Two worksheets, testing basic probability with dice, coloured balls and letters. The second worksheet is more difficult and introduces sampling with and without replacement. Full solutions included. Edit: May 2023 fixed question numbering Edit: July 2024 added a Powerpoint for finding the probability with two events, explaining when to add and when to multiply the two probabilities

A fun activity to do alone or in pairs. Tests simple negative number skills (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing). Solution provided. Based on an original by eam_larkin.

A bumper resource with lots for CfE Level 2 Maths. Divided into blocks with - starters (Power Point) - questions (Power Point) - homeworks (Word) - revision (Word) - tests (Word) Covers basic numeracy topics like: numeracy, fractions, decimals, percentages, area, volume, time, money, simple algebra

A Power Point and two sets of worksheets (with solutions) on - place value - ordering decimals - decimal scales - addition subtraction division and multiplication with decimals - rounding decimals Also includes a simple decimals starter (Power Point)

A collection of misleading graphs, for pupils to recognise the flaws with. These are all taken from real life publications.

A Powerpoint with the classic Monty Hall Problem, then variations with a multiple choice questions one hundred doors ten prisoners Solutions in the notes at the bottom of the Powerpoint slides

A Powerpoint introducing the following tricky problems for pupils to think about. -99 Coins 100 Seats on a Plane Special dice Expected wait time Pascal’s Wager Solutions in the notes at the bottom on the Powerpoint See also my resource on Monty Hall Problems

A Powerpoint introducing the basic game of Dobble, then delving deeply into how to arrange the symbols on the cards so that each pair of cards matches exactly once. Pupils will be able to make their own mini Dobble sets, with 7, 13, 21 or even up to the full 55 card set. This introduces uses the following areas of mathematics 2D geometry of lines and planes Magic squares and Latin squares

A set of five challenging questions testing the link between length, area, and volume scale factor. Full solutions provided. These questions were created by my pupils, so have a relatively real life context!

A one page sheet with eight common shapes on. Pupils should cut these out and physically fold them, to see which ones have lines of symmetry. I came up with this in response to pupils who consistently thought that a parallelogram had two lines of symmetry, and a non-square rectangle had four lines of symmetry.

This is a free-standing resource on dividing to get a decimal answer. It involves questions like 15 ÷ 2 and 4.8 ÷ 3 up to things like 396 ÷ 400 It's taken from a Murder Mystery Package I wrote hence it includes a small riddle element at the end. There are two levels of difficulty (A is easier than B) that both have the same solution. Full solutions included.

Duality is an important concept in understanding mathematical problems. Sometimes a problem can be ‘reveresed’ by considering it’s dual, for example swapping around lines and points in a triangle. This Powerpoint looks at how duality appears in the following contexts division and subtraction 2D shapes and 3D shapes 2D graphs including the Fano Plane

Magic Squares are just the beginning! A Latin square is a grid where each symbol appears exactly once in each row a column - recognisable to most pupils as being like a Su Doku. This resources extends that idea to look at double and further Latin Squares. These are useful for many things (see e.g. my other resource on Dobble)

A colourful poweroint introducing a new idea for most pupils. In standard 2D geometry parallel lines never meet. In projective geometry we add an extra point (infinity) where the lines meet. This turns out to be useful for various problems (e.g. see my other resource on Dobble).

This is a series of questions that will guide pupils from thinking only in numbers to thinking algebraically. The questions are increasingly challenging, finishing with some that require a lot of thought and can be investigated further.

This is a series of questions testing the basic principles that there are 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour. They start easy and get harder, including decimals and fractions. Full solutions included.

A fun activity to be done alone or in pairs. The first puzzle is easier (no subtracting negatives) and the second one includes subtracting negatives. Based on original from eam_larkin.

A series of questions testing - sine rule (missing side and missing angle) - cosine rule (missing side and missing angle) - area of triangle using 1/2 ab sin C - bearings (with sine rule and cosine rule) Solutions provided. 2021 - added second set of questions on Bearings and Trigonometry, and a bearings homework

A bountiful set of resources to help teach the topics below: Block 1 - rounding, converting units, area and volume, time, tables and graphs, frequency tables Block 2 - fractions, decimals, hire purchase, negative numbers, coordinates, money, algebra, probability Block 3 - equations, types of number, fractions (Block 4 - powers and roots, enlargement and reduction) (Block 5) Disclaimer - although this is complete for Blocks 1 to 3 the last two blocks aren't finished.

A mix of resources covering everything in National 3 Mathematics. This was originally written for Access 3 a couple of years ago, and so is roughly grouped by the three Units of Access 3. Covers things like fractions, decimals, percentages, money, time etc.