I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
Suitable for KS3 and GCSE Maths. Fun and Interactive Team Game on Reverse Percentages with sound effects. Ask a question. Answer the question to Test Your Strength. If the answer is correct, the hammer blow will ring the bell. If not. It won’t!
16 questions in total. 8 per team. Split into two teams. Ask a question of Team 1, if they are right the bell on the test the strength machine will ring, if not it won’t. If not, ask the other team. Answers can be displayed.
There are different ways to play the game it is up to you. I split class in two and nominated a team captain, the captain could only give the answer the team agreed on (led to discussion). Once answer given, went to home screen and clicked to test the strength. (make sure you know the answer) as you have to click an incorrect or correct icon to run the test your strength machine. If right great, if wrong went back to question screen and asked 2nd team, repeated process.
Was fun and interactive, got students working, thinking and discussing
Suitable for New Reformed Functional Skils Maths also KS3 Maths and GCSE Foundation Maths. A full lesson on Bodmas and square and cube numbers. Includes Starters, Differentiated and Exam Questions, Teaching Powerpoint, Activities, Worksheets,Plenaries. Suitable for New Functional Skils Maths L1/L2.
Contains
1 x 22 slide Interactive Teaching powerpoint
1 x Bodmas Codebreaker worksheet
1 x Square and Cube numbers worksheet
This lesson starts with a stopwatch starter where students need to to answer 4 questions based around topics covered in covered in previous lessons.
Main Lesson
Square and Cube Numbers
4 Examples
This leads into an indivdual worksheet where students have to answer questions on square and cube numbers
Followed by a plenary question (answer on screen)
Bodmas
5 Examples slides
4 Mini whiteboard questions (answers in screen)
This leads into an indivdual codebreaker activity sheet where students have to answer bodmas questions to break the code and find the punchline to the joke
Followed by an exam style question (answer on slide)
Finished with a plenary slide
I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Any of the the slides could be printed as worksheets if you feel that would be easier for your class.
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An 11 page workbook suitable for GCSE Foundation Maths and Functional Skills Maths. Workbook includes methods and questions.
The workbook includes a range of tasks on tally charts, pictographs and bar charts. There are also tips, diagrams and tables that will enhance the learning experience for your students. With the methods included in the worksheet this should aid students ability to work independently.
ANSWERS INCLUDED.
The Working with Ratio worksheet has been designed specifically for KS3 Maths pupils as a way of easing them through the processes. It contains clear instructional guidance in addition to useful examples. Also useful for GCSE Foundation and Functional Skills maths students
Learners enjoy this worksheet as the questions are pitched at their level with some challenge questions to stretch them. Methods are show to provide scaffolding.
Answer sheet included
Can you tell from its opening weekend how much the new movie Solo: A Star Wars Story can earn in cinemas? This activity can be used anytime and is especially timely when there is a new blockbuster movie released. You can add future movies to the activity. The data for this activity can be found at: boxofficemojo.com.
Students compare “Opening Weekend” amounts to “Total Earned (Gross)” data to try to predict how much money the new Hans Solo movie (which earned almost $220,000,000 in its opening weekend in the U.S.) will make at cinemas. This task is accessible for any student who can plot points on a grid. More advanced students can create a line of best fit to model the data and make predictions. By plotting and analyzing the data students decide if they can, in fact, predict the future.
At functional skills and GCSE Maths learners are expected to plot data and predict results, this activity helps do that in a fun and enjoyable way that will grab their attention.
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Averages-Spot the Mistake worksheet. Suitable for GCSE Foundation and Functional Skills
A short worksheet on spotting and correcting mistakes learners have made on some averages and range questions
Answers included
Home Learning lesson pack on Types of Numbers (factors, multiples, primes, squares, cubes, square and cube roots).
Aimed at KS3, that is 11-14 year olds to keep the maths they have learnt or learning fresh for the return of schools
Also useful for students returning to their GCSE year on the return of schools.
Content
1 x 33 slide Powerpoint with methods and quiz questions
1 x Printable word worksheet
1 x Self marking version of the worksheet, no need to print
ALL answers included
How can I use this resource if I don’t have a printer?
