As a highly skilled teacher with four years of experience, I have been recognized as a TES recommended author for my interactive resources that make Maths easier to plan and engage with. Many of my resources involve the use of Powerpoint or Excel to create engaging and progressively difficult exercises that foster calm lessons and encourage excitement in learning. I am committed to designing resources that are repetitive yet engaging, and I am always looking for new and innovative ways to help m
As a highly skilled teacher with four years of experience, I have been recognized as a TES recommended author for my interactive resources that make Maths easier to plan and engage with. Many of my resources involve the use of Powerpoint or Excel to create engaging and progressively difficult exercises that foster calm lessons and encourage excitement in learning. I am committed to designing resources that are repetitive yet engaging, and I am always looking for new and innovative ways to help m
Ideal starter for KS3, although could be used for younger or older as differentiation available.
The general concept has been derived from a function machine. You start with 9 input numbers, which needs to go through an operation. The operation for this specific function machine is to find fractions of amounts. So you need to find five sixths of 30 for example. There are a total of four operations so there up to 36 answers students need to find. Working alongside this is a more challenging sheet, which involves the students using the ‘output’ numbers first to work out the ‘input’ numbers, and hence understanding the importance of working backwards through the operations. Most importantly, both the basic style worksheet and the challenging worksheet work in conjunction with each other, such that they both link to the same solutions, which are provided. The picture provided demonstrates the answers to one of the potential worksheets.
Has been used many times successfully within classrooms for year 7s, 8s, and year 9s.
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If you would like an infinite number of these worksheets please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fractions-of-amounts-last-minute-maths-starter-colourful-differentiated-worksheets-solutions-11847685
For a bundle of 4 of these resources see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/last-minute-starter-differentiated-worksheets-number-pc-fractions-and-more-solutions-11692992
This is a 4 page document containing 2 questions, and 16 questions regarding finding fractions of amounts. Examples given have both 1, and a number greater than 1 as the numberator. This can be used to challenge students due to the denominator of some of the fractions being equal to a number as large as 20. For example, some of the sub questions require you to find ‘3 twentieths’ of the original value given.
Easy to print, and saves on space because two examples fit on a sheet of A4.
If you want more of the same please visit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-fraction-bubbles-fractions-of-amounts-worksheet-generator-mix-of-questions-solutions-11871985
This is a number challenge puzle which is based on multiplication, addition and using the numbers 5-12 once each. Every octagon in this puzzle uses the numbers 5-12 exactly once, to give varying products and sums. Each octagon has one clue number given.
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This is a choice of 4 different worksheets testing on the topic of percentages of amounts, through the mode of a function machine. Two of the worksheet are ‘Easy Questions’ whereas the other two worksheets are 'Hard Questions. For the easy questions students start with with a red grid in the central of the worksheet containing 9 different numbers, which is the input. They then need to find a percentage of all 9 of these numbers, such as finding ‘20%’ of the original numbers, obtaining an output number. This process is repeated four times, for four differing percentages which are both greater and smaller than 100%. The difficult worksheets differently start with output numbers, so students need to understand how to reverse the process, and to be able to divide by a multiplier ratehr than multiply by the multiplier. A resource which is ‘ready to go’, and both the easy and difficult worksheets are linked usefully by the same solutions. Please leave a review if you found this helpful.
For a generator of this resource please see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/percentage-amounts-last-minute-maths-starter-colourful-differentiated-worksheets-solutions-11849968
This is a free sample of my function machine style resource, specifically for standard form. There is a choice of 4 worksheets (2 easy and 2 hard). Each pair of easy and hard worksheets have matching solutions. The easy worksheet just has numbers in the input grid [the red grid in the centre of the page], wheras the hared worksheet just has numbers in the output grids [the four green grids on the outskirts of the worksheet]. The worksheet is easy and intuitive to use: starting with an ‘input’ number you need to apply an operation [listed below the green grids] to deduce an output. This process is repeated for 9 different numbers, for four diferent output grids altogether, yielding 36 solutions. If you liked this resource how about buying the generator version of this?
