BODMAS, Square & Cube Numbers Lesson – Functional Skills, KS3, GCSE

A complete lesson on BODMAS and square and cube numbers, ideal for Functional Skills Maths L1/L2, KS3, and GCSE Foundation. Includes a 22-slide interactive teaching PowerPoint, differentiated worksheets, starters, activities, exam-style questions, and plenaries. Perfect for building confidence with order of operations and number skills through engaging practice and codebreaker tasks

Includes:
• 1 × 22-slide interactive teaching PowerPoint
• 1 × BODMAS codebreaker worksheet
• 1 × Square and cube numbers worksheet

This lesson begins with a stopwatch starter where students answer four recap questions based on prior learning.

Main Lesson Content

Square and Cube Numbers
• 4 example questions
• Leads into an individual worksheet focused on square and cube number practice
• Followed by a plenary question with the answer displayed on screen

BODMAS
• 5 example slides
• 4 mini whiteboard questions (answers included on screen)
• Progresses to an individual codebreaker activity where students solve BODMAS problems to reveal the joke’s punchline
• Includes an exam-style question with answer
• Ends with a final plenary slide

I hope you find this resource as helpful as my students have. Any of the slides can be printed as worksheets if that suits your class needs.