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I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.

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I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
Maths KS2 Problem Solving using Mathematical Reasoning.
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Maths KS2 Problem Solving using Mathematical Reasoning.

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Maths Key Stage 2. Lots of questions in the style of SATs from right across the range of papers. Great for revision, practice, or checking learning at later stages, for example KS3 or Foundation GCSE. Using mathematics to solve problems using all four rules. In Word and PDF for ease of editing or printing.
Maths Ratio using tables - an innovative approach for KS3 or KS4 GCSE
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Maths Ratio using tables - an innovative approach for KS3 or KS4 GCSE

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Ratio can be difficult for the learners, and especially so since it has become a more significant element of GCSE. Using tables to help structure the questions is a new and extremely useful approach, one that many learners have found beneficial. The questions are all adapted and reconfigured from past papers, and although originally set at GCSE they are equally useful for KS3. The files consist of a presentation to demonstrate the method, plus worksheets at both Foundation and Higher Tier. All files are also included as PDFs so will appear the same on any operating system. If some of the questions look relatively easy, there can be a huge difference between papers - those aimed at the top grades and those questions aimed at the middle.
UK Mathematics - full national curriculum for Key Stage 2 for planning and recording
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UK Mathematics - full national curriculum for Key Stage 2 for planning and recording

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The National Curriculum in maths for Years 3 to 6 in Word documents. Full specifications, plus all attainment targets in tables. Seventeen different files for flexible planning of Years 3 - 6 maths National Curriculum. All in Word for ease of editing. Statutory requirements, both as list and a table for recording progress etc. Notes and non-statutory guidance to keep as an appendix. Full specs as one long continuous document, again, in Word for cutting and pasting where needed.
Maths KS2 Read Roman Numerals - presentation and lots of activities.
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Maths KS2 Read Roman Numerals - presentation and lots of activities.

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Specs Year 4'Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of zero and place value.' Year 5 'Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.' Thirty slides on an animated PowerPoint to introduce recognition of Roman numerals, and explore the advantage of Arabic numerals. Plus lots of activities/worksheets, including Emperors' reigns, Roman roads, Olympiads, Children's TV (years), and answers. All great fun, and could be cross-curricular.
Math Geometric Reasoning Grades 7+.  Great lesson for hands-on activity and discussion.
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Math Geometric Reasoning Grades 7+. Great lesson for hands-on activity and discussion.

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Everything for a great lesson developing geometric theorems and reasoning with circles. Matching cards activity with full solutions on PowerPoint, worksheet with corresponding presentation. Learners enjoy the hands-on activity and can keep the cards to help them solve the problems. PowerPoint can be printed for learners to keep for future reference. The lesson covers: apply and prove the standard circle theorems concerning angles, radii, tangents and chords, and use them to prove related results. It builds on my other resource for grade 6+ Geometry. All images ©2015 Colin Billett
Maths KS3 or KS4 revision. Trigonometric ratios, moving from tan to sine and cosine.
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Maths KS3 or KS4 revision. Trigonometric ratios, moving from tan to sine and cosine.

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Maths KS3 or KS4 revision. Trigonometric ratios, moving from tan to sine and cosine. Everything you need for a full lesson or two to develop trigonometry from the tangent ratio to sine and cosine. Let the learners tackle the activities, or guide them through with PowerPoint presentations. Presentations, worksheets, activities and solutions. Please leave comments, suggestions or corrections.
Maths grades 6 7 8 Repeating decimals into fractions: investigation, presentation and worksheet.
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Maths grades 6 7 8 Repeating decimals into fractions: investigation, presentation and worksheet.

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‘Work interchangeably with terminating decimals and their corresponding fractions (such as 3.5 and 7/2 or 0.375 or 3/8); change repeating decimals into their corresponding fractions and vice versa.’ A simple investigation into which fractions terminate and which recur, on PowerPoint and in Word, with a big set of results in PowerPoint to encourage class discussion. A PowerPoint presentation of the method, with some examples to do as a class or individually, plus a worksheet of fourteen questions, with answers. A clear and fully supported lesson.
Math Grade 4 Multiple resources for recognising and generating sequences, plus revision of Grade 3.
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Math Grade 4 Multiple resources for recognising and generating sequences, plus revision of Grade 3.

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Grade 4 Presentation warm up, two more sequences sets on PowerPoint, and two worksheets, the second quite challenging. Plus a ‘sticks and dots’ pattern set with lots of pictures. '5. Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.'
Math Geometry Angle Sum of Polygons. Investigation, illustrations and questions.
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Math Geometry Angle Sum of Polygons. Investigation, illustrations and questions.

