A whole class activity: - a picture is cut into pieces - each pupil makes a scale drawing of their part - the class put them all together Good for practicing scale drawings and having some fun.

Six challenges showing where Pi turns up unexpectedly Easy (Secondary School) - Simplifying fractions, Square root of two Medium (GCSE level) - Fibonacci numbers and area of polygons Hard (A level) - Probability theory, Area of a circle

A great way to introduce formulas, with a fun activity to estimate how fast your reaction time is. The Power Point introduces the idea of reaction time then shows pupils a simple experiment they can do, which leads to a formula for converting centimetres on a ruler to reaction time in seconds.

A series of fun activities linked to the Olympics. Skills used are: - DST - logic - Stem and Leaf - percentages - rounding

Two sets of questions with solutions on - types of angle - measuring and drawing angles - rotation and line symmetry

A series of 17 one-page handouts each with explanations, examples then questions. Covers Numbers, Negatives, Fractions, Percentages, Algebra. For lower ability classes I print these out and they stick them in their jotters. The topics are: Types of Number, Factors, Powers, Prime Factors, Negatives adding and subtracting, Negatives multiplying and dividing, Fractions of an amount, Equivalent fractions, Mixed numbers, Multiplying and Dividing fractions, Adding and subtracting fractions, Finding percentages, Fractions decimals percentages, Substitution, Multiplying Brackets, Simplifying, Solving Equations)

A series of projects on rearranging formulas. (Note: Some of the embedded equations do not display well on the TES preview but they all display perfectly on the downloadable PDFs) Each project is linked to real life situations, and also includes lots of practice at other KS4 / National 5 Skills: standard form, algebra using brackets, volume formulas, rounding, units, surds.

A set of 15 short but interesting maths puzzles that lead pupils around the school. The questions require no special maths knowledge and can be done for ages 10+. I’ve filled in the maths clues, you will need to add the 15 locations to the clues and hide them around the school. I’ve done this with a whole year group before in the school grounds - because the clues go in a loop they can start anywhere. Once a pair/team have done all 15 clues they can come to you for the ‘final challenge’. Full answers provided.

Four worksheets covering the following topics - differences between times (minutes, hours days) - hourly wages (including time and a half and double time) Used for National 4 Lifeskills Finance Module

A worksheet of simple maths problems aimed at 11+ year olds, which mostly involve fractions plus a bit of angles

A series of five homeworks covering the topics of - time (hours, days, weeks etc) - hourly salaries - tax - loans and repayments - money exchange - budgeting

A series of three worksheets on solving equations. Covers all types of equations: Simple: n + 3 = 5 Multiple n: 2n - 3 = 5 Subtracting variable: 5 - 2n = 1 Tricky numbers: 31 + 3n = 5 Squares and roots: 30 – 2n^2 = 12 Brackets: 3(n + 2) = 11 Letters on both sides: 3(3 + n) = 4(n - 3) Now with solutions included. Edit: Added Powerpoint of two pages on same topic plus ‘Think of a Number’ problems

A page of questions on the following substitution expanding brackets inequalities forming and solving equations Solutions included Edit: added a Powerpoint of similar questions Edit: added a further dense page of questions

A series of worksheets exploring the link between door codes, Euler Graphs and also De Brujn Graphs. This will introduce pupils to the concepts of - vertices - edges - degree of vertices - directed graphs

A series of simple questions for pupils to answer on mini-whiteboards (or any other way). Topics here are combining simple terms and multiplying out brackets.

Two lists of free iPad Apps to help with maths - one for pupils and one for teachers. The list for pupils groups apps by categories (e.g. graphs, fractions), the list for teachers includes administrative apps too. Compiled 2015 - let me know if you've anything new to add!

A Powerpoint with questions and answers, alongside video solutions. The following questions are solved for a normally distributed population: probability of being above a certain value probability of being below a certain value probability of being between two values Final answers are found using a data booklet (specifically the one for Advanced Higher Statistics in Scotland) Also included ‘AH Statistics Normal Distributions with Phi Notation’ which shows how the number of standard deviations above or below the mean leads to a probability. Normal distribution short questions

This is a thought provoking activity about how many variables are needed to describe a shape. For example, if you don’t care about size, rotation or position all squares are the same. To define size, one variable is needed. To define rotation, one variable is needed. To define position in the 2D plane, two variables are needed. So to fully define any square requires four variables. There are many possible different choices for these four. (Updated 2023)

A chance for pupils to put their Pythagoras knowledge to the test! They measure a few distances indoors (e.g. their jotters) and check then check if the diagonal is the length they expected by Pythagoras. Then they go outside the classroom and measure some distances in feet (their own feet) or paces.

This is an investigation into the different uses of stones and pounds (UK), pounds (USA) and kilograms (Europe) for weighing people. By the end pupils should be able to convert between the units effectively. Skills used: - Mental arithmetic - Converting between units - Rounding (the conversion numbers are approximate only) Full solutions provided on the Power Points. Now includes some extra revision, (to be used a month after initial lessons) and a picture of 'The Kilogram' (housed in a secret bunker somewhere near Paris).