This is a discussion activity for use with lower ability classes and solving equations. Funnily enough, this sort of thing does normally happen to me, although not at a cinema showing equations films!

This is designed to add some "real life" and to enhance to a sequences lesson. It links into the golden ratio and has a link to a YouTube video on the subject. There are invitations to calculate the golden ratio and to draw the Fibonacci spiral.

Convert the area and volume units to reveal the punchline to a joke related to the ocean. These work in the classroom, online or as a homework and students seem to enjoy them, especially the competitive side of discovering the punchline first.

This is designed as a plenary or starter and should encourage discussion regarding the equation of a circle and it's centre/radius. Four different matching activities to try out of increasing difficulty.

Six questions with ten possible answers - students can self-mark these (if their answer is not an option they need to check their working). This involves 3D Pythagoras and trigonometry with a cuboid, a triangular prism and a square based pyramid. I would use this as a starter or plenary.

This (hopefully) does what it says on the tin: I wanted some sheets for students to construct triangles and bisectors so produced this. The constructions all fit in the boxes provided as long as you print them out on A4 paper. We start with constructing triangles, then bisectors, then a rhombus and a perpendicular line from a given point before finishing with couple of challenges (Yin-yang, incircle and circumcircle). Like I say, it is not designed to be flashy just practical.

This goes through straightforward conversions to compound measure (speed and density).

Four sets of four problems where students have the answer but there are blanks in the questions which require filling in. This is designed to create discussion in class and hopefully provided natural differentiation (find the general solution where possible compared to finding a single solution). I will be using these as starters or plenaries as I believe they will develop deeper understanding of topics, but feel free to use them as you like (you will as you don’t need me to hold your hand). Typos corrected (hopefully).

I just wanted something that covers bar graph; this covers “normal”, comparative and composite bar graphs and is designed, in two cases at least, to create discussion.

This was designed to revise plotting linear graphs from an equation before moving on to non-linear (quadratic, cubic, reciprocal and exponential). I have deliberately changed scales to suit each graph/equation so that they aren’t just -5 to 5 on x and y axes, going up in 1s; hopefully this makes the students concentrate and think a bit more!

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.

The usual stuff: maths followed by joke. This involves area of sectors, arc lengths and perimeters of sectors.

Moving quite quickly from placing data into Venn diagrams up to Venn diagram notation using common enemies of X-Men and Wolverine. Error corrected!

I did this for an interview and it seemed to go quite well. It is plotting the reciprocal functions by considering the values of the original functions.

This is designed as a lead into equations of lines and links to previous work on function machines/sequences. Five sets of co-ordinates to find the relationship between x and y plus to fill in some blanks.

Four matching activities where students must join the equations that match the central cloud but also solve the ones that don't match. The four tasks get increasingly difficult. This is designed as a starter, plenary or discussion type exercise where you can pick a particular matching to suit your class. At it's most challenging there are fractions involved.

The usual stuff: answer the questions, find the punchline to a lame joke. This involves one speed-time graph and questions on acceleration and distance (area under the graph).

Find the answers, colour in the correct squares then scan to get Madonna’s ‘Substitute For Love’ (the best I could do). QR code generated using qrstuff.com.

Match the fractions, totals and answers to make five mathematically correct questions and answers - it only works one way.

KS4 Maths Revision Worksheets Place Value & Negatives, Sequences, Bearings and Scales, Graphs é Charts, Factors, Multiples é Ratio, Equations é Formulae, Average é Range, Rounding. This is an attempt to make revision a little more interesting for those doing the modular OCR GCSE course. Calculate the answers, convert to letters and find my next destination on my 'Revision World Tour'.