This Christmas maths colour by number fun activity will give students lots of practice of simplifying indices, including multiplication, division and brackets. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Christmas where they are still doing work! Great for a starter/plenary or for early finishers. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate index laws without using a traditional worksheet. All the squares have a number in them and students need to simplify the expressions and color in all the squares that correspond to their answer in the color given in order to reveal a Christmas pudding. Fun Christmas clip art border included. If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.

Differentiated worksheets on Enlargements for students to complete in class. Skills include positive enlargements, negative enlargements and fractional enlargements all colour coded for difficulty. This is most suitable for Challenging KS3 students and Higher Tier GCSE. I also have a one suitable for KS3 and Foundation tier which only includes positive and fractional scale factors (The questions are different on each version so if you buy both products there are no duplicates). In this product 4 levels of difficulty have been included: Blue (easy) -Enlarge an object by an integer scale factor from a centre of enlargement Gold (medium) -Enlarge an object by a fractional scale factor from a centre of enlargement. Red (hard) -Enlarge and object by a negative scale factor from a centre of enlargement Purple (challenging) Describe fully an enlargement; work out a scale factor and centre of enlargement. Updated - fixed a couple of wrong answers. If you need more transformations worksheets check out my bundle here

Students will find rounding to decimal places and significant figures more engaging with these sets of dominos. Great to use as a starter or plenary in a lesson on rounding to decimal places or significant figures, or as a starter to check for prior learning when teaching something like Trigonometry or Pythagoras. Skills include rounding to 1 decimal places, 2 decimal places, 1 significant figure, 2 significant figures, 3 significant figures and a mix of all. This activity is a fun and novel way for students to practise rounding to decimal places and significant figures. They can start on any domino they like, answer the question, find the answer on a different domino then repeat the process. If they have answered all questions correctly they should end up back at the domino they started with. Why dominos is a great activity: Students can check their own answers They will complete 20 questions in a way that is completely different from standard worksheets Students find it fun to search for and find the answers They can be laminated to be used again This pages contained in this product are: Contents Instructions Rounding to 1 decimal place Rounding to 1 decimal place Answers Rounding to 2 decimal places Rounding to 2 decimal places Answers Rounding to 1 significant figure Rounding to 1 significant figure Answers Rounding to 2 significant figures Rounding to 2 significant figures Answers Rounding to 3 significant figures Rounding to 3 significant figures Answers Rounding to significant figures and decimal places mix 1 Rounding to significant figures and decimal places mix 1 Answers Rounding to significant figures and decimal places mix 2 Rounding to significant figures and decimal places mix 2 Answers Working out sheet 1 Working out sheet 2 Suggestions for use: • Give to pairs for a collaborative activity • Give one each to a group of students and they need to find their answer and make a line • Give to individual students to complete on their desk • Once students have completed a set give them the answers as evidence of their accomplishment/get them to take a picture of the finished loop and stick it in

A cross word and wordsearch for Geometry key words. Best used for KS3 but could be used for KS2 and KS4. I have included a crossword and word search with definitions instead of just words to find as it can be a good way to check students understanding of vocabulary (plus they love a wordsearch!). For less able students there is a word search with just the key words on and no clues. This product includes: 1 cross word with 26 clues and answers 1 word search with 26 clues and answers 1 word search 26 key words to find Need a number key words word search or crossword? Click here Need a algebra key words word search or crossword? Click here

A fun 10 card treasure hunts for a function machines lesson. Skills covered are: finding the input of a function machine by using inverse operations. Student record card and solutions included. Use as a starter for a lesson on solving equations or as AFL/ a plenary for a lesson on finding the input of a function machine. Difficulties include ★ Gold (medium) - Finding the input of a function machine by using inverse operations Students need to start on any random card and note down the letter on their recording card (first page). They answer the question on that card then find another card that has the answer on (they then note down that letter and so on). Suggestions for use: ★Print them off on A4 and scatter them around the room (students love getting out of their seats!) ★Print the cards off 4 to a page and give them to students individually to do on their desk See here for more function machines resources, including lessons and other treasure hunts.

