A set of revision questions involving bearings and then bearings with trigonometry - something pupils usually need a lot of practice on. Edit: added solutions October 2024

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

What do you do when there's not enough information to solve a problem - or too much? This presentation and activities aims to teach pupils how to handle more difficult problems when it's not clear what to do. There are multiple examples from algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

A powerpoint of short mixed revision questions. On the topics of negative numbers, brackets, solving equations, expand and simplify and then mixed revision. Can be used as a starter or revision.

Two sets of worksheets with solutions on - frequency tables - mean, median, mode and range

When a pupil asked “what do we need to know for the exam” this is what I wrote. It covers every topic in National 5 maths, with examples of the formulas then ones for you to try (reading isn’t enough in maths, you need to do the problems yourself). The formulas that are in grey are the ones that you are given in the exam, but I included here anyway. Edit: Jan 2022 fixed two mistakes with indices

A mixed homework with questions on arithmetic and geometric sequences, as well as practice complex numbers, binomial theorem and Gaussian elimination. Full solutions included

These are a series of fractions problems set in real life contexts. They all involve percentages that can be converted into simple fractions, such as 10% = 1/10. Because of the real life contexts and gradually increasing difficulty I have found that even pupils who normally struggle will be keen to finish the sheet.

If everyone has to keep two metres apart, how many people can you fit in a room? This is a series of five challenges, each involving a room more difficult than the one before. Although it is not obvious to begin with, pupils will need to use Pythagoras to check that their people are all at least two metres apart. Full solutions included.

A fun activity looking at number and letter palindromes. Works well for homework. Full solutions included.

Practice questions to help pupils prepare for the UKMT Junior challenge. Mix #1 - divisibility, primes, symmetry, counting, angles, remainders, averages, Venn diagrams Mix #2 - DST, probability, counting Angles - triangles, straight lines, regular polygons All provided with answers (full solutions for the problems I made up myself) 2021 - added some similar questions designed to practice the JMC (Junior Maths Challenge, a similar Scottish Competition)

A worksheet with four pre-printed distance-time graphs for pupils to interpret. Their answers should be sentences such as "go at 4 metres per second for 3 seconds, then pause for 2 seconds, then ..."

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

A whole class activity: - a picture is cut into pieces - each pupil makes a scale drawing of their part - the class put them all together Good for practicing scale drawings and having some fun.

Bridge is a card game that is great for teamwork and developing logical thinking. There are proven benefits to cognitive skills for children and adults. For more about the benefits see the attached 'What is Bridge' PDF. This is a set of resources for a school bridge club, or anyone wanting to learn more. It starts with Whist and Minibridge and goes all the way through to basic bidding:

This is a set of six puzzles presented as large scale Power Points. I used them as colour A3 posters for a monthly maths competition. Although they are challenging, they can all be solved using standard techniques. Full solutions included. Edit: added two more puzzles

A series of seven Power Points with collections of questions that appear one at a time on the following topics: - adding (e.g. 20p add 50p) - which is bigger (pictures of coins) - count (counting coins) - divide (quarter of 80p) - how many coins (needed to make 13p) - multiply (2 x 29 pence) - subtract (£1 minus 45 pence)

A series of fun activities linked to the Olympics. Skills used are: - DST - logic - Stem and Leaf - percentages - rounding

18 revision sheets all provided with full solutions. Some cover the whole course some a few areas only. Edit March 2023: Updated Sheets 1-6, 9, 14-16 Edit Dec 2023: Added 17-18 Edit June 2024: Added 19

Three standard questions testing pupils can correctly use the Wilxocon test, for determining if there is a difference between two sets of data. There are also two extension questions. Provided with full solutions.