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/standard-form-starter-last-minute-maths-colourful-differentiated-worksheets-solutions-11850320
Or a bundle of 4 resources.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/starter-maths-bundle-function-machine-worksheets-number-pc-fractions-and-more-solutions-11692992
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This is a 48 slide Powerpoint testing on dividing numbers in the 12x12 times tables grid, by 1,2,5 and 10. Really simple resource to use, and instructions included.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-144-powerpoint-slides-testing-on-division-in-the-times-multiplication-table-11869593
A 144 powerpoint slideshow which whizzes through numbers inclusive of 1 to 144. Use to test students knowledge on numbers and explain what facts they know about particular numbers. Press ‘start slideshow’ and then to stop on a random slide press the left arrow key. If you have found this resource useful please rate.
For a similiar FREE resource involving a 72 slide powerpoint, and times tables see here
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/times-tables-interactive-resource-11849949
Whenever I am doing a relay race I always find it quite monotonous that students are constantly getting me to check their answers during a lesson. Therefore, I’ve devised a spreadsheet to enable me to facilitate learning of questions rather than constantly spending the lesson to check if 100 answers are correct. Also this is good at limiting cheating when answers just become chinese whispers.
Basically you input the questions’ answers at the bottom of the spreadsheet and then click hide. Students then use your keyboard to input there answers for individual or sets of questions and if there answer is correct the cell will be hilighted in green. This gives a great way for students and teachers alike to monitor their progress throughout the answer. Beware you may need to set out some rules about how often they can input answers to prevent a queue from forming at the computer.
Sample of my paid for resource:
This is a number splatt resource whre children HAVE GOT TO FIND THE CORRECT answer and splatt it with their hand or a fly swotter, or something similar. Great fun for the end of the lesson.
tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-splatt-excel-worksheet-generator-for-times-tables-11992342
The aim of this worksheet is to answer 8 questions at the bottom of the sheet and they should link to 8 answers above. All 8 answers above link either horizontally or vertically. The path always starts at the top left cell of the grid and it will finish in the bottom right position of the grid. The students should then label their grid path with steps 1-8, with the top left always being 1 and the bottom right always being 8. Finally the students need to copy the numbers from the grid above and match with their answers in the final right column (Section of Loop). This provides an 8 digit code which makes it easy for the teacher to mark.
For 30 of these files on different topics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12756825
Students must find all answers to the 8 questions in a grid. All answers will form a snake like pattern. Students then must write down the section of the loop (the loop starts top left of the page and finshes bottom right). This reveals a ‘magic code’.
This worksheet is designed for pi day for low ability year 8s. The idea is each number is assigned a picture, which is given in the key, and this should help students derive a story which will help them memorise the first several digits of pi.
This problem works such that the inside ring contains the numbers 1-8, and the outside ring contains the numbers 1-8. Every number outside the flower represents the product of the petal numbers.
The aim of this worksheet is to answer 8 questions at the bottom of the sheet and they should link to 8 answers above. All 8 answers above link either horizontally or vertically. The path always starts at the top left cell of the grid and it will finish in the bottom right position of the grid. The students should then label their grid path with steps 1-8, with the top left always being 1 and the bottom right always being 8. Finally the students need to copy the numbers from the grid above and match with their answers in the final right column (Section of Loop). This provides an 8 digit code which makes it easy for the teacher to mark.
For 30 of these files on different topics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12756825
The aim of this worksheet is to answer 8 questions at the bottom of the sheet and they should link to 8 answers above. All 8 answers above link either horizontally or vertically. The path always starts at the top left cell of the grid and it will finish in the bottom right position of the grid. The students should then label their grid path with steps 1-8, with the top left always being 1 and the bottom right always being 8. Finally the students need to copy the numbers from the grid above and match with their answers in the final right column (Section of Loop). This provides an 8 digit code which makes it easy for the teacher to mark.
For 30 of these files on different topics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12756825
The aim of this worksheet is to answer 8 questions at the bottom of the sheet and they should link to 8 answers above. All 8 answers above link either horizontally or vertically. The path always starts at the top left cell of the grid and it will finish in the bottom right position of the grid. The students should then label their grid path with steps 1-8, with the top left always being 1 and the bottom right always being 8. Finally the students need to copy the numbers from the grid above and match with their answers in the final right column (Section of Loop). This provides an 8 digit code which makes it easy for the teacher to mark.
For 30 of these files on different topics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12756825
