This is an attempt to relate algebraic questions that children struggle with to worded questions they can all do. It is designed to start you off, building up from "I think of a number" to a full blown linear equation.

KS3/ GCSE algebra relating to everyday examples. I wrote this a while ago in a desperate bid to make algebra relate to the real lives of children. You could set up a spreadsheet in Excel and use formulas, or they can do the activity in class.

It's an attempt to make solving equations more accessible, including multiplying with parentheses.

Cut out and match shapes with names and their volume formulae.

This activity is designed to be used as an simple introduction to rearranging formula; but getting students to calculate using the formula initially before rearranging it to work backwards using inverse operations. Aligned to: 7EE.3

This is a distance/time activity where they graph Jim Pond's journey across Europe to deliver a package then answer some questions about it.

Math quiz in the style of a trivia quiz. Can be used as a starter, or just for fun. Includes fun math facts from Science, Health and History

These three powperpoints are designed to lead people through multiplying out brackets. I would suggest searching for Alex Bellos' different ways of doing long multiplication on YouTube as they link nicely in with the first bit of the "Multiplyin

This is an attempt to make review a little more interesting. Calculate the answers, convert to letters and find my next destination on "Math World Tour".

This is an attempt to make revision a little more interesting. Calculate the answers, convert to letters and find my next destination on my "Revision World Tour".

Here are 3 frequency tables and the mean, mode and range from each. The student cuts and pastes the results and tables into the correct groups.

How can I do these addition calculations on my calculator when the calculator has lost its addition sign? Reinforces addition of signed numbers.

Find the equation of the line and the circle, then calculate the points where the invader crosses the boundary

Writing quadratic equations of a cricket ball that is thrown.

This PowerPoint is for classes to do in teams. Each summer related question takes 30 seconds to answer (an alarm goes off and the link to the answer appears). There are 5 topics areas: Number, Algebra, Shape & Space, Data Handling, Pot Luck. Each topic has 5 questions worth a different amount of points based upon difficulty.

Work out the missing angles from a bowler bowling a ball and the batsman hitting it while playing cricket.

This is essentially simultaneous equations solved graphically, but in the guise of a fielder stopping a ball while playing cricket.

This leads on from 'Misleading Graphs' where the students have to draw a graph in an effort to convince a Small Business Manager to give them a loan.

This sheet starts off with some examples and questions about surds - pretty easy ones to be honest. There is a surds 'joke' at the end to complete. This was an attempt to make surds a little more interesting and to show just how easy they really are.

Explain how Spidey got to where he did and then tell him how he could have done it in one easy step. This is solely concerned with reflections and rotations.