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All you need for a lesson covering: derive and use the sum of angles in a triangle and use it to deduce the angle sum in any polygon, and to derive properties of regular polygons. A simple example of a triangle sum proof, an investigation into angle sums in both PowerPoint and Word, for classwork or individual work, and plenty of questions for learners to try. Plus a PowerPoint illustrating a variety of tessellation for learners to consider the geometry involved, and hence deduce necessary angle properties.
Math High School Geometry trigonometric ratios from similar triangles. Introduction to tangent ratio
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Math High School Geometry trigonometric ratios from similar triangles. Introduction to tangent ratio

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Common Core Standards Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles 6. Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles. Everything you need to deliver a full lesson (or two) to introduce trigonometry through similar triangles and the tangent function. Presentation, activities, worksheets, along with answers, covering all aspects of the Common Core Standards. Please leave comments, suggestions or corrections.
Math Transformations - presentations, puzzles, worksheets and more.
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Math Transformations - presentations, puzzles, worksheets and more.

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A full set of resources for developing transformations at G8 or build upon my other resource at lower grades. An introduction of the four transformations, or review of symmetry, which can be done by children on an interactive board. Then a full presentation of rotations, reflections, translations and enlargements, with lots for the learners to try. Plus a worksheet with eight questions from exams to complete. A multiple choice quiz for plenary or recap in the next lesson. An exciting lesson that reviews and builds upon existing knowledge. All images ©2015 Colin Billett
Inequalities.  Math Grade 6 Activities, quiz, worksheet and more
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Inequalities. Math Grade 6 Activities, quiz, worksheet and more

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A great lesson for getting the learners to work together and do it for themselves. A matching card activity to get them started on a discussion of inequalities. A poster and a PowerPoint display are provided to remind learners of the symbols. An animated PowerPoint presentation of the solutions allows learners to say what they have before the answer pops up. A worksheet provides for consolidation of learning. And finally a quiz is provided for plenary, or recap at the start of the next lesson. This whole lesson always goes down very well in my classroom! And no work for teacher, after preparing the materials that is!
Math 3D Shapes  Early Grades.  Fully supported activities.
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Math 3D Shapes Early Grades. Fully supported activities.

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Two ways of approaching recognition and identifying properties of 3D shapes at Kindergarten and Grade 1. Either match the shape from the description, or name and identify the properties of the shape. I've split them into the Year 1 and Year 2, and done one with the solids required in both years. Some can be simply given out, and some could be printed on card and cut out for a matching activity. All in Word or PDF. Plus a word search with two versions. Plus a PowerPoint for class sharing and a PowerPoint showing real examples of each. UK common standards say, for Kindergarten and Grade 1 equivalent: 'Pupils handle and name a wide variety of common (…) 3-D shapes including: (…) cuboids, prisms and cones, and identify the properties of each shape (for example, number of sides, number of faces). Pupils identify, compare and sort shapes on the basis of their properties and use vocabulary precisely, such as sides, edges, vertices and faces.'
Maths Geometry Key Stage 2 Properties of Shapes Triangles and Quadrilaterals - bundle of activities.
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Maths Geometry Key Stage 2 Properties of Shapes Triangles and Quadrilaterals - bundle of activities.

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Year 4 - Geometry – properties of shapes Two separate bundles of activities covering (a) triangles and (b) quadrilaterals, all for the new KS2 specifications. Specifically written for Year 4, they can easily be used at any level. In Word for editing or PDF for clear copies. Activities, worksheets and assessments, plus a short presentations on triangles and quadrilaterals. The presentations are included as PowerPoints and PDFs, to ensure at least one will open on any computer. Statutory requirements Pupils should be taught to: • compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes Notes and guidance (non-statutory) Pupils continue to classify shapes using geometrical properties, extending to classifying different triangles (for example, isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and quadrilaterals (for example, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium). Pupils compare and order angles in preparation for using a protractor and compare lengths and angles to decide if a polygon is regular or irregular.
Math Grade7 & 8 Probability; addition, subtraction & tree diagrams. Presentations & worksheet
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Math Grade7 & 8 Probability; addition, subtraction & tree diagrams. Presentations & worksheet

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Everything needed for tree diagrams for probability - a presentation on probability rules for addition and subtraction, a PowerPoint on drawing tree diagrams, and a worksheet for the learners to answer questions on tree diagrams. All photographs (c)2015 Colin Billett Math Grade 7 Find probabilities of compound events using organized lists, tables, tree diagrams, and simulation. a. Understand that, just as with simple events, the probability of a compound event is the fraction of outcomes in the sample space for which the compound event occurs. b. Represent sample spaces for compound events using methods such as organized lists, tables and tree diagrams. For an event described in everyday language (e.g., “rolling double sixes”), identify the outcomes in the sample space which compose the event.