I love maths and creating maths resources that fun, simple and engaged to encourage my students enjoy Maths. My passion is to create resources that encourage kids to love maths and to help teachers to prep their maths classes with a little time consuming. 😊
I love maths and creating maths resources that fun, simple and engaged to encourage my students enjoy Maths. My passion is to create resources that encourage kids to love maths and to help teachers to prep their maths classes with a little time consuming. 😊
AREA OF COMPOSITE SHAPE ACTIVITY
Math Challenge Activity- to keep your learners engaged, thinking critically and making connections to 2D shapes.
This activity requires learners to determine the area of a shape based on the given dimensions. It also encourages them to think creatively and come up with mathematical strategies to solve unknown lengths.
The aim of this activity is to:
Increase their fluency and confidence in geometry and measurements
Develop understanding of a variety of 2D shapes in real life problems.
In this activity, students will practice finding the area of a composite
(irregular) figure involving a rectangle, a triangle and semi-circles.
Step-by-step solutions are also included.
Grades: 6th to 9th
Learning Outcomes:
Establish the formulas for the areas of rectangles, triangles and
parallelograms, and use them in problem-solving.
Solve problems involving the area of circles.
Calculate the area of the composite shape.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Calculate areas of composite shapes (ACMMG216)
Critical Thinking Problems:
Area of Composite Shape-Critical thinking Activity-Math Challenge 1
Area of Composite Shape-Critical thinking Activity-Math Challenge 2
Area of 2D Shapes-Critical thinking Activity-Math Challenge 3
PARABOLA & CIRCLE PROBLEMS - FUNCTIONS & GRAPHS REVIEW for Math Test Preparation.
Working mathematically & critical thinking to solve problems involving function and relation graphs.
The resource contents: Worksheets + Step by step solutions + Teacher notes.
Problem 1 in 2 skills:
Easy: Steps to solve the problem are given.
Hard: Steps to solve the problem are not given.
Problem 2: Steps to solve the problem are not given.
Grades: 10th & 12th
Learning Outcomes:
Recognise features of the graphs of x^2 + y^2 = r^2 and (x − h)^2 + (y − k)^2 = r^2, including their circular shapes, their centres and their radii.
Recognise features of the graph of y = x^2 including its parabolic shape and its axis of symmetry.
Find the intersection points of a parabola and a circle.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Understand the concept of the graph of a function (ACMMM024)
Recognise features of the graphs of x^2 + y^2 = r^2 and (x − h)^2 + (y − k)^2 = r^2, including their circular shapes, their centres and their radii. (ACMMM020)
Recognise features of the graph of y = x^2 including its parabolic shape and its axis of symmetry. (ACMMM021)
MA-F1: Working with functions.
More Function Resources:
Mapping Diagrams and Functions Workbook
Classifying and Mapping Relations Workbook
Parabolas & Circles-Functions & Graphs Review- Math Test Prep
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SOLVE TWO & THREE-STEP LINEAR EQUATIONS USING THE BALANCE METHOD WORKBOOK
To learn and practise:
Connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols.
Solve two & three-step linear equations using the Balance Method
Solve linear equations and verify solutions by substitution.
The resource contents: workbooks (Scaffolded notes + worksheets) + step by step solutions + folded notes + teacher notes.
Grades: 7th to 9th
Learning Outcomes:
Solve two & three-step linear equations using the Balance Method
Also suitable for Australian Curriculum
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters (ACMNA175).
Communicate and connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols (MA4-1WM).
Solve simple linear equations (ACMNA179).
Solve linear equations using algebraic techniques and verify solutions by substitution (ACMNA194).
More Algebra Resources:
Algebra Mazes Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Represent Algebraic Expressions on Flowcharts
Solve One & Two Step Linear Equations by Backtracking Flowcharts
Solve One Step Linear Equations-Balance Method
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SOLVE LINEAR EQUATIONS USING THE BALANCE METHOD WORKBOOK
To learn and practise:
• Connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols
• Solve one-step linear equations using the Balance Method
• Solve linear equations and verify solutions by substitution.
The resource contents: workbooks (Scaffolded notes + worksheets) + answer
keys + folded notes + teacher notes.
Grades: 7th to 9th
Learning Outcomes:
Solve one step linear equations using the Balance Method
Also suitable for Australian Curriculum
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters (ACMNA175).
Communicate and connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols (MA4-1WM).
Solve simple linear equations (ACMNA179).
Solve linear equations using algebraic techniques and verify solutions by substitution (ACMNA194).
