Using the idea of flags to understand ratio and proportionality.

Calculate the percentages in your head, colour in any answers that fit the criteria. Spell out a hidden word or phrase, in this case the answer to the joke. What did zero say to eight? Nice belt

A data sheet and worksheet to input data and produce cumulative frequency curves. Can be extended by drawing box plots to compare.

Be the first team to answer all of the number sequence questions correctly. You cannot move onto the next card until you answer the previous one. Sorry but the answer sheet file has been lost, I will try to get one uploaded but they are not that difficult to work out.

Presentation with several questions revolving around cement, gravel and sand. Given the total requirement for concrete If you have a certain ingredient, what amounts of the other will you need Set up so it can be changed as you see fit

Using the information given can you find the heights of the two blocks in each question. Now includes a presentation with examples

Matchup the cards. There are diagrams, ratio and descriptions. There are also four blank cards to draw on as each group should have four cards.

Axis from 0-40 in both directions, should 'just' fit onto an A4 with 1/2 cm squares

Work out the cancelled version of the fraction and the decimal equivalent. Place them in the two way table, what do you notice about the four sections?

Create a set of top trumps The first three are edges, vertices and Faces The next is asking for the greatest number of sides for the shapes used on the faces (e.g a square based pyramid has a square and some triangles so the square has the most sides at 4) The last asks for the total number of DIFFERENT shapes (so for the square based pyramid that would be two) Extra cards can be given out so those that finish can deal with dodecahedrons or other unusual shapes Powerpoint included for demonstration

worksheet for working out fractions of fractions and mixed numbers.

Images taken from MrBartonMaths: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/share?url=https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/matching-fractions-to-decimals-snap-game-6042741 Two ways to use the resource matching: cut all the little squares and get the group to match into sets of four. Four cards are missing, complete them to make the sets. Dobble: Each larger card (a set of four smaller squares) has one matching image (they may be different but have the same value) Let me know of any errors I missed

Spoons game: Look it up, there are loads out there but in a nutshell: in groups of four. need three spoons (any other item will do as well) try to make a set of four but passing one card to the left and receiving a card for the right. if you finish a set as secretively as you can grab a spoon when you do that everyone else tries to get a spoon too. person who misses out adds the next letter of SPOONS on their sheet. play continues till all but one have written spoons. they are the winner. can also be used as a simple matching activity.

Bump game

A few worksheets involving areas and floorplans.

Calculate the missing sides using Pythagoras then use the information to crack the code. pythagoras theorem is used in many real life situations especially in the construction and engineering professions where the accurate construction of a right angle is needed such as in the building of structures or the calculating of non traversable distances.

Two worksheets involving concrete examples of perimeters and areas

Work out the answers to each cylinder volume, all the answers are there. Now has a second version with extra answers at the bottom to act as 'red herrings' There is a terrible joke on there too if you put the letters into the order the questions appear. What did the orchestra buy from the sweet shop "A tuba smarties" Feel free to chop this off the bottom of the sheet if its too bad.

Match up the equation, coordinates, table, graph and function machines together. Fill in missing information.

Use the instruction on each card to spell out the word, it gives you the first letter then each subsequent transformation reveals more of the word. You continue from the last place you were at. What do all the words have in common (they are all water craft)