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Trigonometry in Right-Angled Triangles Matching Activities for KS3 Maths This takes students through six matching activities, three on finding sides and three on finding angles. Designed to create discussion and to be used as a starter/plenary but use how you wish. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Geometry and Measures Use Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometric ratios in similar triangles to solve problems involving right-angled triangles Andy […]

The Walking Dead Season 5 Shape Construction Activity for KS3 Maths Construct the shapes Deputy Grimes needs for the tools he wants to aid his survival as well as cutting a couple of things in half using only a ruler and a protractor. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Geometry and Measures Derive and use the standard ruler and compass constructions (perpendicular bisector of a line segment, constructing […]

Storage Hunters Percentage Change (Profit/Loss) Worksheet for KS3 Maths If you’ve not seen Storage Hunters on Dave (or the equivalent channel in your country) then you are missing out. This activity uses the concept of someone buying something and selling it on, hopefully for a profit on their part. The students must read carefully then calculate the percentage profit or loss. KS3 Maths Curriculum […]

Homes Under The Hammer Percentage Change Worksheet for KS3 Maths Using the format of my favourite daytime television programme, can you calculate whether these people have made a profit or loss, and what the percentage of that may be? There is also a question regarding rental income at the end. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change Solve problems involving percentage change, […]

Percentage Changes In Football Wages Worksheet for KS3 Maths This is a worksheet with tables using actual data released by the PFA and came from an investigation by the BBC’s Football Focus. It’s all quite straightforward stuff, but might open student eyes somewhat! Students use the data to calculate percentage changes. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change: Solve problems involving percentage […]

Enlargement with Negative Scale Factors for KS3 Maths Enlarge the shapes and produce a rather simplistic picture. There is a sketchpad file included to go with it in case you have The Geometer’s Sketchpad. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change Use scale factors, scale diagrams and maps Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, […]

Graph Sequences – Grades F to C for KS3 / KS4 Maths From drawing the next pattern to finding the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Algebra Generate terms of a sequence from either a term-to-term or a position-to-term rule Recognise arithmetic sequences and find the nth term Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which […]

‘Defuse the Bomb’ Linear and Non-Linear Graphs Worksheets for KS3 Maths That terrorist, The Mathematician, is at it again. Make sure that you cut the right coloured wires to save everyone! This involves basic linear graphs, through more-complicated linear graphs to quadratics and non-linear graphs (cubics, reciprocals and exponentials). My students seem to like this Defuse The Bomb concept, so as Simple Minds said in the […]

Solving Equations Matching Activities for KS3 Maths Four matching activities where students must join the equations that match the central cloud but also solve the ones that don’t match. The four tasks get increasingly difficult. This is designed as a starter, plenary or discussion type exercise where you can pick a particular matching to suit your class. At it’s most challenging there […]

Algebraic Expressions Spiders for KS3 Maths KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Algebra Simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions to maintain equivalence by: collecting like terms multiplying a single term over a bracket taking out common factors expanding products of two or more binomials Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his […]

2018 World Cup Country Factfiles – Printable PDFs for all 32 Teams This PDF resource features a country factfile of all 32 national football teams competing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia this June and July. Each country file includes the nation’s flag, its name in its native language(s), geography facts such as continent, area, population, capital city, most populous cities, major language(s), most common […]

Advert Maths – Units of Measurement Worksheet for KS3/4 This KS3/GCSE worksheet with answers uses the famous old ‘Accrington Stanley, who are they?’, ‘Exactly’ advert for milk. I have based some measures conversion on the things that appear. It includes simple conversions, metric to imperial and area conversion. The video for the advert is on both the Notebook and PowerPoint versions of the resource. […]

Rounding, Estimation, Standard Form Grades F to A – KS3 Maths This takes you from basic rounding to whole numbers up through decimal places, significant figures and beyond! Upper and lower bounds also covered along with standard form calculations. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Number Use approximation through rounding to estimate answers and calculate possible resulting errors expressed using inequality notation Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics […]

