A murder mystery activity for practicing multiplying up to 3 digit numbers. Can easily be adapted to make easier/harder or used as a template for a different topic. Learners answer multiplication questions, their answers (in order) become a code to unlock the mystery, they have to match their code to the murderer/victim/location/weapon/motive to solve the murder. Put the questions on the board and the posters around the room.

Codebreaker to find basic percentages of amounts (1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%). Crack the code and discover the punchline to a classic joke. Answers included.

Codebreaker activity on finding a fraction of an amount. Made for a low ability class, uses the times tables up to 12 x 12 (except the last question). Typical bad joke to solve. Answers included.

Homework or worksheet practising rearranging a formula. Questions involving changing the subject. 3 levels of difficulty, including questions where you need to factorise the subject. Answers included. 2 recap questions on surds and indices at the top, but that can be easily edited for a different topic.

Differentiated treasure hunt on simplifying algebraic fractions and adding/subtracting algebraic fractions. Orange hunt looks at simplifying and adding/subtracting with numerical denominators. The green hunt involves double brackets on the denominator and is slightly more challenging. Worksheet for answers included as well as an extension of exam questions for those that finish early. I used it as a review/end of topic exercise with my top set yr10s. Please let me know what you think

Differentiated Bronze/Silver/Gold Function machines worksheet. 1 step and 2 step. Starts with calculating the output given the input and carries on to working out the input. Good as an end of topic review exercise, homework or revision Edit: Updated to include answers

Factor flowers activity to practice finding factors of a number. Pupils must colour in the numbers on the edge that are a factor of the number in the middle. Extension questions to find missing factors and common factors. Designed and used with a low ability KS3 class. Easily editable to make easier/harder. Answers included

A differentiated treasure hunt, students are given the nth term formula of a sequence and have to find the sequence. Two trails, orange and green, green being the harder of the two.

Plenary resource, spot the mistake, 3 out of 4 of the questions are answered incorrectly, pupils must mark the work and explain why "Timmy" is right or where he went wrong. Literacy opportunity.

A differentiated treasure hunt looking at writing and simplifying ratios. Choice of red, amber or green hunt, red is the easiest and green is the most challenging. Red - learners must write the ratio from a picture. Amber - learners simplify 2 part ratios. Green - learners simplify 3 part ratios. Scaffolded support sheet also available for the amber trail. Trail spells out a different message for each level.

A crime solving, code breaking activity. Revises multiplication, decimal multiplication, division, decimal addition/subtraction and using BIDMAS/BODMAS. Pupils answer 5 sets of questions, each on a different topic. The answers (in order) then become a code. Pupils then refer to the crime solving posters (I normally laminate them and set them around the room) To decode the item stolen, the location, the time of day, the motive and ultimately the criminal. Answers are included on the powerpoint, as is a problem solving starter. The powerpoint and the posters are easily adaptable to change the level of difficulty.

Codebreaker activity, deciding whether a number is in a sequence or not. Pupils chose yes or no then rearrange the letters to give a capital city, The other side is a worksheet where pupils are given the nth term of a sequence and have to either find the term given the term number or vice versa. 3 sequences progressively harder, (positive/negative/quadratic). Easily adaptable and the answers are given.

A poster / cheat sheet with strategies for solving problems. Made for pupils to use when solving numeracy problems. Can be used as an A3 poster, or printed A5 and stuck in the cover of pupils books to have it when they need.

Finding multiples of numbers less than 10. Pupils must colour/shade in the multiples of the number at the centre. Then compare their flowers to find the common multiples. Made for a low ability KS3 class. Easily editable to change the numbers. Answers included

A Simpsons themed activity on division of decimals (money). Learners must use bus stop division to work out their share in "jobs" for Fat Tony around Springfield. The question slide is set to last 6 minutes, challenging pupils to answer them all before they are caught by Chief Wiggum. The timing can easily be changed on the transitions tab.