A chance for pupils to have fun with some numeracy and make a Power Point presentation researching how they would spend £1000. Includes an example (by me) and some results from a class of 15 year olds.

Four worksheets covering the following topics - differences between times (minutes, hours days) - hourly wages (including time and a half and double time) Used for National 4 Lifeskills Finance Module

A simple problem about inviting six people to a party - will there always be a group that know each other, or a group that are all strangers? An introduction to the idea of edges and vertices, in the form of a fun problem.

An introduction to Game Theory that I gave to a class of smart 16 year olds. Introduces the idea of a game, and gives some examples of simple two player games and up to zero sum games. Some fun examples of games you can play in class!

A powerpoint presentation to introduce the idea of functions having 'fixed points'. For example, the fixed point of f(x) = 2x - 5 is when x = 5. Goes on to talk about 2D fixed points, before finishing with a riddle that can be solved by thinking about fixed points.

A Powerpoint presentation I used to introduce a class of smart 16 year olds to some of the simple visual aspects of Topology, with plenty of pictures, strange facts, and links to videos.

A series of five activities to help you learn how to use Excel, with an emphasis on mathematical formulae. The skills learned are: - using formulas (like mean, maximum etc.) - plotting graphs - colour coding cells

Mixed resources covering the difficult topic of proof (contrapositive, proof by induction, direct proof and counterexample). Includes proof by induction questions, a Powerpoint with slides of questions, and a bank of other questions.

A short guide for how to create a Google Survey, which I have been using for pupils to fill in their exam feedback.

A series of two part problems in the style of exam questions. Part (a) of each question is a proof using the trig identities. Part (b) then uses that proof to either solve a trig equation, find an integral, or differentiate to find the equation of a tangent. Answers given at the end.

A series of increasingly difficult problems involving solving Trig Equations, in radians. Begins with sin x = 1/2, then builds in double angle formulas and trig identities. Answers given at the end.

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

Six challenges showing where Pi turns up unexpectedly Easy (Secondary School) - Simplifying fractions, Square root of two Medium (GCSE level) - Fibonacci numbers and area of polygons Hard (A level) - Probability theory, Area of a circle

Some infinite sums that (if you go on long enough) add up to Pi. Pupils can try these with a calculator and see how far they get. More advanced pupils can think about which one converges the fastest, and why

Powerpoints with two example timetables (Glasgow to Belfast and Glasgow to Cornwall) and accompanying questions

A Powerpoint with some introductory distance-speed-time questions, then an activity for group work: Each group is travelling from Glasgow to London via a different method of transport - plane - train - car - coach - cycle -walk

Four different homeworks for this SQA course, covering all of basic statistics. Each is included with full solutions, including Excel work.

Extra resources for this SQA Course. Students will learn how to use Excel and then analyse some simple data with it. Suitable even for complete Excel beginners.

Extra resources for this SQA course: - a guide to conducting six experiments and some example data - a guide to hypothesis tests including Excel spreadsheets to work on - some example experimental data and the output of applying statistical tests to it

These notes complement my Course Notes for this SQA course. They include more further examples, more complicated statistical tests and links to Excel for examples.