More Algebra Resources:
Algebra Mazes Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Represent Algebraic Expressions on Flowcharts
Solve One & Two Step Linear Equations by Backtracking Flowcharts
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SOLVE LINEAR EQUATIONS USING BACKTRACKING WORKBOOK
to learn and practise:
Solve linear equations using the backtracking method.
The resource contents: workbooks (Scaffolded notes + worksheets) + answer keys + mini folded notes + teacher notes.
Grades: 7th to 9th
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the difference between algebraic expressions where pronumerals are used as variables, and equations where pronumerals are used as unknowns.
Solve linear equations using the backtracking method.
Also comply iwith for Australian Curriculum
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters (ACMNA175).
Communicate and connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols (MA4-1WM).
Solve simple linear equations (ACMNA179).
Solve linear equations using algebraic techniques and verify solutions by substitution (ACMNA194).
More Algebra Resources:
Algebra Mazes Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Represent Algebraic Expressions on Flowcharts
REPRESENT ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS ON FLOWCHARTS WORKBOOK
Scaffolded notes + worksheets + answer keys + mini folded notes + teacher notes to learn and practise:
• The concept of algebra uses variables and numbers
• Represent algebraic expressions using flowcharts
• The concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters.
Grades: 7th to 9th
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the concept of algebra uses variables and numbers.
Represent algebraic expressions using flowcharts.
Understand the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters (ACMNA175)
Communicate and connect mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols (MA4-1WM)
Recognise and explains mathematical relationships using reasoning (MA4-3WM)
Generalise number properties to operate with algebraic expressions (MA4-8NA)
More Algebra Resources:
Algebra Mazes | Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Fun activities to practise times tables 1 × 1 to 10 ×10 in one bundle.
Colouring activity using colour codes.
The bundle includes:
Times Tables × 1 to × 5
Times Tables × 1 to × 10
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts (ACMNA075)
EASTER ACTIVITY
COLOURING AND MATCHING ACTIVITY to practise converting units of time.
The instruction page and answer keys are also included.
Grades:3rd to 7th
Learning Outcomes:
Convert between units of time and recall time facts, eg 60 seconds = 1 minute, 60 minutes = 1 hour, 24 hours = 1 day.
Explain the relationship between the size of a unit and the number of units needed, eg fewer hours than minutes will be needed to measure the same duration of time (Communicating, Reasoning).
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Performs calculations of time that involve mixed units and interprets time zones (MA4-15MG).
Convert between units of time (ACMMG085).
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
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CONVERTING REPEATING DECIMALS TO FRACTIONS WORKBOOK
Scaffolded notes + worksheets + answer keys + mini folded notes to learn and practise:
Use the notation for recurring (repeating) decimals.
Convert terminating decimals to fractions.
Convert recurring decimals to fractions.
Compare and order terminating decimals and recurring decimals.
The scaffolded notes show step by step how to convert repeated decimals to fractions.
Grades: 7th to 10th
There are two styles of workbook.
Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank notes and worksheets
Style 2: Cover, filled notes and worksheets
Total pages in each workbook: 14
Easy classroom preparation:
For teacher notes: print the notes on transparencies or display them on a whiteboard.
For the workbook: print and staple all pages together to make a book.
For the mini folded notes: print, fold and glue the pages to make a mini booklet.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Investigate terminating and recurring decimals (ACMNA184)
Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions (ACMNA157)
Apply appropriate mathematical techniques to solve problems (MA4-2WM)
Communicates and connects mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols (MA4-1WM)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area
Functions
Trigonometry
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Times Tables ×1 to ×10 Colouring Activity
to practise times tables 1 × 1 to 10 × 10 and colouring activity using colour codes.
Easy classroom preparation:
Just print and fold the pages to make folded booklets.
Grades: 2nd to 5th
Learning Outcomes:
Practise multiplication facts 1 × 1 to 10 × 10.
More Times Tables Resources.
Times Tables 1 to 12 | Multiplication Facts Video & PowerPoint
Times Tables 1 to 12 | Multiplication Practice Worksheets & PowerPoint
Times Tables ×1 to ×5 Colouring Activity
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
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Also comply with for Australian Curriculum:
Recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts (ACMNA075)
2024 Yearly Planner Freebie for my fellow teachers and their students.
Two sizes of yearly planners in colours and grayscale:
A4 size: 29.7 cm x 21 cm
Letter size: 27.9 cm x 21.6 cm
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CAS Take on Maths Resources:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area
Functions
Trigonometry
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
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Times Tables ×1 to ×5 Colouring Activity
to practise times tables 1 × 1 to 10 × 5 and colouring activity using colour codes.
Easy classroom preparation: Just print and fold the pages to make folded booklets.
