Find the missing values, and the missing words in the comparisons regarding median and interquartile range.

The usual thing involving grouped frequency tables as well as frequency tables, working forwards and backwards.

Either sketch, figure out the equation, state intersections with axes or state maxima/minima of these trigonometric functions or a combination. There are 10 of increasing difficulty and hopefully discussions in class will be forthcoming…

This is nothing fancy whatsoever, just 5 sets of data to calculate the mean, median, mode and range from. There are two context questions and finally one frequency table to calculate averages from.

Ten questions, each answers by four “students” but only one has got the answer correct; your class’ task is to work out where the other three went wrong. This is designed to be done as a starter or plenary and to create mathematical discussion but you can use them however you like obviously.

Find the areas of some parallelograms, trapeziums, compound shapes and circles as well as working backwards to calculate a dimension to discover a really lame fish pun/joke (a generous description in this case). Ideal for class task, online task or a homework.

Three diagrams and ten statements or angles that students need to state whether they are true or false. This could lead to nice discussions in class or in live online lessons.

Scrat is the sabre-toothed squirrel in the Ice Age films. Watch the video and answer the questions on areas of circles and units of measurement. This is designed as either a starter or plenary. Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKCHLgW_o0) now on the powerpoint.

This is designed to prevent students from being entirely reliant on their calculators, although there are some where a calculator can be used. It’s the usual stuff: answer the questions and reveal a fish/sea creature-related joke. Useful in class, online or as a homework.

This (hopefully) shows how your skills at factorising and solving quadratics can enable you to solve other non-linear equations. Initially students must solve three straightforward quadratic equations, then look at a number of other equations that are linked to them, using their initial answers to help solve the more complex equations. This moves on to solving more complex equations. This could be a bridging resource between GCSE and A Level as it involves trigonometric and exponential equations.

This is an attempt to make rearranging equations accessible in real-life.

I was really struggling for a symmetry homework so I wrote this involving line and rotational symmetry, plus a QR code that links to a video that I found on YouTube in case the students get stuck. Nothing flashy just 3 questions.

Find the equations of the asymptotes that the players hit ball along. As a freelance baseball mathematician you need to tell their opponents where not to place fielders.

Given one coordinate, can students come up with a second coordinate so that the line between the two meets certain criteria? This is an activity designed to create discussion, covering gradient and equations of lines. Extension should be pretty easy, allowing students to generate equations of lines etc. I have left a slide template so that you can create your own if you wish.

Two sets of questions, one on calculating sides, one on calculating angles, where parts have been missed out. This encourages students to work forwards and backwards and not get into “algorithm mode” and hopefully helps deepen understanding (that’s the plan anyway).

The usual: answer the questions to reveal the punchline to the joke. Can be used in starters, plenaries, main tasks and homeworks!

I saw this picture on Twitter and thought that there must be some maths in it and came up with this. I'm sure you will all come up with better stuff than me but this is what I came up with on a Saturday morning!

Mick owns a printing firm and is doing an audit. His employees like amounts in improper fractions, Mick likes his as mixed numbers. Help both Mick and his employees communicate the amounts of printing equipment they have in stock. Just a quick activity to practice converting...

I wrote this for IGCSE Maths but it could be used at A Level as it involved summing arithmetic series as well as finding/using the nth term.

Two versions: one with words listed and one without. Use the words to complete the sentences.