Practice adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators with this intermediate level Tarsia jigsaw puzzle.
Featuring 30 questions across 24 jigsaw pieces, each question requires one fraction to be converted to an equivalent fraction in order to complete the addition or subtraction.
An excellent maths lesson starter activity or group task; foundation and higher versions are also available from the DoingMaths shop to aid with differentiation.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Practice finding the formula for the nth term of an algebraic sequence with this 24 piece Tarsia jigsaw puzzle. Featuring 30 pairs of nth term formulae and sequences, your students simply need to match each sequence to its formula to join the pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Maths jigsaws are great as a maths lesson starter activity and equally useful as a group activity for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Get your students practising how to add and subtract fractions with this pack of three differentiated jigsaw puzzles.
The Foundation puzzle covers addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator.
The Intermediate puzzle covers addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators where one fraction needs converting into an equivalent fraction in order to complete the sum.
The Higher puzzle covers addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators where both fractions need converting into equivalent fractions. Mixed numbers are also included.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Given that a=3, b=-2 and c=4, students need to substitute into the given algebraic expressions in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this makes an excellent starter activity for maths lessons and is equally useful as a group exercise to test understanding of substitution of positive and negative numbers into algebraic expressions.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Given that a=3, b=-1, c=5 and d=2, students need to substitute into the given algebraic expressions in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this makes an excellent starter activity for maths lessons and is equally useful as a group exercise to test understanding of substitution of positive and negative numbers into algebraic expressions involving brackets, squares and cubes.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Simplify the expressions using the laws of indices in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon.
This second puzzle in the series features index multiplication and division, and powers of powers, including the use of negative, integer powers.
The jigsaw puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Get your students practising their knowledge of fractional powers this match-up jigsaw activity. Calculate the answers to the 30 questions with powers in fraction form and match them up with the answers to piece together the triangles into one large hexagon.
Great as a starter activity or as group work.
The resources are in PDF format with answers included.
A five worksheet pack for practising the use of bearings, including worksheets on measuring bearings using a protractor, finding bearings using angle rules and solving problems involving bearings on scale diagrams.
The file is in PDF format with answers included.
A collection of nine jigsaw puzzles each involving rounding 30 numbers to the given level of accuracy in order to fit the pieces together. Covering rounding to decimal places, whole numbers and significant figures, these puzzles make ideal lesson starter activities and are also great group exercises for practising this important skill.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Get your students practising how to simplify ratios into unit form with this 24 piece jigsaw puzzle. Simplify each of the 30 ratios into the form 1:n to match the piece together and complete the puzzle.
Maths jigsaws make a great starter activity for maths lessons and are equally useful as group activities for assessment for learning.
Files are in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Practise converting between fractions, decimal and percentages with these three jigsaw puzzles aimed at foundation students.
Each puzzle contains 18 pairs to match up in order to complete the 16 piece puzzle.
Puzzle one: Converting between decimals and fractions including 1/2, thirds, quarters, fifths, tenths and hundredths.
Puzzle two: Converting between decimals and whole number percentages.
Puzzle three: Converting between percentages and fractions covering 1/2, thirds, quarters, fifths, tenths and hundredths.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Also available:
Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages match up jigsaw puzzles - Extension
Practise finding percentages of an amount using the multiplier method on a calculator with this 24 piece jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 percentage questions to solve.
Your students need to solve each percentage of the given amounts in order to match the pieces together and solve the puzzle.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Practise finding percentages of amounts and increasing/decreasing by percentages with these three Tarsia jigsaw puzzles.
Each puzzle features 30 questions over 24 pieces and requires your students to answer the questions in order to match up the piece and complete the puzzle.
The set includes one puzzle on finding simple percentages without a calculator, one puzzle on finding percentages of amounts using the multiplier method and one puzzle on increasing and decreasing an amount by a percentage.
All of the jigsaws are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 sums involving division with negative numbers. Simply solve the division questions in order to fit the 24 pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Great as a maths lesson starter activity or as a group task for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A 24 piece Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 questions on dividing fractions. Simply solve the fraction division questions such as 11/12 ÷ 3/8 and 6 ÷ 2/3 in order to match the pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Great as a maths lesson starter activity or as a group task for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring surds which require simplifying in order to fit the 24 jigsaw pieces together.
Contains surds such as square root 12 and square root 160 which need rewriting in their simplified form.
Tarsia jigsaws make excellent maths lesson starter activities and are equally useful as group tasks for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 functions of the form f(x) = … which require your students to substitute in the given value of x and solve. Once solved, match each question up with its answer in order to fit the 24 jigsaw pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Tarsia jigsaws make excellent maths lesson starter activities and are equally useful as group activities for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Beginners version of the functions puzzle is also available.
Visit the DoingMaths store to find more jigsaws and chain puzzles covering all aspects of maths.
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A set of 45 printable worksheets covering addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers.
The pack contains:
Fifteen 2-digit addition worksheets - 5 without carrying, 5 with carrying and 5 mixed.
Fifteen 2-digit subtraction worksheets - 5 with borrowing, 5 without borrowing and 5 mixed.
Fifteen 2-digit addition and subtraction mix worksheets - 5 without carrying or borrowing, 5 with carrying and borrowing and 5 mixed.
Each worksheet features 20 questions with space for pupils to write their working and answers.
Answer sheets are included for all worksheets for easy marking.
These worksheets make excellent warm-up activities for maths lessons and are great as practice for numeracy hour or for use as quick summative assessment.
All worksheets and answer sheets are in printable PDF format.
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This Functional Skills workbook uses decorating examples to practice many of the core skills of Functional Skills Level 1. With 8 pages of activities including:
Calculating the areas of floors and walls
Working out how many tins of paint are required for a room
Reading off measurements on a tape measure
Calculating the hire price of equipment
Comparing costs in different sales.
Functional Skills used include:
Number work
Areas and perimeters of rectangles and compound shapes
Reading from tables
Basic proportion
Using worded formulae
Calculating simple percentages and fractions of amounts
Converting between metric units
The workbook comes in pdf format with full answers included.
Two Tarsia puzzles requiring students to solve various quadratic equations. When solved, the pieces join together in one continuous chain.
Puzzle 1 consists of solving simpler quadratics of the form x^2 + bx + c, while the more challenging puzzle 2 requires students to solve equations of the from ax^2 + bx + c.
Full answers to both puzzles are included.