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages for KS3 Maths This hopefully covers all bases involving fractions, decimals and percentages from simplifying up to converting recurring decimals to fractions and everything in between. KS3 Maths Curriculum Area Number Interpret fractions and percentages as operators. Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES […]

LCM and HCF Loop Cards for KS3/4 Maths This download contains four sets of cards. Students choose a set and sort them into order by answering the questions. Then they try to do it faster using a different set, which has a different sort order. The cards can either be used by individuals, pairs or small groups. My favourite use is for two […]

Santa’s Streamlining – A Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) Activity for KS3/4 Maths Santa wants no wastage this year so work out the smallest amount of each group of toys that are made in different sized batches. Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES shop. You can also follow him on Twitter at @andylutwyche.

Christmas maths activity

Christmas maths activities – Lowest common multiple Use these Christmas maths activities with your class this December… I am organising a Christmas party, but I don’t like anything to be left over. I plan to give each guest one of each of the a variety of Christmas party themed items. What is the smallest number of guests I should invite so that […]

Phineas and Ferb HCF and LCM – A KS3/4 Maths Activity Five HCF and LCM functional questions using the characters from Phineas and Ferb. All put together in a PowerPoint and including answers. Now with a link to the Phineas and Ferb theme tune! Andy Lutwyche is a purveyor of mathematics and a producer of resources, more of which you can find on his TES shop. You […]

Prime Decomposition, HCF and LCM, for KS3/4 Maths Calculating the HCF and LCM of 2 (or more) numbers by using Prime Decomposition and Venn Diagrams. Includes some worded questions and follows on from the other Prime Decomposition lesson I have on the TES site. Download includes one PowerPoint file and two word documents (questions and answers). Owen134866 is a TES Resource Contributor of […]

KS3 Maths Multiple Choice Starter Activity for Lowest Common Multiple 10 multiple-choice questions on lowest common multiples for KS3 maths. Ben Cooper is an Assistant SENDCO and resource creator. Find more of his resources on his website at coops-online.co.uk and on his TES page, Coops Online, and follow him on Twitter at @bcoops_online.

KS3 Maths Multiple Choice Starter Activity for Highest Common Factor A KS3 PowerPoint with 10 multiple-choice questions on highest common factors. Ben Cooper is an Assistant SENDCO and resource creator. Find more of his resources on his website at coops-online.co.uk and on his TES page, Coops Online, and follow him on Twitter at @bcoops_online.

KS3 Maths Factors and HCF Worksheet A simple factor worksheet for KS3 maths. The starter is three sets of division questions of various difficulties, and there’s an extension activity to get students looking at factors of square numbers. Resource comes as an editable text doc and as a PDF. Ben Cooper is an Assistant SENDCO and resource creator. Find more of […]

Prime Factor Decomposition – An HCF and LCM PowerPoint for KS3 Maths A KS3 PowerPoint showing prime factor decomposition and how to use this to find HCF and LCM. Ben Cooper is an Assistant SENDCO and resource creator. Find more of his resources on his website at coops-online.co.uk and on his TES page, Coops Online, and follow him on Twitter at @bcoops_online.

Highest Common Factor (HCF) Treasure Hunt for KS3/4 Students are given a pair of numbers and asked to find the highest common factor. There are 10 questions in total. Comes as an editable text document and as a PDF. Find more resources from Simon Murphy at his TES shop and follow him on Twitter at @cyprusboro.

KS3 Maths Lesson Plan – Practice Geometry Skills by Working out Which Sides and Angles can go Together with ‘Five Triangles’ In this maths lesson, students are given 15 angles and 15 lengths and have to work out how they can be placed into 5 right-angled triangles. Finding triples of angles that sum to 180° is fairly easy, but sorting out the lengths is harder, and entails using sin, cos and tan as well as some […]

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