Erica is struggling with differential equations and regions bounded by two curves. Seriously, she needs some help so please get your students to explain what she has done and correct her homework. This gives students the opportunity to demostrate their understanding.

Santa wants no wastage this year so work out the smallest amount of each group of toys that are made in different sized batches.

I have three more of these (obviously) but not one where one must multiply/divide algebraic fractions so I thought I’d write one. The usual terrible joke for students to find.

More questions are turning up with massive numbers given as a product of prime factors and students being asked to find the HCF or LCM, so therefore I did a codebreaker for it. The usual stuff: maths, punchline, hahaha.

Four matchings getting increasingly difficult at they go Firstly spot the correct formula for the correct triangle, the next two calculate a missing side and finally use Pythagoras to find the area of a shape. These have been designed to be used as starters or plenaries but you could use them as a main lesson activity; up to you.

No knowledge of cricket required, just some names of counties! Choose the correct numbers from the list and unjumble the letters.

This idea is from Craig Barton and is an excellent one (check them out his at website); essentially it is four questions based on the same information. There are four here which use volume, surface area, expressions, Pythagoras, trigonometry and angles in parallel lines as well as other topics. This really should create discussion and a deeper understanding of the topics covered on top of ensuring that students actually read the question. I hope these are worthy! I will be using these as starters or plenaries.

Clive is having a go at quadratics questions now; these involve expanding two brackets, plotting graphs, factorising and solving on test 1 before moving on to more solving, using the roots, completing the square and using the quadratic formula. Clive is prone to making mistakes so your class has to spot these and explain what his mistakes are so that he learns from them.

I’m teaching Further Maths Level 2 for the first time in a few years so thought I would produce some resources for it of which this is one. Set up and solve equations using your knowledge of multiplying matrices basically. I am particularly proud of the joke!!!

One punchline to find here; it’s simple using of a function machine in each case, both finding an output or finding an input. These seem popular in my lessons…

I’ve noticed that standard form questions are being set where the powers are too large for calculator use so I did a codebreaker like it. The usual stuff: answer the questions, reveal the punchline.

This does what it says on the tin, encouraging students to work forwards and backwards and therefore not get in a rut of just sticking numbers in a formula.

These sheets allow students who are relatively confident just get on knowing that their answer should be on the sheet whilst the teacher helps those who need it. This is a style of question that is occurring more frequently, understanding how to use the prime factors.

This worksheet is designed to practise naming linear graphs from the landscape of a new computer game. This could be extended to drawing their own plus parabolas, depending on the ability of the class.

This is an activity where you have to calculate missing sides and angles for computer software designers, based upon Link's Crossbow Training on the Wii! There is an extension where they have to produce general formulae where there are different ways of calculating the same thing depending on what you are given.

Using the fighting game of Tekken can you help the programmers calculate the missing angles in each move? This is designed to be a starter of an angles lesson, not a challenge. I have done a Smart Board version to save on printing.

I wanted to give a real life concept for inequalities so came up with this. When my classes did it some used the number line and some didn't; I left it up to them.

This PowerPoint and three codebreakers takes students through bases; this should help students understand why we carry/borrow when calculating mentally.

I got this idea from DaveGale (thanks by the way!) and the QR Code links to a video of Homer Simpson on YouTube. 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 gives them a real reason to have their phone out too!

Another fish related effort after finding the missing angles using circle theorems. Ideal for online lessons and in-person ones too; students like the cheesy jokes despite their protestations to the contrary.