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With half a million members across both the primary and secondary sectors, Teachit is a thriving community of teachers and home tutors sharing resources and inspiration. What makes us different? All our resources are written and shared by teachers and checked by our teacher-editors so you know they can be trusted to work.
From free PDFs to PowerPoints, worksheets, quizzes, games and CPD webinars and articles from experts, Teachit has something for you at www.teachit.co.uk
Practice makes perfect!
Including eight GPS practice papers and accompanying spelling assessments, PowerPoints featuring key terms and examples and a set of engaging quick-fire challenge cards, GPS SATs practice for KS2 has all you need to prepare your children for their KS2 GPS tests.
What’s included?
eight SATs-style practice papers, spelling assessments and answers
PowerPoints featuring key terms and examples
challenge cards
marking guidance.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 3)
GPS question papers (pages 4-214)
GPS spelling tasks and answers (pages 214-246)
Challenge cards (pages 247-273)
G1 Grammatical terms and word classes
G2 Function of sentences
G3 Combining words, phrases and clauses
G4 Verb forms, tense and consistency
G5 Punctuation
G6 Vocabulary
G7 Standard English and formality
PowerPoint screenshots (page 274)
Our Year 6 maths assessments pack is designed to prepare children for their end-of-year maths tests and to help year 6 teachers assess children’s understanding of national curriculum objectives.
All the questions are presented in the style of KS2 maths SATs papers and a mark scheme is included.
The pack includes 10 test papers in total, eight of which are based upon a specific mathematical strand and two of which are KS2 SATs practice tests.
Test papers included in the assessment pack:
Paper 1: Number and place value
Paper 2: Number and calculation (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Paper 3: Fractions, decimals and percentages
Paper 4: Ratio and proportion
Paper 5: Algebra
Paper 6: Measurement
Paper 7: Geometry (properties of shapes and position and direction)
Paper 8: Statistics (charts and data)
Paper 9: KS2 SATs practice test (arithmetic)
Paper 10: KS2 SATS practice test (reasoning)
These printable diagnostic maths tests can be used in the classroom or for home learning. Tracking sheets are included to enable teachers to quickly identify gaps in children’s understanding of the maths curriculum.
Perfect for ensuring children are well-prepared for their final maths assessments at primary school.
Full of great ideas and resources, our Fractions at KS1 pack is practical and creative in equal parts.
The pack will help your children to: understand the purpose of fractions; find fractions of shapes and amounts; use fractions to describe routes and angles and identify equivalent fractions.
Too good by half!
What’s included?
22 supporting resources
includes introductory activities, main teaching points, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks
links to the curriculum
What’s inside?
Section 1: Fractions you already know (pages 1-4)
Teaching ideas
Fraction picture match cards – food
Fraction phrase word cards
Section 2: Why do we need fractions? (pages 5-14)
Teaching ideas
Putting back the pieces
Fraction shopping
Mythological halves
Fair or unfair share
Section 3: Finding fractions of shapes (pages 15-27)
Teaching ideas
Shape folding
Fraction-ory
Shaded fraction shapes
Fraction tiles – writing fractions
Shape fraction cards
Section 4: Working out fractions of amounts (pages 28-36)
Teaching ideas
Fraction RUCSAC
Mini-beast sorting cards
Sweet fractions
Section 5: Using fractions to describe routes and angles (pages 37-46)
Teaching ideas
The Right angle
Robot controller
Car maze
Treasure maze hunt – fraction turns
Fraction maze correction
Section 6: Recognising equivalent fractions (pages 47-56)
Teaching ideas
Equivalent fractions snap
Which is biggest?
Fraction bookmarks
Help your students develop the maths skills they need for science GCSEs with 10 full-colour landscape and portrait posters.
Each poster from this set of 10 features a different mathematical concept and asks a question to kick-start students’ thinking. The posters provide an engaging and thought-provoking visual reference for your students and will support you and your colleagues in your delivery of GCSEs.
Understanding equations at year 7 is the partner pack to Understanding algebra at year 7, and is designed to introduce your students to equation-solving and inequalities.
Featuring starters, main activities and plenaries alongside home learning opportunities and assessments, the pack contains question tasks, PowerPoints for class demonstration and discussion, worksheets and student activities.
