Given two points, find the gradient of the line between them and reveal the punchline to a cheesy joke (that is cross-curricular as it involves the German language too).

This is designed as part of an introduction to gradient, essentially involving counting squares, but with one question (at the end) where two coordinates are used.

I had to design something for some visiting Year 6 students so came up with this for a lesson. It is basically how to convert from binary to decimal numbers and vice versa. There is a presentation, a matching activity and a codebreaker to do. Animations sorted (I hope).

Two codebreakers on factorising quadratics, some of which are a difference of two squares. The usual lame jokes…

This does what it says on the tin: nets of 3D shapes, choose the right one. Answer the questions, reveal the punchline.

This was born out of a conversation in our department; it revises products of prime factors and then uses them to simplify surds. There is a challenge side of this two-sided sheet where the surds are only partially simplified. Typo in answers corrected.

Find where the coordinates would be after the given transformations and reveal the joke (with a mathematical theme!).

Using the famous "Um Bongo" song from the mid-Eighties a load of measures questions, plus volume and ratio. Designed as a test of functional skills.

One fish pun on percentage multipliers and one on calculations (including percentage change). Useful for online learning or a classroom activity.

This was designed to lead students into working out how the equation of a line is found, but ultimately it is a fill in the blanks thing.

Answer the questions (including algebraic ones) to reveal the punchline. Ideal for starters, plenaries or a main activity and the students seem to enjoy them.

Find the coordinates described on each function, discover the cheesy joke (given to me by a Year 8 student I teach).

This was designed with a particular class in mind so covers calculating a gradient from a given line, drawing a line of a given gradient and then applying that to lines on coordinate grids using y=mx+c. There is an extension where the equations are not in the form y=mx+c.

Linking coordinates and equations of lines/gradients; this, I would say, is the next step on from the other “Gradients and Equations of Lines - Fill In The Blanks”.

Two sections, one for direct and one for inverse proportion; four calculations (one example) to complete the blanks in. This aims to get students thinking forwards and backwards.

Lark Ices and Stannister Dairy differ over metric and imperial measures too. Activities range from converting metric measures to comparing imperial and metric in a battle for ice cream dominance of Easteros!

Using the fact that Ant-Man shrinks and grows, I produced this calculus resource on rates of change. Two situations regarding Ant-Man's suit: surface area of the suit itself and the volume of the helmet.

Clive is having a go at a couple of ratio and proportion tests but making mistakes as per usual; he desperately needs your help to set him straight. These are designed to create discussion in class using common mistakes. There are two tests, the second being more challenging than the first. The first concentrates on ratio whilst the second concentrates on proportion.

I needed something for a class just being introduced to manipulating formulae/algebra so I produced this… The usual: do the maths, reveal the punchline.

Answer the questions about truncation to reveal the punchline to a cheesy joke. These are popular in class in my experience.