Feedback/suggestions appreciated please. These have worked brilliantly with my foundation group in Year 11. One of the things they struggle with is knowing which topic to work on, so I've added a table which they fill in after working on the sheet, which helps them identify what needs work. I've covered a large range of topics throughout the 6 sheets and more will be added as soon as I make them! The sheets fold nicely into a booklet that can be easily stuck in their books. Answers for each sheet are on a powerpoint to be shown to the class.

Spot the mistake - a mix of different angles questions, really good as a revision task or as a starter/plenary. Great for addressing common misconceptions!

Number grids - students have to think of at least one number to fill each space in the grid (or explain why there is no number if it can't be filled in). Really good for the new GCSE spec types of questions that combine two number types, eg. circle the number that is both a square number and a cube number, etc.

Students colour in the true boxes - this gives a letter per box, which is an anagram of an 8 letter word (triangle!) which the students have to find. Worked really well on what can be a bit of a dull topic. There are some very challenging questions on both metric and imperial conversions, and also a bit of mathematical general knowledge thrown in too!

Really good as a starter/plenary or revision activity. There are loads of different algebraic misconceptions addressed - the students have to spot what the mistake is (there is at least one in each box) and what the correct answer should be. You will need to right click then rotate the sheet into landscape rather than portrait view!

Find as many gradients on the picture of the spider as you can! A shaded and an unshaded version is included:-)

A simple worksheet for a bottom set that I teach - a quick recap of definitions, then two examples which we fill in together as a class, then one practice question. Good for breaking up the lesson into manageable chunks on this topic that can often be problematic!

A scaffolded worksheet where you need to work out the surface area of the robot. Answers provided.

A powerpoint, with answers, of differentiated problem solving - what is half way between .... and .... Includes fractions and decimals and negatives. Extension - this number is halfway between this number and which other... A really good problem solving starter or could be used as main part of lesson.

Students have to cut out the first set of 12 cards - 8 of the cards match up (1 question with 1 correct answer) and the 4 remaining cards spell an animal which the students have to spot. Then repeat for set 2, then 3 then 4. Answers and an explanation powerpoint included.

Note the letters of the “true” boxes - this gives the anagram of “apricot”. A nice recap to start a lesson off!

Students have to spot the numbers that have been correctly rounded. There is a letter with each number, and the correct letters make an anagram - the first answer is whale, the second answer is pony. Task 1 is rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, etc. Task 2 is rounding to one decimal place. This works brilliantly as either a starter/settler or a plenary.

There are three slides of 5 questions, students have to work out the answer then put in order. It covers loads of topics, such as numbers of sides on polygons, types of number, speed, days in months and lots of other stuff!

This took me ages to make! There are 3 sine-osaurs of increasing difficulty - pupils need to work out the area of each using the Sine Rule, Cosine Rule and 1/2absinC. This worked brilliantly well with my higher tier GCSE class. There is a Powerpoint with a class example to start then the worksheet in both PDF and Microsoft Publisher format. The worksheet is scaffolded, with a table under each picture helping students to structure their answer.

Calculate all the missing angles in the sheep, dog and frog. My class loved this and it was a great way make angles in polygons more interesting and do a bit of problem solving with it too. The worksheet is in both PDF and Microsoft Publisher format.

For lower ability groups, this has been a life-saver. I have also used it as a starter or a recap activity for higher ability classes also where it has proved to be very effective. The worksheet is differentiated into green, amber, red, challenge, super challenge and builds the confidence of the students by filling in easy gaps first, then increasing the difficulty until they can factorise with no clues at all.

Suitable for Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 Maths classes. Lesson 1 has a powerpoint with examples that start with simple Venn diagrams such as multiples of two different numbers, and common multiples in the intersection. It moves on to more challenging Venn diagrams and working out probabilities from them. The worksheet follows on from this and finishes with questions where the intersection or other area is to be worked out given certain information. Answers are included in a separate file. Lesson 2 works through more complicated examples of constructing and interpreting Venn diagrams. The worksheet follows on from this and has a large number of questions of increasing difficulty and level of problem solving required, finishing with an algebraic question. Answers are also included in a separate file. Both worksheets are in both PDF and Microsoft Publisher formats to enable editing if desired.

My GCSE higher tier class loved this so it was well worth all the effort put into making it. Really applicable to the new GCSE specification, you need to work out the area of six trees of increasing difficulty, made from triangles, rectangles, parallelograms and trapezia. Included is the worksheet in PDF and also Microsoft Publisher format, and a class example on Microsoft Powerpoint.

Mr Surd is made from a number of different shapes and his dimensions are given in surd form. The task is to find his total area. This is a fantastic problem solving exercise that really engages the students with a topic that can often be a bit dull. Every class I have tried this with has loved it. It is particularly applicable to the new GCSE spec and its more problem solving approach on many questions.

Continuing the dinosaur theme I made this for my very bright top set year 8 class, although it has worked very well with higher tier GCSE classes also. Students need to work out the perimeter of the different prehistoric creatures that are made from triangles, rectangles, circles etc. There is a class example Pythagosaurus Rex with a scaffolded printable answer sheet. There is also a spot the mistake task to address any misconceptions with Pythagoras before attempting the main sheet.