These activities include: basic practice, error correction, jigsaw, application to 2D shapes and problem-solving, and explore the balance method, bar model, flow diagrams, inequalities and key vocabulary.
What’s included?
Starters, main activities, plenaries, homework sheets, assessments
27 resources
Answers
What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 3-4)
Section one: Short tasks (pages 5-12)
Teaching notes
Activities
1.1 Opposites
1.2 Trios
1.3 Which method?
1.4 Symbols
1.5 Bigger or smaller?
1.6 Where on the number line?
Answers
Section two: Developing concepts (pages 13-18)
Teaching notes
Activities 2.1-2.6 and answers in PowerPoint
Section three: Developing fluency (pages 19-48)
Teaching notes
Activities
3.1 Solving equations with flow diagrams
3.2 Solving equations
3.3 Be the teacher
3.4 Equations jigsaw
3.5 Forming and solving equations
3.6 Problem solving
3.7 The Rhind mathematical papyrus
3.8 Considering inequalities
3.9 Inequalities and the number line
3.10 Inequalities staircase
Answers
Section four: Homework tasks (pages 49-55)
Teaching notes
Activities
4.1 Completing equations
4.2 Equations investigation
4.3 Inequalities and types of number
Answers
Section five: Assessment (pages 56-63)
Equations assessment
Inequalities assessment
Equations assessment mark scheme
Inequalities assessment mark scheme
Our Festivals and celebrations maths challenges year 6 teaching pack is designed to help children recap, practise and consolidate problem solving skills in preparation for KS2 SATs.
The pack is divided into nine lessons. Each lesson targets a specific strand of the Y6 maths Programme of Study and relates to a particular festival or celebration to give maths a real-life context.
Lessons feature a starter activity, a whole class teaching activity with PowerPoint slides, a worksheet for independent work and a plenary.
Questions are KS2 maths SATs-style. Answers are included.
Lessons included in the pack:
Lesson 1: Halloween – add, subtract, multiply, divide
Lesson 2: Bonfire Night – fractions
Lesson 3: Diwali – shape
Lesson 4: Hanukkah – statistics
Lesson 5: Christmas – position and direction
Lesson 6: Chinese New Year – percentages
Lesson 7: Easter – ratio
Lesson 8: Earth Day – area, perimeter and volume
Lesson 9: Eid al-Fitr – algebra
You may also like our Festivals and celebrations comprehension practice teaching pack.
A sample word problem:
Auntie Zainab sells silver bracelets as Eid gifts in her shop. She uses a formula to work out how much each customer pays according to the number of links of silver in the bracelet (which she calls s). She charges 50p for each silver link and then £1.50 for the presentation box. What is the formula she uses to work out the cost for a customer?
Our Mastering multiplication pack is packed full of creative games and activities, engaging worksheets, mastery type word problems and essential assessments to get your children ready for the multiplication tables check (MTC) and to ensure they continue consolidating their skills through years 5 and 6.
Key features:
creative games, activities and engaging worksheets, including answers when appropriate
a PowerPoint containing mental maths warm-ups linked to each multiplication table
24 assessment sheets to prepare your children for the multiplication tables check (MTC), including answers.
Aimed at addressing gaps in prior learning – particularly after the COVID-19 school closures – Basic maths skills – support to improve students’ numeracy is perfect for both the transition to year 7 and for intervention sessions throughout KS3 and KS4.
The pack is divided into five units: number, algebra, ratio and proportion, geometry and measures and statistics. Each unit features ready-to-photocopy worksheets, teaching notes and answers. A tracking tick list is also included.
Improve students’ numeracy skills and ensure they have all the knowledge they need to access the full secondary curriculum.
What’s included?
39 worksheets to fill gaps in prior learning and form a solid base for progress
Answers included
Perfect for intervention at KS3-KS4 or to support Y7 transition
What’s inside?