Grades: 2nd to 5th
Learning Outcomes:
Practise multiplication facts 1 × 1 to 10 × 5.
Also suitable for Australian Curriculum:
Recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts (ACMNA075)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Area
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CLASSIFYING AND MAPPING RELATIONS WORKBOOK
Scaffolded notes + worksheets + activity + solutions + mini folded notes to
learn and practise:
Understand the types of relations
Identify types of relations in a given domain and range in forms such as mapping diagrams, sets of ordered pairs and a table of values.
Classify a variety of types of graphs as a specific type of relation and as a function or not a function.
Understand the formal definition of a function as a set of ordered pairs (x, y) of real numbers such that each x-value is exactly connected to one y-value.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
• File 1: Resources Description and other info
• File 2: Teacher Notes for transparencies and whiteboards
• File 3: Workbook A (Fill in the blank notes + Worksheets)
• File 4: Workbook B (Filled notes + Worksheets)
• File 5: Solutions
• File 6: Relations Map activity
• File 7: Student mini folded notes
There are two styles of the workbook.
Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank notes and worksheets
Style 2: Cover, filled notes and worksheets
Total pages in each workbook: 14
Easy classroom preparation:
• For teacher notes: print the notes on transparencies or display them on a whiteboard.
• For the workbook: print and staple all pages together to make a book.
• For the activity: print the activity. Students need scissors and glue.
• For the mini folded notes: print, fold and glue the pages to make a mini notebook.
Grades: 9th & 12th
Learning Outcomes:
Define a relation as any set of ordered pairs (x, y) of real numbers.
Define a function and a relation as mappings between sets, and as a rule or a formula that defines one variable quantity in terms of another.
Identify types of relations in a given domain and range in forms such as mapping diagrams, sets of ordered pairs and a table of values.
Understand the formal definition of a function as a set of ordered pairs (x, y) of real numbers such that each x-value is exactly connected to one y-value.
Write a possible equation for relations.
Classify a variety of types of graphs as a specific type of relation and as a function or not a function.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Use function notation, domain and range, independent and dependent variables (ACMMM023)
Understand the concept of the graph of a function (ACMMM024)
Other resource about Mapping Diagrams:
Mapping Diagrams and Functions Workbook
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Area of Rectangles lesson notes, worksheets, homework, activity and answers in one bundle
The bundle includes:
AREA OF RECTANGLES WORKBOOK
AREA OF RECTANGLES ACTIVITY
Grades: 3rd to 6th
Learning Outcomes:
Explain that the area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying the length by the width.
Calculate the areas of rectangles using familiar metric units.
Establish the relationship between the lengths, widths and areas of rectangles.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Calculate the areas of rectangles using familiar metric units (ACMMG109)
Measurement and Geometry
Area
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Financial Mathematics Lesson 4: Timesheets and Payslips
This resource includes:
Lesson Plan in PowerPoint (Editable).
Teachers can edit the lesson plan, the lesson procedure and the duration of the
lesson that is suitable for their class. Estimated duration: 40 minutes.
Lesson in PowerPoint (Editable and clickable)
Teacher follows the PowerPoint slides for the lesson procedure.
The student’s workbook
Solutions
Easy classroom preparation:
Print and staple all pages together to make a workbook.
Use the PowerPoint slides for the lesson procedure.
Grades: 9th to 12th
Learning Outcomes:
Calculate earnings from wages for various time periods, given an hourly rate of pay, including increased rates for overtime and special rates for Sundays and public holidays.
Find the equivalent number of hours worked at normal pay.
Read an award or pay scale table and compare pay rates and conditions for different positions.
Calculate a variety of time sheets and complete payslips.
Skill Focus:
Working mathematically, communicating and reasoning
Read an award or pay scale table and compare pay rates and conditions for different positions.
Calculate a variety of time sheets.
Complete a variety of Pay Slips
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Calculate weekly or monthly wage from an annual salary, wages from an hourly rate including situations involving overtime and other allowances and earnings based on commission or piecework (ACMGM002)
Convert units of rates occurring in practical situations to solve problems (ACMEM015)
Financial Mathematics Lessons:
Lesson 1: Calculating Wages and Salaries
Lesson 2: Comparing Wages and Salaries & Job Advertisement
Lesson 3: Calculating Overtime
Lesson 4: Calculating Overtime Timesheets and Payslips
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TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS SOH CAH TOA
Posters + Student Notes (in Card sizes)
• Colour and black & white posters in 4 sizes: A2, A3, 24in × 18in and 19in × 13in
• Colour and black & white cards in 2 sizes: A4 and letter.