A fun 10 card treasure hunt for a finding angles in parallel lines lesson. Skills covered are: finding one missing angle in a set of parallel lines. Student record card and solutions included. Use as a starter, assessment for learning activity or a plenary in a lesson on parallel lines or angles. Difficulties include ★ Blue (easy)finding one missing angle in a set of parallel lines Students need to start on any random card and note down the letter on their recording card (first page). They answer the question on that card then find another card that has the answer on (they then note down that letter and so on). Suggestions for use: ★Print them off on A4 and scatter them around the room (students love getting out of their seats!) ★Print the cards off 4 to a page and give them to students individually to do on their desk Click here for more parallel lines resources, including foldables, worksheets, lessons and tick or trash activities. U6FE

A work sheet that gives students an opportunity to practice different types of multiplying and dividing negative numbers in isolation and then together. Perfect for a lesson on negative numbers. Guided hints at the top of the page for the less able students. Could be used as homework or classwork. Students will get lots of practice in the following skills : Exercise 1 - multiplying with a negative and positive number (1st number negative) Exercise 2 - multiplying with a negative and positive number (2nd number negative) Exercise 3 - multiplying with 2 negative numbers Exercise 4 - mixed exercise Exercise 5 - dividing with a negative and positive number (1st number negative) Exercise 6 - dividing with a negative and positive number (2nd number negative) Exercise 7 - dividing with 2 negative numbers Exercise 8 - mixed exercise Exercise 9 - mixed multiplication and division Answers included Hints at the top of each page. Each exercise includes 12 questions Suitable for a lower ability of student as they get to practice each type of question before moving onto a mixed exercise. Find more multiplying and dividing resources here including worksheets, lessons and mazes.

An excel workbook that has 12 of each of the following type of question: Multiplying with: 1 negative, 2 negatives and random. Dividing with: 1 negative, 2 negatives and random Random mix of multiplication and division questions. A massive time saver for teachers, you'll never have to make up your own questions again. Perfect for worksheets or powerpoints. If you press F9 all the numbers will randomise and the answers will recalculate so you have a limitless amount of questions to copy and paste!

This is a great consolidating activity for a lesson on frequency tables. Skills covered are completing frequency tables, completing grouped frequency tables with discrete data, completing grouped frequency tables with continuous data, estimating the mean and finding the median class interval. Great for end of lesson consolidation, early finishers, homework or a starter . There are 3 different difficulties which are colour coded blue (easy), gold (medium), red (hard): Complete a frequency table, compete grouped frequency tables with discrete data (blue), 5 questions Complete a grouped frequency table with continuous data (using inequalities) (Gold), 4 questions 1 extension Complete a grouped frequency table with continuous data, estimate the mean and find the median class interval Answers included.

A set of Treasure hunts with questions on the Order of Operations (BIDMAS/BODMAS) for students to complete in class. Skills covered include - using order of operations without brackets or indices, using it with brackets and using it with indices. Answers and student record cards included. The 3 levels of difficulty that have been included: ★★Blue(easy):Know and use the order of operations with simple calculations (no brackets) ★Gold(medium):Use the order of operations with more complex calculations including brackets ★Red(hard):Use the order of operations with more complex calculations including brackets and indices See here for more BIDMAS resources, including powerpoint lessons, worksheets and codebreaker activities.

Adding and subtracting negative numbers mazes. 8 mazes with full solutions are included, great for use in a lesson on negative numbers when you don’t want to use traditional worksheets. Skills include positive subtract positive, negative subtract positive, negative add positive, negative add negative, subtracting a negative and a mixture. This is a fun way for students to consolidate adding and subtracting negative numbers. This activity is great because students can self-check the answers and most of the time they don’t realise they are answering multiple questions. Included in this product: 1 x positive subtract positive maze 1 x negative subtract positive maze 1 x negative add positive maze 1 x negative add negative maze 1 x subtracting a negative maze 3 x mixtures of the above mazes Recommended uses for this activity ★a revison tool for students who have complete a unit on negative numbers ★A task for quick finishers and more able students ★ A starter to check for prior learning Students work their way through the maze, colouring the correct answers and following the path to the next question. Click here for more negative number resources, including lessons worksheets and treasure hunts.