Student’s section
N1 number: number and place value (pages 5-9)
Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10 000 000
Use negative numbers in context
Solve number problems
N2 number: calculation (pages 10-21)
Long multiplication
Long division
Short division
Mental calculations
Common factors, multiples and prime numbers
BODMAS
Addition and subtraction multi-step problems
Four rules problems
Use estimation to check answers
N3 number: fractions, decimals and percentages (pages 22-30)
Simplifying fractions
Add and subtract fractions
Multiply proper fractions
Divide fractions by whole numbers
Multiply numbers up to 2 decimal places
Written division methods up to 2 decimal places
Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence
RP ratio and proportion (pages 31-36)
Relative sizes
Percentage calculations
Scale factors
Unequal sharing
A algebra (pages 37-43)
Use simple formulae
Linear sequences
Express missing number problems algebraically
Working with two variables
GM1 geometry and measures: measurement (pages 44-53)
Units of measure
Convert between miles and kilometres
Area and perimeter of squares and rectangles
Area and volume formulae
Area of triangles and parallelograms
GM2 geometry and measures: properties of shape (pages 54-61)
2D shapes
3D shapes
Parts of the circle
Angles
GM3 geometry and measures: position and direction (pages 62-63)
Translation and reflection in four quadrants
S statistics (pages 64-68)
Pie charts and line graphs
The mean
Teacher’s section and answers
Teaching notes and curriculum mapping (page 69)
Tracking sheet (pages 71-73)
Homework answers (pages 72-91)
Prepare your Higher tier GCSE students for their maths exam with our GCSE Higher maths - key skills revision pack.
This student revision pack comprises 15 worksheets, each featuring 15 GCSE exam-style questions and answers to revise and practise essential skills. Questions include space for workings.
Modelled on questions from past papers, this practice paper pack is great for assessment, for identifying learning gaps, as an independent revision resource or for weekly homework tasks leading up to the exam.
The pack features calculator and non-calculator questions and covers key topics covered in past papers including fractions, decimals, percentages, quadratics, trigonometry, simultaneous equations, inequalities, indices, angles, averages and spread, graphs and probability, helping students hone their problem-solving skills and improve their GCSE exam practice and performance.
GCSE Higher Maths - key skills revision is relevant for all exam board specifications including AQA and Edexcel, making for perfect exam preparation for your GCSE Higher tier students.
Key features:
15 papers of 15 exam-style questions
Answers and explanations included
Space for workings
Understanding algebra at year 7 will help your students develop their understanding of algebraic vocabulary and notation and improve their reasoning skills.
Featuring a range of mix-and-match starters, main activities, and plenaries alongside research and discussion tasks, home learning opportunities and an assessment, this pack is the perfect way to introduce algebra at KS3.
What’s included?
Starters, main activities, plenaries, group and independent learning tasks
Suggestions to support and challenge
End-of-unit assessment
Answers
What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 3-4)
Section one: Short tasks
Teaching notes (pages 5-7)
Activities (pages 8-12)
Using symbols
Writing formulae
Collecting like terms
Brackets
Factors
Answers (pages 11-12)
Section two: Developing concepts
Teaching notes (pages 13-16)
Activities (pages 17-21)
Substitution
Creating formulae
Collecting like terms
Expanding brackets
Factorising
Answers (pages 22-24)
Section three: Developing fluency
Teaching notes (pages 25-30)
Activities (pages 31-41)
Bubble substitutions
Coding
Walls of expressions
Magic squares
Error no error
Class activities
Dominoes challenge
Brackets challenges
Answers (pages 42-52)
Section four: Homework tasks
Teaching notes (pages 53-54)
Activities (pages 56-58)
Algebra key words homework
Substitution homework
Formulae research homework
Using formulae homework
Factors homework
Answers (pages 59-60)
Section five: Assessment
Assessment (pages 61-62)
Mark scheme (page 63)
The aims of this pack are to utilise year 7 students’ knowledge from primary school to build solid foundations for their understanding of algebra throughout KS3 and 4.
If your class is struggling with problem solving, then we’ve got the solution.
Year 5 Problem solving – number comprises differentiated activities based upon the number problem-solving objectives in the year 5 maths curriculum.
Activities include scaffolded word problems and investigations alongside explanations, teaching notes and answers.
What’s included?
9 comprehensive activities differentiated to three levels
teaching notes, explanations and step-by-step answers
space for workings.
Topics featured:
Place value problems
Addition and subtraction problems, including money
Multiplication and division problems, including factors, squares, scaling
Fractions, decimals and equivalence.
What’s inside?
