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Tim Silvester’s Maths Resources

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.
Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion
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Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion

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Three pages of questions including; Page 1: Increase and Decrease an amount by a proportion; Page 2: Successive proportionate change given an original amount; Page 3: Reverse Proportion Questions; Page 4 “Cheese Method script” which provides prompts for students to structure their working consistently. You will want to adapt this, or not print this page, according to your teaching pedagogy! I have also included videos that provide guidance for students (and which also explain what I mean by Cheese Method!
Maths extended skills practice paper
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Maths extended skills practice paper

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This resource comprises 8 pages of practice, 2 pages on each of Number, Algebra, Geometry and Statistics. The content is skills based (as opposed to Use and Application) and assesses Higher type processes such as working with cumulative frequency, upper and lower bounds, factorising quadratics and Pythagoras and Trigonometry. If you are looking for a resource to cover the Foundation type skills, there are Core papers 2, 3 and 4 available in my shop, each comprising 8 pages and of a similar structure to each other, but with values adjusted. You can also purchase Coke Skills 1 and this Extended Skills paper as a pair through my shop, comprising 16 pages of useful practice. These assignments are great revision tools or can be easily used as cover work. My Maths Help Booklet is a useful source of information to assist students with independent learning when completing these papers.
Probability homework or revision resource
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Probability homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught probability and relative frequency. The questions include a wide range of contexts (with Venn diagrams, pie charts and various other diagrams requiring correct interpretation to derive relative frequency) and challenge students to calculate simple probabilities, and probabilities for dependent and independent events. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Statistics Learning Plans
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Statistics Learning Plans

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These documents provide teaching pedagogy for the majority of Statistics topics taught to ages 11 to 16. They explain first principle approaches to teaching Statistics to ensure long term understanding and to avoid the use of tricks! The mean, for example, is commonly taught as a method (sum the values and divide by the frequency), without exploring the impact of 'making the values all equal in size' and how this relates as an average (or means to describe or quantify "middleness").
Original SAT Maths practice paper for ages 10 to 11 covering levels 3 to 6
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Original SAT Maths practice paper for ages 10 to 11 covering levels 3 to 6

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These write-on papers cover a wide range of problems that are well presented and easy to mark; they comprise non-calculator and calculator assessments with questions ranging in difficulty from old Level 3 to old Level 6 based on the UK levelling system that has now been replaced. While 'levels' have been replaced, the monitoring document provides a means to evaluate the progress of a cohort or class of students, to identify strengths and weaknesses, and to evaluate progress. For the age group, results which are determined as 'level 5c' or above are above national average. Level 6 would indicate 'Gifted and Talented' students in comparison to the year group, and Level 3 would identify students in need of further support and intervention.
Ratio and Proportion homework or revision resource
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Ratio and Proportion homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve problems involving ratio and proportions, proportional change, and successive proportional change. The questions include proportions within real life contexts, such as taxation, and other cross-curricular contexts including scale factor enlargement. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Algebraic Expressions homework or revision resource
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Algebraic Expressions homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught algebraic expressions, including collecting terms, multiplying out brackets, factorising and simplifying quotients. The questions include work on perimeter, area, volume and arithmetic sequences. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Angles homework or revision resource
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Angles homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve problems involving recognising, measuring and drawing angles, working with bearings, angle calculations, circle geometry, and some basic trigonometry work. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Transforming Functions homework or revision resource
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Transforming Functions homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at Higher ability students who have been taught to recognise graphs of other functions and to translate, stretch and reflect functions. The questions are challenging and progress throughout the 4 pages in terms of difficulty, and they provide comprehensive practice for the new Curriculum. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Mathematics for ages 11 to 14 worksheets Compilation 4
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Mathematics for ages 11 to 14 worksheets Compilation 4

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A variety of worksheets covering the four operations with integers and decimals, collecting terms and solving equations (including equations with quotients), angle calculations, measure, basic coordinate geometry, perimeter, area and volume, circles, and equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
Maths Core Skills Homeworks 2, 3 and 4
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Maths Core Skills Homeworks 2, 3 and 4

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These documents are replicas of the Core Skills 1 model, albeit with different values to keep the students practising the 'core skill' areas of Mathematics that require students to learn methods and understand basic notation. There is no 'use and application' and the worksheets are designed to identify areas of weakness for targeted intervention. They are really useful as cover work, revision work, homework, and targeted class work.
Perimeter, Area and Volume homework or revision resource
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Perimeter, Area and Volume homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught perimeter, area and volume. The questions include work on circles and the need to apply Pythagoras correctly within context. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Coordinate geometry and equations of lines homework or revision resource
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Coordinate geometry and equations of lines homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to deal with coordinates and equations of straight lines (linear graphs). The questions include work on mid points, gradient, parallel and perpendicular lines, recognising equations and deriving equations, dealing with tangents to curves and rearrangement of equations. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Number and Algebra Learning Plans
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Number and Algebra Learning Plans

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These documents provide detailed teaching pedagogy for the majority Number and Algebra topics taught to ages 11 to 16. They specify key learning objectives, and explain how to develop 'first principle' understanding by ensuring all techniques and methods follow a consistent explanation. Division, as an example, can be applied with absolute consistency to all areas of Pure Mathematics; avoiding tricks and teaching a pure understanding of the meaning of "divide by" as opposed to "divide into" and the need to ensure terms have the same denomination is paramount to securing long term understanding.
Averages and range homework or revision resource
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Averages and range homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught mean, median, mode, and range. The questions include inter quartile range and they include a variety of statistical diagrams to ensure they are able to interpret data diagrams correctly and extract relevant information for the purposes of statistical analysis. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Solving Linear Equations homework or revision resource
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Solving Linear Equations homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve linear equations algebraically. The questions include solving simultaneous equations (both equations linear) and some applied contexts, where students are asked to model real life using algebraic terms and equations. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Pythagoras and Trigonometry homework or revision resource
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Pythagoras and Trigonometry homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to understand Pythagoras and Trigonometry applications. Students are required to work with sine rule, cosine rule, the area formula for a triangle, the basic Trigonometric identities and Pythagoras's Theorem with a range of different problem-solving contexts. There are a total of 60 marks available over 4 pages of increasing complexity, with a suggested grading scheme based on the new GCSE specification. This resource forms part of a large collection of topic-based papers designed to assess and challenge student understanding.
Simultaneous Equations homework or revision resource
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Simultaneous Equations homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve simultaneous expressions for two linear, and one linear and one quadratic, equations. Problems also require a geometric understanding of simultaneous equations. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.
Transformations homework or revision resource
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Transformations homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to solve problems involving Transformations including translations, reflections, rotations and enlargements. The problems include work on basic column vectors, fractional and negative scale factors, combinations of transformations, an understanding of congruent and similar shapes, and construction of rotations involving other angles. A grading system based on the new GCSE specification is suggested, but this resource would be equally useful in the US. The paper can be printed onto a single A3 folded sheet and there are a total of 60 marks. It can be used as a homework or a revision resource, or to assess general understanding at the end of the topic with plenty of extension and differentiated content available.