Easy classroom preparation:
Print the preferred dimensions of the poster and cards.
Grades: 9th to 12th
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Define the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios for angles in right-angled triangles.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Use similarity to investigate the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a given angle in right-angled triangles (ACMMG223)
Review sine, cosine and tangent as ratios of side lengths in right-angled triangles (ACMMM028)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area
Functions
Trigonometry
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Right Triangle Trigonometry Workbook - Angles of Elevation & Depression
Scaffolded notes + worksheets + solutions + mini folded notes to learn and practise angles of elevation & depression.
Grades: 9th to 12th
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Identify angles of elevation and depression
Interpret diagrams in questions involving angles of elevation and depression (Reasoning).
Connect the alternate angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal with angles of elevation and depression (Reasoning).
Solve a variety of practical problems, including those involving angles of elevation and depression, when given a diagram (critical and creative thinking).
There are two styles of workbook.
Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank notes and worksheets
Style 2: Cover, completed (filled) notes and worksheets
Total pages in each workbook: 13
Easy classroom preparation:
• For the workbook: just print and staple all pages together to make a book.
• For the mini folded notes: print, fold and glue the pages to make a mini notebook.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Apply trigonometry to solve right-angled triangle problems (ACMMG224)
Solve right-angled triangle problems, including those involving angles-of-elevation-and-depression (ACMMG245)
Review the use of the trigonometric ratios to find the length of an unknown side or the size of an unknown angle in a right-angled triangle (ACMGM034)
Apply the cosine and sine ratios to find unknown angles and sides in right-angled triangles (ACMEM119)
Review sine, cosine and tangent as ratios of side lengths in right-angled triangles (ACMMM028)
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FRACTIONS EXIT TICKETS
Two exit tickets for students to review fractions skills and understanding:
Write shaded parts of the given diagram as a fraction.
Locate fractions on number lines.
Understand types of fractions: proper, improper and mixed numerals
Identify and write equivalent fractions
Simplifying fractions
Compare and ordering fractions
Write sequence fractions
Add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
Also included: Answer keys
Note: the exit tickets are in PowerPoint format.
Teacher types (inputs) the standards (outcomes) required for their class before printing the exit tickets.
Please read the standards (outcomes) covered in the exit tickets on the description page.
Grades: 3rd to 7th
Comply with KS2 and KS3 Maths: Fractions.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Count by quarters, halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions on a number line (ACMNA078)
Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts (ACMNA077)
Compare and order common unit fractions and locate and represent them on a number line (ACMNA102)
Investigate strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator (ACMNA103)
Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line (ACMNA125)
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators (ACMNA126)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area
Functions
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FRACTIONS EXIT TICKETS
Two exit tickets for students to review fractions skills and
understanding:
Write shaded parts of the given diagram as a fraction.
Locate fractions on number lines.
Understand types of fractions: proper, improper and mixed numerals
Identify and write equivalent fractions
Simplifying fractions
Compare and ordering fractions
Write sequence fractions
Add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
Also included: Answer keys
Note: the exit tickets are in PowerPoint format.
Teacher types (inputs) the standards (outcomes) required for their class before printing the exit tickets.
Please read the standards (outcomes) covered in the exit tickets on
the next page.
Grades: 3rd to 7th
Comply with KS2 and KS3 Maths: Fractions.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Count by quarters, halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions on a number line (ACMNA078)
Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts (ACMNA077)
Compare and order common unit fractions and locate and represent them on a number line (ACMNA102)
Investigate strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator (ACMNA103)
Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line (ACMNA125)
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators (ACMNA126)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area
Functions
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AREA OF RECTANGLES ACTIVITY
6 tasks to practise area of rectangles in a variety of length units. (metric system).
Tasks 1 and 2:
Students place a whole number in each box, so the area of each rectangle is true.
Tasks 3 and 4:
Students place a decimal in each box, so the area of each rectangle is true.
Tasks 5 and 6:
Students fill in each box with one of the numbers in the list, so the
area of each rectangle is true.
Also included: Answer keys for tasks 5 & 6.
Grades: 3rd to 6th
Learning Outcomes:
Understand that the area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying the length by the width.
Calculate the areas of rectangles using familiar metric units.
Establish the relationship between the lengths, widths and areas of rectangles.
Also comply with Australian Curriculum:
Calculate the areas of rectangles using familiar metric units (ACMMG109)
More Resources:
Colouring Pages
Fun Activity
Topics:
Numbers
Times Table
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Significant Figures
Consumer Maths
Financial Maths
Algebra
Pythagoras Theorem
Measurement and Geometry
Area and Perimeter
Functions
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