings for each leg of the journey) then swaps with another group to see if they can follow the given route. Each group will need a compass (or compass app on phone).

This is a free-standing resource on ordering decimal numbers. It involves ordering heights like 1.5 metres, 1.43 meters and 145 cm. It's taken from a Murder Mystery Package I wrote hence it includes a small riddle element at the end. There are two levels of difficulty (A is easier than B) that both have the same solution. Full solutions included.

A series of pictures of the same school (Mearns Castle in Scotland) taken from further and further away. For each picture pupils have to work out which is the correct scale.

An interactive Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game focused on numeracy questions. The questions near the end get very tricky! They are on the following topics - percentage, area, ratio, factorising, probability, volume, negative numbers, difference of squares, scale factors, angles, sequences, DST I normally do this with pupils writing their letters on mini-whiteboards before the right answer is displayed, and you can also do something with the lifelines if you like.

Two Powerpoints for introducing and practicing standard deviation. Standard Deviation ‘What it Means’ introduces the idea of spread with some examples then gives the full standard deviation for pupils to practice. Standard Deviation ‘Practice Questions’ gives some examples for pupils to practice and full solutions. I’ve also included short versions of each Powerpoint as a PDF if you prefer to use these as handouts.