This is an alternative index of resources based on a particular area of the curriculum
Bring on the Maths
The full list of 'Bring on the Maths' sample activities can be found here. Those based on Number are listed below.
- Level 5 Calculating: Order of operations (Level by Level)
- Fractions, decimals, percentages (Year 8)
- Proportion (Year 9)
- Place value (KS3 Top-up)
- Subtracting fractions (Higher Number)
- Standard form (Higher Number)
- Direct proportion (Higher Number)
- Finding percentages of amounts (Foundation Top-up)
Maths to Infinity
The full list of 'Maths to Infinity' files can be found here. Those based on Number are listed below.
e-Resources
Other electronic-based resources are listed here - mostly spreadsheets or powerpoints. Many of these are now accessed through the relevant interactive scheme of work.
- Arithmetic: One Thousand - a totally addictive dice game that requires a bit of adding up, an understanding of likelihood and absolutely no dice
- Arithmetic: A PowerPoint slideshow to aid a lesson on divisibility testing
- Fractions: Using a spreadsheet to add fractions using the 'Battenburg' method. A great activity for pupils to try themselves.
- Integers: This spreadsheet allows you to hide various elements of the answer or question in otherwise straightforward addition/subtraction problems including negative numbers
- Multiplication: This spreadsheet shows how the grid method works, and has a built in puzzle feature!
- Square numbers: An interesting square numbers puzzle. You might want to hand out this sheet to help.
Paper Resources
Paper-based resources are listed here. Many of these are now accessed through the relevant interactive scheme of work.
- Addition: Practising addition through a simple investigation
- Addition: Remember the 20th February 2002? Look at these palindromic numbers.
- Approximation: Using significant figures to approximate calculations. The last column is for percentage error - a nice plenary!
- Arithmetic: Welcome to the world of happy and sad numbers. I'm not making this up!
- Big or small: Interesting and slightly daft numbers for use when looking at standard form or significant figures
- Coordinates: A coordinate picture that is quite challenging to complete - it includes decimals
- Decimals: Multiplication of decimals linked with finding areas
- Decimals: Placing the decimal point correctly in a variety of decimal calculations
- Fractions: Equivalent fractions in fact
- Fractions: An interesting activity that can be used to demonstrate multiplying fractions
- Multiplication: Practical multiplication problems
- Multiplication: A multiplication jigsaw - surprisingly challenging if you cut off the reference row and column!
- Negative Numbers: Adding with negative numbers by looking at patterns
- Negative Numbers: Multiplication and division of negative numbers through patterns
- Negative Numbers: Cut out, lamninate, hole-punch and thread: you will have a negative number washing line!
- Number Properties: A lovely way to sum up multiples, factors, primes, squares and so on
- Number Properties: The sieve of Eratosthenes with instructions for finding primes
- Percentages: Compound percentage problems and some very silly names
- Percentages: An activity designed to ensure that pupils think carefully about what the question means. Lots of very similar questions and answers are given: Cut out and match them up! You might want this slideshow to start the activity.
- Percentages: Ideal citizenship opportunity that makes humbling reading
- Proportion: Looking at graphs of direct and inverse proportion through two examples
- Proportion: Using a spreadsheet to investigate proportion - based on Numeracy Strategy ideas.
- Ratio: An idea to be adapted. See what maps you can get from the Geography department
- Ratio: Converting a ratio to the form 1:n. Some crazy facts too!
- Standard Form: Interesting trivia disguised as a Maths worksheet