Factorising and expanding single brackets and double brackets. More suitable for Foundation.

A tool for students to work out some simple percentages. The bonus questions test to see if they can combine more of the bubbles to generate new answers. The star questions ask students to calculate percentages that you can't generate as easily from the bubble.

5 quick questions on function machines, followed by peer assessment.

This investigation is for students to discover for themselves the interior and exterior angle rules of polygons.

This was designed for a low ability year 10 group who needed a lot of scaffolding to get them started.

5 quick questions on writing expressions, followed by peer assessment.

5 quick questions on rectangles, including a compound shape and expressions for area and perimeter, followed by a peer assessment.

A quick starter to recap forming and solving one-step equations.

2 quick questions on trial improvement, followed by peer assessment.

Designed as a starter for calculating percentages of amounts. The idea is that the students will recognise that the denominator will give them a clue what to divide by when calculating 10% etc.

This resource is targeted at lower ability students who need plenty of practice with their numeracy skills. It is designed to build up slowly over time as starters to every lesson. Examples of topics included are directed number, types of number, fractions, BIDMAS, expanding brackets, nth term.

A sorting activity to see if students really understand the difference between the definitions of term, expression, equation, formula. Initially designed for a middle ability year 7 group.