Factorising quadratics where a = 1 Examples, a guided scaffolded exercise, a regular exercise, some exam questions and a section on factorising to simplify fractional algebra. More than a lesson here, use what you need or choose your starting point.

A collection of 7 starters designed for students to think about things not always explicitly taught. ie Is the result 2 or 1/2 Is the trailing 0 needed? Is a 1 needed?

A simple little slide to put up for discussion. Is this 1 needed? Ignore the preview, it looks fine when downloaded.

Loads of examples, some questions and some exam questions focused on the different types of solving equations involving fractions questions students might see. Note there is no quadratic stuff, nor any examples where the unknown appears on both sides.

An example problem pairs. Loads of practice. Some more puzzly bits.

A really simple starter that should be the jumping off points for discussion. Loads of numbers with zeroes in. Some needed. Some not. Some COULD be needed (if you’re dealing with currency or bearings etc) A conversation starter.

Writing big numbers and small numbers, with a prelude on different powers of ten. Example problem pairs, and some exercises. Full lesson (or two)

An example problem pair, a discussion slide on things like 24.98 to 1 d.p. , some miniwhiteboard work, an exercise with answers and a quick plenary learning check.

Two example problem pairs, covering both ‘regular’ examples but also examples where you need to do order of operations within a fraction. Three exercises and a learning check.

Includes writing a number as the product of its primes and using index notation. Also includes some bits at the end for stretch. Using prime factor decomposition to simplify fractions and find square and cube roots. CHANGELOG: 16/09/2022 Added some miniwhiteboard work.

PPT with example problem pairs for estimating square and cube roots along with three small exercises covering squares, cubes and using estimation to find the side length of shapes.

Simple ppt. Some example problem pairs, an exercise, a quick learning check and a link to a blooket for practice. CHANGELOG : 9/15/22 : Added a miniwhiteboard task

PowerPoint on column multiplication. *Starter with a focus on commutativity etc *Example problem pair to teach with *Some questions (a bit of a boring exercise, sorry) *A blooket *5 QQ to finish.

A lesson on calculating efficiently with multiplication. Things like 5×17×2 (regrouping) 9×2+9×8 (distributive)

Talking about spotting number bonds for addition and grouping your subtrahends for subtraction to make doing a calculation much simpler. A exercise on each.

A lesson I did for pride. Talks about the life of Alan Turning with codes to crack. We used cipher wheels.

A really simple set of slides. First a little task on how to spot if two vectors are parallel, then one example, then 4 exam questions for students to work through.

Introduction to vector geometry. Includes examples and two exercises. One on simple questions where you just have to add the vector ‘routes’ and one that throws in some mid point stuff. NO PARALLEL LINES, COLINEAR POINTS OR PROOF HERE

Both using vectors drawn on a grid, and finding the magnitude from a column vector.

Very simple introduction to writing vectors in column notation, along with adding and multiplying them. Three example problem pairs, three matching exercises of questions, some mini whiteboard work and a plenary.