This Christmas maths code breaker uses skills learnt in solving equations with unknowns on both sides to reveal a Christmas joke. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practice solving equations. x could be negative or positive and some questions also require students to expand a single bracket before solving. The sheet contains awesome Holiday clip art to help engage your learners at Christmas. Answers are included. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a Christmas joke. Great for starters or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a row each) See here for a FREE Christmas code breaker that uses timestables skills. If you would like more Christmas themed math activities please click here.

Excel workbook that randomises numbers to create a limitless supply of questions that can be copied and pasted into worksheets or lessons. Includes: -percentage of amounts for calculator and non calculator -percentage decrease -percentage increase -what was the original total? Press F9 to refresh the numbers.

A dividing decimals worksheet that is scaffolded with lots of questions of the same time for lower ability learners who need repetition. Answers included on a separate sheet.

A set of differentiated treasure hunts. Answers included. Please see here for a FREE version of the Blue treasure hunt. The 3 levels of difficulty are: • Blue (easy) - solve simultaneous equations where the coefficient of x OR y is 1. E.g. 10x + y = 4 8x + y = 25 •Gold (medium) - solve simultaneous equations where the coefficient of x OR y is a factor of the other x or y E.g. 4y + 7x = 117 2y + 2x = 40 •Red (harder) - solve simultaneous equations where x and y are random integers or decimals E.g. 4y - 3x = 34.5 6y + 5x = 56.5

Save yourself lots of time by using this worksheet that automatically works out the answer, with unlimited supply of questions on finding the radius/diameter when given the circumference. Features: -Print the questions off -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions and answers (unlimited questions!) Answers provided on the right hand side You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6 Please rate and review, let me know if you want any particular types of worksheets!

Great to set students for electronic homework. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions should be entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). See https://goo.gl/dDno4h test out a free version of finding the circumference. Differentiated quiz on the following: -Work out the area -Work out the radius or diameter length when given the area -Work out the area of a sector Features: -Hint button that shows/hides a hint -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 10 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (basically unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Great to set students for electronic homework, or for assessment use on a computer. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions should be entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). See https://goo.gl/dDno4h test out a free version of finding the circumference. Differentiated quiz on the following: -Work out the volume of a cylinder -Work out the radius/diameter from the volume -Work out the surface area of a cylinder Features: -Hint button that shows/hides a hint -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 10 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (basically unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Powerpoint lesson for finding missing angles with all resources included. Resources include a work booklet, assessment for learning activities, starter and plenary. Skills covered include – finding angles in quadrilaterals and special quadrilaterals, finding multiple angles using angle facts including straight lines and at a point and forming and solving equations using knowledge of angle facts. Time saving resource for busy teachers! You should be able to teach a lesson with hardly any preparation (mainly printing and maybe some cutting!). Fully differentiated objectives: Blue: Find a missing angle in quadrilaterals and special quadrilaterals Gold: Solve harder problems using properties of angles Red: Form and solve equations using knowledge of angle facts This resource includes: • A PowerPoint •Answers on the powerpoint • A differentiated Work booklet that includes self-assessment sections and help boxes • A problem solving activity where students have to find 4 angles that add up to 360 (2 different versions) •A card sort starter for properties of special quadrilaterals. The PowerPoint includes everything you need to teach right away. The lessons use the following format: •Starter • Objective and levels • A “how to teaching portion” with animated examples • Assessment for learning activities • Answers to all the booklet questions • Plenary (with answers) The powerpoint and booklet are currently set up for GCSE maths grades, however you can edit the grades to reflect KS3 or your own schools assessment criteria. In the word booklet if you change any grade (e.g the blue section) it should automatically change the rest of that colour into the same grade. This will take up a whole lesson. This lesson would be appropriate to use as part of the Pearson Edexcel Foundation textbook unit 6, find more resources for that here. This is the second lesson in the series and follows on from this lesson which you can find here. U6FE