Is every square a rectangle? Is every rectangle a square? An investigation into the properties of the quadrilaterals, working out their properties and which ones are similar. Includes a look into Venn Diagrams and a couple of area challenges at the end. Notes and answers at the bottom of each slide.

A series of worksheets with practice questions on topics in the Advanced Higher Mechanics Course: - Centre of Mass, Energy, Freefall, Gravity, Momentum, Projectiles, Vectors, Work Energy & Power, Vectors Closest Approach, Circular Motion (including notes), SHM (including notes), mix of SUVAT/Kinetmatics/Vectors All with full solutions Updated Dec 2020

A collection of five nicely presented powerpoints each with 5-10 logic puzzles, taken from the books of Raymond Smullyan. For example: Knights always tell the truth and Knaves always lie. You meet two people. The first says “At least one of us is telling the truth.” What can you say about the two people? All provided with answers, and references from which Raymond Smullyan book they are taken from.

Three examples of how matrices can be used to solve real problems. Requires knowledge of matrix multiplication matrix inverses simple probability Aimed at Advanced Higher Maths but useful for anyone who wants to answer the question ‘what are matrices used for’.

A Power Point showing the most common 3D objects (technically 'shapes' refers to 2D, and 'objects' to 3D). Useful for an introduction or for revision, and in getting the correct vocabulary

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 series of Pi Day resources aimed at GCSE / National 5 Level Homework is the easiest and features features: substitution, fractions, algebra, percentages, shapes, area Problems features: rearranging equations, simultaneous equations, volume of cuboids, Pythagoras. Revision is the hardest and features: radians, area, surds, area All with solutions included.

Extension questions testing numeracy, e.g. what are the prime factors of 1001 logic, e.g. how many false statements are in the list below: There is exactly one false statement in this list. There are exactly two false statements in this list. There are exactly three false statements in this list. Provided with answers

Two videos on the cosine rule: missing angle missing side And a third video: which one of Sine rule or Cosine rule to use? All the videos are compressed mp4

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.

A set of three powerpoints with riddles on such as this: Clock A is broken. It never moves. Clock B loses 10 minutes an hour. If both clock are right at the very start of 2021, how often are they each right in the whole year? Provided with solutions at the bottom of each slide.

Four challenging problems as extension material. The first is to make the number 2021 from the numbers 10,9,8,…,3,2,1 in order. The other three are tough too! Solutions at the bottom of each slide.

Explanations and examples of the key statistical concepts for the Cambridge STEP Mathematics entrance exam. Covers Basic probability Combinatorics Mean and variance Continuous probability distributions Uniform, binomial and normal distributions Hypothesis testing All with solutions to my questions and references for the past paper questions

Practice question on topics that pupils might come across when sitting extra maths tests for admission to Cambridge, Oxford, or some other universities. The topics covered are: Worksheet 1 - Trapezium Rule, Fixed Point Iterations Worksheet 2 - Equations, Proportion, Probaility, Riddles Worksheet 3 - Graphs, Logarithms Worksheet 4 - Inequalities, Necessary and Sufficient, Proof, Logic Worksheet 5 - Sine and Cosine Rule, Trig Identities All with full solutions. (See my other resource for all the STEP Statisitc questions)

A problem solving scenario to combine skills, useful for revision and group work. The skills tested here are: • Working with surds • Finding the area of a sector • Finding the length of an arc • The distance between points in 2D space (Pythagoras) • Dealing with scale factors • Meaning of parallel and perpendicular Pupils will also need good communication skills and teamwork (if working in groups). Provided with teacher notes and full worked solutions.

A problem solving scenario to combine skills, useful for revision and group work. The skills tested here are: • Parabolas (completing square, turning points, sketching, factorising) • Rounding to significant figures • Bearings • Area of sector and arc length • Area of triangle, sine rule, cosine rule • SOH CAH TOA • Pythagoras • Vectors • Lines • Percentages Pupils will also need good communication skills and teamwork (if working in groups). Provided with teacher notes and full worked solutions.

A problem solving scenario to combine skills, useful for revision and group work. The skills tested here are: • Linear equations, including x-intercept and y-intercept • Solving simultaneous equations • Finding the formula for a sine wave from a graph • Indices • Surds • Changing the subject of a formula Pupils will also need good communication skills and teamwork (if working in groups). Provided with teacher notes and full worked solutions.

A Powerpoint / PDF giving the Indices Rules with some examples - I have printed these two-sided and laminated these for lots of pupils Also a few practice questions on Surds and Indices to diagnose what they need to practice.

A series of four worksheets about domain, range and composite functions. There is many lessons work here with lots of practice. The four parts are: - Domain and Range - Composite Functions - Further Functions (combining domain, range, composite) - Extension (proofs about linear functions) All provided with full solutions

A Powerpoint of revision and a Worksheet of practice questions. Covers: mean standard deviation median interquartile range statements