Two multiplication codebreaker riddle worksheets aimed at KS2/3. Solve the multiplication questions in each box to crack the code and reveal the answer to the riddle. Great fun for primary children and also an effective lesson starter activity for secondary maths lessons.
All sheets are in pdf format and answer sheets are included.
A Tarsia puzzle which involves looking at quadratic expressions and completing the square. When answered, the puzzle pieces then fit together end to end to make a circular chain.
Full answers are included.
This is an algebra catch-up worksheet and activity set aimed at lower attaining secondary school students who are struggling with algebra concepts.
Designed to take them back to the beginning with simple activities about creating and simplifying expressions and substituting into them.
The set includes the algebra catch-up booklet of 13 pages, which can be used either as a booklet to work through or as individual worksheets, and a match-up activity to check understanding of collecting like-terms.
Perfect for individual or small group catch-up sessions, this set also works well as an introduction to algebra for younger pupils.
Answer booklet included.
Given that a=2, b=3 and c=5, students need to substitute into the given expressions in order to match up the triangular pieces and solve the puzzle. Once completed, the pieces make a hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this activity makes a great lesson starter/settling activity or alternatively can be used as a group activity to test students’ understanding of algebraic substitution.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A set of two jigsaw puzzles covering highest common factors and lowest common multiples of pairs of numbers. For each puzzle your students need to answer the 30 questions in order to fit together the 24 triangular pieces into one large hexagon. These puzzles make a great lesson starter activity and are ideal for testing the previous lesson’s learning or as a reminder warm-up activity.
Puzzle one consists of finding the highest common factor of pairs of numbers, while puzzle two is finding the lowest common multiple of pairs of numbers.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Featuring six worksheets and seven circle theorems, these worksheets will get your students measuring the angles and lines in order to deduce the circle theorems for themselves.
An excellent introduction activity to circle theorems and perfect for a more hands-on approach.
The pack is in PDF format with answers included.
Get your students practising how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages with this differentiated 6 jigsaw pack
The pack includes foundation and extension jigsaw for each of the following conversions: fractions to decimals, decimals to percentages and percentages to fractions.
A math activity worksheet where students need to design and draw a scale diagram of a garden based on the prices and restrictions given.
This functional skills worksheet practices skills including:
logical thinking
numeracy
area and perimeter
money
scale drawing
This worksheet is the American version with prices in dollars and measurements in yards. An English version of the garden maths worksheet is also available.
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Further resources
Math Certificates - Pack of 50 Math Awards
Algebra Catch-up Booklet
Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle
Mathematician of the month - 12 double A3 classroom posters
A pack of four Christmas themed arithmetic codebreaker puzzles featuring addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Your students need to answer the 26 arithmetic questions in order to crack the code and find the answer to the Christmas riddle. Perfect for primary school or any secondary school student requiring extra practice.
Worksheet 1 covers addition, worksheet 2 covers subtraction, worksheet 3 covers multiplication and worksheet 4 covers all four main operations.
All worksheets are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
This pack of Halloween themed maths puzzles contains four worksheets, each requiring your students to answer the 26 sums in order to find the answer to the riddles. Perfect for primary school arithmetic or even as further practice for secondary school students.
Worksheet 1 covers addition, worksheet 2 covers subtraction, worksheet 3 covers multiplication and worksheet 4 is a mixture of all three.
All worksheets are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Give your students practice on the laws of indices and using fractional and negative powers with these four jigsaw puzzles.
The two Laws of Indices puzzles feature multiplying and dividing powers and finding powers of powers, while the other two puzzles practise how to simplify numbers with negative and/or fractional powers.
Great as maths lesson starters or as group tasks, these puzzles are all in PDF format and come complete with answer sheets.
A pack of 50 printable, fully-editable maths certificates featuring prominent mathematicians from throughout history.
Each award features a different mathematician and an award category linked to that mathematician’s history. Historical figures featured include famous mathematicians such as Isaac Newton and Pythagoras through to more obscure figures such as Sophie Germain and Simon Stevin. A short biography of each mathematician is also included on each certificate. Perfect for end of term or year awards.
The awards cover topics such as:
mental mathematics - Katherine Johnson
probability - Giralamo Cardano
algebra - al-Khwarizmi
statistics - Florence Nightingale
geometry - Euclid
algebraic equations - Niels Abel
maps and scales - Gerardus Mercator
area and circumference of circles - Archimedes
coordinates - Rene Descartes
and more…
Also included are awards for maths skills such as:
pair work - Mary Cartwright
group work - Evariste Galois
improvement in maths - Carl Friedrich Gauss
being a star - John Flamsteed
problem solving - Martin Gardner
and more…
The certificates are in printable PDF format in three colours; red, blue or white. Also included is the fully editable PowerPoint file allowing the name and date to be typed on, background designs to be changed or wording to be edited to suit individual students. Instructions are included on how to change the background colour of all certificates.
Image attributions (where required) are also included in the download.
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Further resources
Algebra Practice Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle
Algebra Catch-up Booklet
Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle
Mathematician of the month - 12 double A3 classroom posters
The Algebra Practice Bundle contains 19 Tarsia jigsaw puzzles to get your students practising their algebra skills. For each puzzle, simply solve the questions and match them up with their answers to fit the pieces together.
Great fun as a maths lesson starter activity or equally useful as a group activity for formative assessment, this bundle covers most areas of GCSE algebra including:
Completing the square
Factorising quadratic expressions
Finding the formula for the nth term of a sequence
Changing the subject of an algebraic formula
Simplifying algebraic expressions
Solving quadratic equations
Solving linear and quadratic inequalities
Substituting into algebraic expressions
Using algebraic functions
All files are in printable PDF format with answer sheets included.
More DoingMaths Activities can be found in the DoingMaths TES Store.
Related resources
Using surds Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle
Algebra Catch-up Booklet
Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle
Mathematician of the month - 12 double A3 cloassroom posters