This resource is designed to check students understanding with negative numbers. Some of the answers are incorrect and the students need to find where they are. Once they find them, they need to write why they think it is incorrect and how they would fix it.

This resource is a differentiation task on prime factors decomposition.

Pupils are provided with some lego and a set of instructions. I have purposefully changed the order of the instructions. After following the set of instructions the pupils should have an object that doesn't resemble the picture of the lighthouse. This will open a discussion about why that is, why is the order of the instructions important? Then ask students to work out the correct order of the instructions. How is this related to maths, well the order of operations, (BIDMAS) is very important and hence by following the correct order of instructions you will end up with the correct answer.

This resource is another one I will use in my year 7 lessons, and is differentiated for the lesson. It is based on highest common factor.

This is designed to test pupils knowledge of words associated with a particular topic, for this I have used number properties. This could be adapted to other topics and used as an end of unit plenary.

This resource takes six articles from the Guardian newspaper which involve percentages. The student is asked to match the percentage to the decimal equivalent.

This resource is designed for pupils to find equivalent fractions. I have purposefully not put, "rearrange these fractions so that each row is equivalent", as I want the students to be able to find the relationship themselves.

A resource showing one way of how to calculate the highest common factor between two numbers.

Continuing to work on the number section, I have created a few tables that test pupils knowledge of number properties. They have to first of all complete a table, then they have to find a number that is incorrect, then they have to put the categories in, then they can create their own and finally they have to explain why the final table cannot happen.

For Wednesday’s problem we merge together area, perimeter with mode and median. The student has to calculate the mode and median of cards containing shapes. Students are then given the mode and median of a group of cards and the student has to identify which cards are chosen. Plenty of practise throughout the worksheet of area and perimeter. This can be used as a worksheet, a homework sheet, a recap lesson. Students could extend this further by creating their own shapes and calculating area and perimeter, or creating questions to ask a partner. This resource can be found for free on TES until Friday 10th August. Feedback Welcome!

Today’s resource looks at cards with calculations on. Students are then asked to calculate the probability of choosing a randomly selected card and it having a certain property. What I really like about this resource is it means students can practise their number calculations with BIDMAS, test them on their understanding of types of numbers, all whilst answering a probability question. This would be a good resource for a year 7 class and encompasses fluency reasoning and problem solving. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

This is a sneak preview resource for a revision session. Students are asked to calculate the answers and sum together. There is a check in point to check that they are on the right track. To make it more difficult you could adapt it by the checkpoint but getting the student to sum the total themselves

Today’s resource combines knowledge of types of number with Ratio and Proportion. A nice review activity after finishing ratio and proportion with year 7/8 class. There is a mixture of fluency, reasoning and problem solving with students having to explain if a statement is correct. The last question is a lovely problem solving question where students are given ratios and they have to identify the numbers. This is available for FREE on TES until Friday 24th August.

Today’s resource concentrates more on fluency within probability area and perimeter and looks at creating a sample space from two die that have shapes on. I feel that as it would take the student quite a while to put together the sample space I didn’t want to go into much problem solving or reasoning. However should you want more challenge with this here are some ideas: -Give them the sample space with most of it filled in and ask them to complete the sample space. They would need to figure out how the sample space is calculated before they can complete it. -Remove one/two of the shapes from a dice and given the information in the sample space they can then create the shape on the dice. - Give them the probability and then ask them to complete the sample space from the probability.

Today’s resource looks at using formulae with fractions and percentages. Students are given some information and the formula and they have to answer calculations involving fractions and percentages. A small worksheet that could be given as a homework or a plenary of a lesson. This is available from TES for free until Friday 17th August. Thanks

Today’s resource follows a similar layout to yesterday’s Probability with Number. It looks at the language used with fractions as well as fractional calculations alongside probability. Fluency, reasoning and problem solving are all present within this resource with room for challenge: possibly remove one or more of the cards and the students have to come up with the calculation based on the probability take out part of the calculation, give them the probability and the student has to identify the missing fraction. The resource is available on TES for free until Monday 20th August. Feel free to send feedback.

Keeping with the probability theme this resources concentrates on percentages, finding a percentage of an amount, increasing and decreasing percentages. There is also a hint of fractions and types of number. Plenty of problem solving to keep them busy with question 4 and reasoning with question 5. This was put together with a year 7 class in mind, but could be easily adapted to add more challenge or support. For support I would change the questions so that they would say show that the probability of something happening is this. The percentages could be changed to easier or harder depending on the ability of the group. The resource is available on TES for free until Monday 20th August.

A quick post today as it is GCSE results, good luck to those at school and those I tutor. Today’s resource concentrates on Ratio, Proportion and FDP calculations with reasoning and problem solving. This can be broken up to use as plenaries at the end of a lesson or revision for assessments. This will be available on TES until Monday 27th August.

Today’s resource can be used in conjunction with the resource given yesterday, (Area, Perimeter with Median and Mode). Students are asked to calculate the area and perimeter alongside calculating the mean and range and there is also problem solving within the questions. Give it a go! This can be found on TES for free until 10th August. Feedback is welcome!

This weeks crossover problems will focus on fluency reasoning and problem solving with area and perimeter. Today’s problem focusses on regular and irregular 2D shapes, asks questions to tests students understanding of area and perimeter as well as students understanding of prime, square, cube, multiples and factors. This resource can be found on my TES page and can be downloaded for free until Friday 10th August. If you like the resource please provide feedback. Thank you!