Unit 1 - Place value number problems (pages 5-20)
Place value number problems introduction
Place value number problems questions
Place value number problems answers
Unit 2 - Place value practical problems (pages 21-32)
Place value practical problems introduction
Place value practical problems questions
Place value practical problems answers
Unit 3 - Addition and subtraction problems (pages 33-59)
Addition and subtraction problems introduction
Addition and subtraction problems questions
Addition and subtraction problems answers
Unit 4 - Length, perimeter and area (pages 60-80)
Length, perimeter and area introduction
Length, perimeter and area questions
Length, perimeter and area answers
Unit 5 - Multiplication and division, factors and squares (pages 81-98)
Multiplication and division, factors and squares introduction
Multiplication and division, factors and squares questions
Multiplication and division, factors and squares answers
Unit 6 - Multiplication and division operations (pages 99-113)
Multiplication and division operations introduction
Multiplication and division operations questions
Multiplication and division operations answers
Unit 7 - Multiplication and division - scaling (pages 114-120)
Multiplication and division - scaling introduction
Multiplication and division - scaling questions
Multiplication and division - scaling answers
Unit 8 - Fractions and decimal places (pages 127-151)
Fractions and decimal places introduction
Fractions and decimal places questions
Fractions and decimal places answers
Unit 9 - Fractions equivalence - fractions, decimals and percentages (pages 152-167)
Fractions equivalence - fractions, decimals and percentages introduction
Fractions equivalence - fractions, decimals and percentages questions
Fractions equivalence - fractions, decimals and percentages answers
You might also like Year 5 Problem solving - measurement, geometry and statistics.
Like its partner, Year 5 Problem Solving - Number, Y5 Problem solving – measurement, geometry and statistics comprises differentiated activities based upon the relevant problem-solving objectives in the year 5 maths curriculum.
Activities include scaffolded word problems and investigations alongside explanations, teaching notes and answers.
What’s included?
11 comprehensive activities differentiated to three levels
Teaching notes, explanations and step-by-step answers
Space for workings.
Topics featured:
Measurement: length, mass and volume, area and perimeter, metric and imperial units, time
Geometry: properties of shapes, reflections and translations, angles
Statistics: reading and interpreting tables, interpreting line graphs.
What’s inside?
Unit 1 – Measurement: length problems (pages 5-19)
Unit 2 – Measurement: length, perimeter and area (pages 20-29)
Unit 3 – Measurement: mass problems (pages 30-44)
Unit 4 – Measurement: mass and volume (pages 45-54)
Unit 5 – Measurement: metric and imperial units (pages 55-67)
Unit 6 – Measurement: units of time (pages 68-79)
Unit 7 – Geometry: properties of shapes (pages 80-91)
Unit 8 – Geometry: reflections and translations (pages 92-99)
Unit 9 – Geometry: angles (pages 100-110)
Unit 10 – Statistics: interpreting tables (pages 111-117)
Unit 11 – Statistics: interpreting line graphs (pages 118-126)
If you’re looking for interesting ways to teach algebra at year 6, this pack has the x factor.
From missing number problems, problem solving and reasoning to using algebra with measure and geometry, this pack contains a wealth of engaging and practical ideas to engage your class in all things algebraic.
What’s included?
17 supporting resources
introductory activities, main teaching points, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks
includes answers
links to the curriculum.
What’s inside?
Section 1: The algebra you know – missing number problems (pages 1-14)
Teaching ideas
Balancing act – using the equals sign
Ancient algebra
Algebra loop game
Section 2: Problem solving and reasoning with algebra (pages 15-27)
Teaching ideas
Shape equations – reasoning in algebra
Money problems – using algebra
Make friends with algebra
Problems, problems
Section 3: Using algebra with measure (pages 28-35)
Teaching ideas
Calculating perimeter using algebra
Calculating area and volume using algebra
Measurement mission
Find the formula – a study in area
Section 4: Using algebra with geometry (pages 36-50)
Teaching ideas
Pizza puzzle
What’s your angle? – formula fun
Quadrants quandary
Section 5: Taking algebra further (pages 51-53)
Teaching ideas
The value of x – a matching game
That’s what I said! – equivalent equations
The letter of the law – applying algebra
Section 6: Answers