A difficult puzzle which enables students to practise the 4 main types of transformation.

This activity was designed for a very able Year 8 group after working on linear graphs. It incorporates some other topics that they had studied previously. It is challenging and could also work as a GCSE activity. More clues could be added to differentiate the activity. I recommend that the teacher attempt the challenge first, before giving it to students. The final (unique) solution is presented as a Geogebra file.

A bingo game, ideal for a starter/plenary, involving simplifying algebraic fractions with some knowledge of factorisation required. Can be edited to suit your class.

Aimed at KS3/KS4 students studying Volume and/or Surface Area. It enables students to be creative and gives lots of opportunities for practise using basic and compound 3D shapes.

Aimed at KS3/KS4 students. It enables them to practise reflections in equations of lines and translations in hopefully a fun and competitive way. Some knowledge of y=mx + c graphs is required. The task differentiates itself as the stronger students should reach the destination in a smaller number of moves. Answers are included as well as geogebra files for the teacher to demonstrate the transformations (if he/she wishes).

Ideal for KS3. Students practise rotations, reflections and translations in (hopefully) a fun way. This can be edited to alter the difficulty level.

Three problems of increasing difficulty which requires knowledge of gradients, straight line graphs, properties of a rhombus and a little bit of Pythagoras. Aimed at KS3/KS4 students. Students could potentially make their own problems after completing these ones.

Students need to use their knowledge of gradients, midpoints and distances to find where the points are located on the grid. The solution is presented in a Geogebra file.

This is designed as a difficult challenge for KS3/KS4 students working on geometric constructions. For some students, constructing a perpendicular bisector or an SSS triangle individually does not pose enough of a challenge so this activity will hopefully be suitable for them. The solution is in an attached Geogebra file.

A couple of short number puzzles, ideal as a lesson starter. Trial and error may well lead students to the solution but mathematical reasoning and deduction should be encouraged from the start.