The Types of Number Worksheet has been designed with adaptability in mind. So, the resource contains a printable copy of the worksheet (MS Word) and a self marking copy of the worksheet (MS Excel). The self marking worksheet allows you to type your answers directly beside the questions, so there is no printing needed and it self marks each question.
In addition, the printable version of the Types of Number Worksheet comes supplied with a full set of answers.
I have also included a recap Powerpoint presentation for the learner and the home schooler if needed to run through before attempting the worksheet. The presentation is 33 slides and includes methods, examples and quiz questions with answers.
Home Learning
The features mentioned above make this perfectly suitable to home learning. To set up your own session, just follow the steps below:
Prepare a suitable study space and have your computer / device ready.
Work through Powerpoint to recap methods
Either print off the Types of Number Worksheet or have the self marking excel version open on the screen of your chosen device.
The pupil can then complete the tasks provided, either with a pen / pencil on the printed-out worksheet or by typing directly into the self marking excel document.
Once complete, you have the option of marking the worksheet yourself (using the supplied answer sheet) or sif you have done the self marking version it will mark itself.
As a KS3 Maths resource, what kind of challenge can I expect?
To give you an insight into the challenge of the Types of Number Worksheet, take a peek at the following examples of questions in the worksheet
Which of these numbers is not a prime number?
5, 7, 21
What is 3 squared
What is 5 cubed
What are the first four multiple of 6
What is the square root of 16
What is the cube root of 64
Differentiated aDDITION questions with answers in a RAG type worksheet, Suitable for KS3, GCSE Foundation Maths and Functional Skills L2. Also a Powerpoint of the worksheet questions and answers included to display to students to cut down on printing and marking.
Includes
1 x Worksheet
1 x Display Version of Worksheet
Answers Incuded
The differentiated questions allow all students to access the topic at their own confidence levels and the answers are always readily available to check their understanding.
I like to use this differentiated question sheets as a starting point in lessons to recap topics already covered as it easily picks up misconceptions, then again as a plenary or mini-plenary. The questions can also be used as a homework sheet or an in class assessment sheet. Having the answers also reduces workload as students can self-mark. Suitable for Home Schooling
The gold (hardest) questions really stretch the most able students
Check out my other addition resources on TES
4 digit Addition Column Method Full Lesson
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/addition-column-method-4-digit-numbers-12239711
Functional Skills Full Lesson on Add and Subtract
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-functional-skills-maths-full-lesson-on-add-and-subtract-12353420
This starter requires concentration and sharp mental arithmetic!
On mini whiteboards or on paper students draw a 4 x 4 grid. They have to try to fill the grid with correct answers. The questions are only shown for 3 seconds at a time but they will repeat throught out the duration of the quiz, so they have to think fast!
When time is up you can review the questions and answers by clicking on the tiles.
The quiz includes 16 mental maths questions that studnets should be able to answer without a calculator including area of rectangles, volume, percentages, fractions of amounts, multiplication, time, measurement and averages.
A matching activity that can be used as a starter, plenary or lesson activity. Learners match the questions on adding/subtracting fractions using common denominators to the correct answers. Suitable for GCSE Maths
An engaging digital escape room for students learning to calculate percentage of amounts. The escape room uses a Harry Potter theme, with students having to unlock locks to free harry. Students must unlock 5 locks through finding tax, tips and discounts in 20 word problems. Some questions ask for the percentage tax, tip or discount, other questions ask for the total amount paid after the percent is applied. Questions are grouped 4 per puzzle, resulting in five 4-letter codes that will unlock all 5 locks.
The entire activity is housed in one GOOGLE Form. There are no links to outside websites. The 4-letter codes are set with answer validation so that students cannot move to the next puzzle until they enter the correct code.
Download includes a pdf, that explains how to access and use the Google Form.
This is a digital-only activity. Includes answer key.
A Maths casino game which I have found to be a fun way of engaging students in revision lessons. The students look forward to these lessons and see them as a fun lesson . They are a great way of getting students to learn and work together.
This activity is aimed at GCSE Foundation and Functional Skills Maths Level 2. It includes questions on mean, median, mode and range and also explaining why a certain average was used and what the range tells us.
