This is an exercise in finding the best way of buying what a customer wants given four different “deals” on pricing. You can buy more than required but not less which should add an extra bit of challenge. Workings are essential and I have provided answers on a separate slide each time. There are five to work out and this should lead to nice mathematical discussions. I have also put this in a format that could be used easily online if this is desirable.

I got this idea from DaveGale (thanks by the way!) and the QR Code links to a video of Homer Simpson on YouTube. I used the website qrstuff.com to generate the original code then deleted some bits so that the kids needed to answer the questions correctly etc. It gives them a real reason to have their phone out too!

Two fish jokes to discover: one on reverse percentages (finding an oroginal amount) and one on repeated percentage change (compound interest etc). These work nicely in the classroom, in online lessons and as homework tasks. Students are reassured when words start to appear allowing the teacher to help those who require it.

This is like Expressions 1 but tougher - involves simplifying with brackets etc. Again I have put two versions: one with my face and one with smileys. A bid to make simplifying expressions more memorable.

Match up the picture with the ratio with the proportion.

This is a set of three activities involving translation, reflection and equations of lines (for reflection purposes).

This is a range of GCSE questions based around a bonfire. It involves circumference and area of a circle, percentages, Pythagoras, trigonometry, volume and surface area of cones.

Very short but a Tim Vine one-liner as the prize!

Usain Bolt worksheet. This is a speed, distance, time activity using the Visa advert of Usain Bolt racing the starter across London from Heathrow. It is an Olympic based activity. Powerpoint now also contains video.

This is a Christmas-themed idea I came up with where students answer the questions (the solutions are 1 to 24) and each answer links to a word; put the words in numerical order and an entire joke is revealed! My students are actually enjoying them quite a lot.

This goes from discovering how c and m "work" in y=mx+c and then takes them through finding the gradient, finding an equation given a line, plotting a line from an equation and finally finding the equation given two points on the line. At the start of the sheet is a RAG analysis for them to demonstrate progress and target what they need to focus on.

Clive is having more problems with his homework, but this time it's converting metric measures. Have a look at Clive's homework solutions, correct them and explain what he's done so that he doesn't make the same mistakes again. This activity really encourages discussion between students and teacher.

This is a matching activity on bounds (it does what it says on the tin?), including the potential error in calculations. Ideal for a starter or plenary and should hopefully generate discussion and enable students to demonstrate understanding.

This takes students through basic shapes (rectangles and triangles) to trapeziums and parallelograms and finally circles, including compound shapes. I use these as starters or plenaries but use them how you like.

KS2 / KS3 Maths. This is simple rotation and writing coherent instructions using Pacman as a model. It is designed to be an introduction to rotation and transformations.

Inspired by the imminent release of the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens and an article on the BBC's Newsbeat website (linked in the Powerpoint) I created these standard form questions based upon predictions made by mathematicians regarding the Galactic Empire's Death Star. Just a bit of fun really, but eight standard form questions for your students to try, mainly converting from standard form to "normal" numbers and vice versa, but one calculation at the end. There's also some Death Star facts that could provide extra questions if you wish.

The Blue Darts Parallel and Perpendicular Problem is a GCSE worksheet on equations and gradients. The Blue Darts formation flying team want to plan a big finale to their display by creating an aerial rectangle. Can you help them find the equations of the lines that they need to fly along? What do you spot about the equations and their gradients?

This is a great GCSE activity in which students match each equation to its gradient, y-interceptor and the co-ordinate on it. I wrote this in order to get across the idea of y=mx+c plus the fact that it describes the link between the x and y co-ordinates.

This is a twist on revision notes. I have written some notes and given examples but there are mistakes that the students have to correct. They must therefore read the notes very carefully and a partner must check their work. The idea is derived from an idea born from a discussion on Twitter (if you're not on Twitter, seriously think about it). I have split the notes up into two bits but I have included the whole thing so that you can chop them up your own way, or change stuff if you want. It&'s a bit of an experiment and we&';ll see how it goes!

This is just a set of relatively simple transformation questions both on Powerpoint and worksheet. It is split into 5 parts: reflection, rotation, translation and two sets of mixed questions. I have written it with Year 7 or 8 but they could be used for foundation GCSE too.