Year 10 Mathematics - Supplementary Class Work

After 42 years of teaching I was asked to put together a collection of my very best resources - pages that were guaranteed to keep students engaged and learning. This collection contains 160 pages of puzzles and equations to solve, expressions to expand and simplify and quick questions to answer. The sheets are bundled into 4 page sections which is ideal for 1 hour, 4 pages a week or a day.

Each of the 4 pages contain a variety of work from basic fractions, decimals, integers and equations but as they progress these move more to applications taken from such things as chemistry, economics, levers and pulleys, statistics, interest rates, tax and insurance tables, engineering and other work related measurements and calculations. What are the measurements, what would you estimate, what is your interpretation? Puzzles, prices, what is the interest, how do you get out of the maze, what is the speed, how is sport related, maths in the maternity ward, how much gold is in jewelery, ten pin bowling scores, how are wheel chair ramps made? Anything that requires maths is probably found in this package.

All the strands are covered with number, algebra, geometry, measurement and statistics. There are interesting trigonometry projects, solids to cut out, design and make, puzzles to solve, pictures to finish, patterns and measurements to make.

A good rule I learned in teaching was to keep children busy. That only happened when you kept the work interesting and relevant. As a result I usually stuck to a formula, a series of quick questions that touched on past work. That got them settled. Then there was work around new concepts and finally an interesting puzzle or side project that helped them finish and want to come back tomorrow. All these pages have been used successfully in class. They work!