Functional Skiills Examiner Reports have identified that learners are losing marks by not been able to explain why they used an average and what the range shows.
Answers are included on the slides.
Instructions:
Print off some money, I have included £5, £10 and £20 notes for printing.
Arrange students in groups and give each group £100
Students bet between £5-20 on each topic (before seeing the question)
I write the students team names on whiteboard and then get them to stick their money bets on the whiteboard with bluetac or to write up their bets
Learners will double their money with a correct answer or lose it for a wrong answer.
A 14 page self-study workbook for students to work on at home or in class, includes how to examples and activities. Learners will be able to read and create tally tables, read pictograms and create single and dual bar charts. They will also have to interpret or write comments on all charts.
Times Table Starter. Suitable for Primary and Secondary students
This starter requires concentration and sharp mental arithmetic!
On mini whiteboards or on paper students draw a 4 x 4 grid. They have to try to fill the grid with correct answers. The questions are only shown for 1 second at a time but they will repeat throughout the duration of the quiz, so they have to think fast! The timer can be changed to suit different abilities.
When time is up you can review the questions and answers by clicking on the tiles. The quiz includes 16 Times Tables questions
If you like the resource check out this other Memory Maths game
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/memory-maths-mental-math-quiz-12053487
Times Table Starter. Suitable for Primary and Secondary students
This starter requires concentration and sharp mental arithmetic!
On mini whiteboards or on paper students draw a 4 x 4 grid. They have to try to fill the grid with correct answers. The questions are only shown for 1 second at a time but they will repeat throughout the duration of the quiz, so they have to think fast!
I have included a 2nd copy powerpoint which is a copy of the first but this time the questions repeat every 2 seconds for learners who struggle with the fast speed.
When time is up you can review the questions and answers by clicking on the tiles. The quiz includes 16 Times Tables questions.
Learners love this sort of timed challenge and look forward to this game which also helps improve their times tables fluency
If you like the resource check out this other Memory Maths game
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/memory-maths-mental-math-quiz-12053487
Bring St patrick’s Day into your Maths lessons with this St Patrick’s Day Maths Themed Colour By Numbers Worksheet.
This multiplication colour by number worksheet asks students to solve a mxture of times table questions written within small squares to discover which colour each square needs to be. Once the worksheet has been completed, students should be able to see a hidden St patrick’s Day themed picture. (
This would be a great warm-up activity at the start of a multiplication-focused Maths lesson or just a general fun maths activity on St Patrick’s Day. Multiplication can be a tricky topic for some pupils, so it’s good to practice using our times tables and multiplication resources.
Fun St patrick’s Day Maths activity, who doesn’t love to colour in.
A fun 15 question quiz, that could be used throughout the year. Learners have to work out the name of 15 popular nursery rhymes using the emojis. Learners love quizzes and will love having to get the titles of the nursery rhymes using emojis. Answers included in powerpoint. Suitable for primary school students although older learners will find it enjoyable as well
Answers
The wheels on the bus
Hickory Dickory Clock
Baa Baa Black Sheep
London Bridge is Falling Down
Old McDonald had a Farm
Twinkl Twinkl Little Star
Rain Rain Go Away
Hot Cross Buns
Humpty Dumpty
Hey Diddle Diddle
Row Row Your Boat
Jack and Jill
Are You Sleeping
The old Woman who lived in a shoe
Unlock the code to escape the room by answering Scatter Graphs Questions. Suitable for GCSE Foundation Maths and Functional Skills Maths L2.
I use this with a set of combination locks I bought cheap in a poundshop. I set the locks to open on a set combination which can only be got by answering the questions. The quickest team to get the combination win. This activity generates great fun in class and is worth the investment in a set of cheap combi locks. Fun Plenary activity
Answer sheet included.
This handy alphabet algebra worksheet with answers features a great array of math equations to solve and is great for independent working.
Learners have to solve all the equations by substituting numbers for the letters but they only know the numbers for two of the letters. Each answer will lead to another answer to help them complete the puzzle.
Suitable for KS3 Maths students as well as GCSE Maths Foundation and Higher students
Answers included