A problem solving scenario to combine skills, useful for revision and group work. The skills tested here are: • Linear equations, including x-intercept and y-intercept • Solving simultaneous equations • Finding the formula for a sine wave from a graph • Indices • Surds • Changing the subject of a formula Pupils will also need good communication skills and teamwork (if working in groups). Provided with teacher notes and full worked solutions.

At last! An explanation for why mathematicians like Radians. Divided into six categories Pi is great Rotation Speed Drawing Graphs Calculus Sine expansion Formula Spherical Trigonometry Includes short questions on each category

Two homeworks and a revision sheet on basic numeracy for National 4 Maths or National 4 Lifeskills Covers things like: decimals, money, fractions, ratio

Powerpoints with two example timetables (Glasgow to Belfast and Glasgow to Cornwall) and accompanying questions

Two sets of worksheets with solutions on - recognising and drawing fractions - finding simple fractions of an amount - simplifying fractions - equivalent fractions And one further worksheet with more routine practice, plus a Power Point with some simple questions

This is an investigation for the whole class to do at the same time, investigating the seemingly simple idea of the four corners of a rectangle. It will force pupils to get out of the simple thinking that every rectangle has to be lined up with the co-ordinate axes, with a horizontal base and vertical sides. Can be done visually, or for more able pupils with algebra and straight lines. Full solutions included.

Extra resources for this SQA Course. Students will learn how to use Excel and then analyse some simple data with it. Suitable even for complete Excel beginners.

Some resources to help understand the normal approximation to a binomial distribution. A Powerpoint investigating when a Binomial distribution is close to a normal distribution, and also a video commentary of the Powerpoint. We find that if the sample size is too small (or too skewed) then the normal approximation is good. Specifically, we want np>5 and nq>5. A couple of worked solutions to example problems, in video form

A mixed collection of questions covering many major topics of National 5 of GCSE Maths, all with a fun theme of Colin the Caterpillar! Topics covered are: Indices, fractions, volume, quadratics, scattergraph, statistics, percentages Provided with full solutions.

A 4-page write on worksheet exploring basic symmetry and diagonals and other properties of 2D Shapes. Full Solutions provided.

A series of simple questions that I used over the Summer Holidays to prepare pupils for Higher Mathematics. Topics include - mixed arithmetic, negatives, algebra, fractions, algebra, surds, trigonometry, notation, indices, and some more complicated algebra

Mixed percentage questions, on these topics - percentage change - repeated percentage increase or decrease - reverse percentage

This is a free-standing resource on multiplying whole numbers It involves multiplications like 5 x 11 up to things like 3 x 11 x 11 It's taken from a Murder Mystery Package I wrote hence it includes a small riddle element at the end. There are two levels of difficulty (A is easier than B) that both have the same solution. Full solutions included.

An Excel simulator does twenty samples each flipping a fair coin one hundred times. Each sample generates a confidence interval for the mean number of heads. On average, 19 out of the 20 confidence intervals will include the true mean of 50 heads, This simulation can be run many times (by pressing F9) and each time a new graph visually updates, showing how confidence intervals work. The number of flips and the probabilities can all be changed too.

A Powerpoint with the classic Monty Hall Problem, then variations with a multiple choice questions one hundred doors ten prisoners Solutions in the notes at the bottom of the Powerpoint slides

A simple worksheet with many questions such as 'reduce £70 by 20%'

Two sets of worksheets with solutions on - writing numbers in words - adding and subtracting whole numbers - time intervals and 24 hour time - order of operations (BODMAS) - multiplication and division by e.g. 10, 200, 3000 - long multiplication - rounding with significant figures

A Powerpoint introducing the following tricky problems for pupils to think about. -99 Coins 100 Seats on a Plane Special dice Expected wait time Pascal’s Wager Solutions in the notes at the bottom on the Powerpoint See also my resource on Monty Hall Problems

A Powerpoint introducing the basic game of Dobble, then delving deeply into how to arrange the symbols on the cards so that each pair of cards matches exactly once. Pupils will be able to make their own mini Dobble sets, with 7, 13, 21 or even up to the full 55 card set. This introduces uses the following areas of mathematics 2D geometry of lines and planes Magic squares and Latin squares

Simple questions testing multiplication and division, starting easy then including decimals. Now with answers on the Power Point. See the (Premium) Numeracy Starter Questions #2 for more