Beginning with relatively easy equations and building up to equations with fractional parts on both sides of the equals sign. I am writing this for a new class so that I know where to start on equations, but the anagrams are always popular too, offering an incentive to finish. Typo corrected.

I have so few resources for a lesson on 3D views that I felt I had to write one and this came to mind. The usual cheesy joke having found all the answers. Depending on the class I do this with I may allow multilink usage or I may not; you will know your class better than I.

I’ve called this an “Advent” calendar as I couldn’t think of a better name, but I have little intention of using it in the run up to Christmas only. There are 24 questions which you can choose to display; students have a go and can then check their solutions with the model answer slide. Topics include bearings, averages, expanding and simplifying brackets, angle problems, transformations, proportion, simultaneous equations, similar shapes, indices, surds, circle theorems, algebraic fractions amongst other topics. Questions are from Edexcel past papers.

Five topics from C2 - a question on each. The students have 3 options to choose from, then scan the appropriate QR code (which takes them to a song or artist with a number in the title). Once they have all five correct answers they can "defuse the bomb" with the code. All QR codes scan to a song or artist with a number in them so they can't cheat. I have done some worked solutions too.

The survivors have found some mathematically shaped islands which are zombie free. Find the area and perimeter of the islands to see how many people can live on them and how much fencing is needed to keep zombies out. Rectangles, triangle, parallelogram, trapezium, circle and compound shapes involved.

Factorise then solve the anagrams for a film - pretty straightforward and sheet 2 is harder than sheet 1 with coefficients of x squared being greater than 1. Correct file now there!

Various probability problems that help you defuse the infamous terrorist The Mathematician’s bomb. All self-explanatory and useful for a plenary or ‘Prove it’ activity.

Do the points lie on the graphs listed? Follow the instructions and then scan to link to the Johnny Cash classic 'Walk The Line' (do you see what I've done there?).

Look at the first draft of Santa's survey and improve it, saying what was wrong with his original questions.

Find the missing angles using angle facts - designed to use as a starter/plenary. It shouldn't take long and could lead to discussions about angle properties.

Calculate these proportional relationships involving Superman and his proximity to kryptonite as well as his rating in the criminal underworld. An attempt to liven up proportion with my Year 11s.

Erica's teacher thought she needed more practice on the binomial expansion with negative and fractional indices, including estimating a root using an expansion. She has, as ever, got it all wrong so needs your help. Designed to help students prove their understanding.

Another “Crack The Safe” activity but on congruence and similarity this time. This enables students to self-check answers as their answer needs to appear in the options. It should generate a bit of discussion too, but the intention for me is to use these as starters or plenaries. Amended question 2.

Using Stage 8 of the 2013 Tour de France, a stage won by Chris Froome, can you use his timings (as accurate as I could get from the official Tour website) to answer the questions. It’s basically speed calculations. There are links to the website and a video ‘hook’ at the beginning.

Four “Show that…” questions involving inequalities; this is more about the method and workings than getting the final answer. This should involve good mathematical discussions.

KS3 / GCSE questions quiz. This is for use as a team game - choose an Avenger and then choose one of their 3 questions and answer within 1 minute to win 5 points. The quiz is all hyperlinked so just click on the appropriate bit to get to the appropriate slide.

I found a graphic on Twitter and thought it would make a nice discussion lesson/part lesson on time and number, possibly standard form. Anyway, I made this Powerpoint to get people started.

A KS3 maths worksheet in which is the best selection box to go for? The students have to decide.

Use the values for a, b, c, d and e to calculate yhe distance between the cities in the UK using the formulae given. It also gives the students the opportunity to create their own formulae.

Calculate how much each person raises by summing three arithmetic and a geometric series.