12 printable Mathematician of the month posters. Each poster is on two sides of A3 and features pictures, information, trivia and questions on a mathematician who was born in that month. From people renowned for their maths such as Isaac Newton and Evariste Galois, through to less well-known mathematicians such as Katherine Johnson and G. H. Hardy and people more famous for other things such as Florence Nightingale, each month highlights some of the mathematics of each person along with further information about their impact on the world. Perfect to put up as a changeable display each month and great for showing pupils that there is more to maths than just arithmetic and quadratic equations. The posters come as PDF files with two A3 sheets for each mathematician. Each month of the year is included (maybe August could be put up in September).

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.

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.

A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 clothes in English and Spanish for your students to match up. Simply match each item of clothing with its translation in order to fit the 24 jigsaw pieces together and complete the puzzle. Each Spanish translation also comes complete with its definite article (el or la) in order to help learn the gender of each word. Tarsia puzzles are great as lesson starter activities and equally useful as a group task for assessment for learning. The jigsaw is in printable PDF format with answer sheet included.

Two Tarsia puzzles requiring students to factorise various quadratic expressions or expand brackets. The pieces go together end to end forming a circular chain when completed. Puzzle 1 consists of expressions of the form x^2 + bx +c, while puzzle 2 increases the difficulty level by using expressions of the form ax^c + bx + c. Answers to both puzzles are included

A Tarsia puzzle containing questions on simple probability in both fraction form and worded, such as probabilities with dice and playing cards, picking coloured marbles from a bag and even the probability of winning the National Lottery. Answer the questions correctly to connect the pieces together into one large triangle. Perfect for a fun starter or an informal test to check students’ progress. An answer sheet is 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.

A maths 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 English version with prices in pounds and measurements in metres. An American version of the garden maths worksheet is also available. More DoingMaths Activities can be found in the DoingMaths TES Store. Further resources Maths Certificates - Pack of 50 Maths 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

Learn the flags of South American with this fun match-up chain puzzle. Simply match each country to its flag to complete the chain. Featuring all twelve South American countries and their flags, this makes a great geography lesson starter activity. Files are in PDF format with answer sheet included.

Learn the flags of Africa with these two jigsaw puzzles featuring all 54 countries of Africa and their flags. Simply match each African country with its flag to complete the puzzles. Puzzle one features 30 countries from A-M while puzzle two features 24 countries from M-Z. Files are in PDF format with answers sheets included.

Get your students practising how to share amounts into ratios with this 24 piece match up jigsaw puzzle. Divide each of the 30 amounts into the given ratios to fit the pieces together and complete the puzzle. Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as an assessment for learning exercise. Files are in PDF format with answers included.

A collection of six worksheets featuring two different fraction walls and a set of equivalent fractions, adding fractions and subtracting fractions worksheets for each wall. Use the visual representation of the fractions in the wall to aid students in their understanding of what equivalent fractions are, how to switch between then and how to use them to add or subtract fractions with different denominators. All files are in PDF format and answers are included. More DoingMaths Activities can be found in the DoingMaths TES Store. Further resources Algebra Practice Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle Adding and subtracting fractions differentiated Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundle Mathematician of the month - 12 double A3 classroom posters

Two subtraction codebreaker riddle worksheets aimed at KS2/3. Solve the subtractions to crack the code and discover the answers to the riddles. The riddle worksheets are great practice for Key Stage 2 children and also make excellent settler activities for secondary maths lessons. Included are two subtraction codebreaker of different difficulties plus full answers. All files are in pdf format.

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.

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.