An experience teacher and tutor. I have had a lot of success with most of my students gaining grades 7-9 in the first exam or grade 5 in 2017. So I want to share my success with other teachers by creating/developing the following....
1. 9-1 Maths GCSE Question Papers: For both Tiers ; (Higher Tier ) and
(Foundation Tier)
2. New Maths GCSE Problem Solving Worksheets on various Topics that hit AO1 , AO2 and AO3 skills and to prepare the students well for the new 9-1 Exams...
An experience teacher and tutor. I have had a lot of success with most of my students gaining grades 7-9 in the first exam or grade 5 in 2017. So I want to share my success with other teachers by creating/developing the following....
1. 9-1 Maths GCSE Question Papers: For both Tiers ; (Higher Tier ) and
(Foundation Tier)
2. New Maths GCSE Problem Solving Worksheets on various Topics that hit AO1 , AO2 and AO3 skills and to prepare the students well for the new 9-1 Exams...
1 Paper : 1F Set 1 PDF & Doc Versions for ease of printing. Brand new
Foundation Tier Non-Calculator Paper 1F-
Suitable for Year 11 Revision (hits levels 3-5 )
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 3 - 5and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically. Please ADD a Review and e-mail me your feedback...Let me know how your students find it...
2 file versions: Questions: Pdf and word versions
2 file versions: Answers pdf and word versions
Higher Tier Calculator Paper 2H-
Suitable for Year 11 Revision (hits levels 6-9 )
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 6 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically. Please ADD a Review and e-mail me your feedback...Let me know how your students find it...
1 Paper : 1H Set 1 pdf
1 answer 1H set 1 answer
Higher Tier Non-Calculator Paper 1H-
Suitable for Year 11 Revision (hits levels 6-9 )
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 6 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically. Please ADD a Review and e-mail me your feedback...Let me know how your students find it...
1 Papers : 2H set 1 pdf
1 Answers : 2H Answer pdf
Higher Tier Calculator Paper 2H-
Suitable for Year 11 Revision (hits levels 6-9 )
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 6 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically. Please ADD a Review and e-mail me your feedback...Let me know how your students find it...
Higher Tier Calculator Paper 3H-
Suitable for Year 11 Revision (hits levels 6-9 )
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 6 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically.
Do e-mail me to let me know how your students have found it and please add a review...
Students should learn/discover
1 .Find Gradient of a line from a diagram or by using a formula for m
2. Find the Equation of a line : Y= mx + c
3. Find the Equation of a PARALLEL Line
4. Find the Equation of a PERPENDICULAR line
5. Divide a line segment into a given ratio and calculate coordinates
Then use these skills A-G to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Questions Calculate the Equation of the Tangent of a circle, many applicational /contextual problems involving gradients and equation of a line for the new syllabus
A. a student sheet has no formulae/knowledge as they have to discover these themselves....(starting from a blank canvass- or prior knowledge)
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
B. A COMBINED sheet which acts as a teacher Guidance/Answer sheets includes Formulae
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
[Problem Solving 8 in the Series ( check out 1-7)]
Students should learn/discover
1 . Learn Area of Trapezium
2. Find lengths using Similar Shapes
Then use these skills A-B to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Questions on Geometry
A. a student sheet has no formulae/knowledge as they have to discover these themselves....(starting from a blank canvass- or prior knowledge)
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
B. A COMBINED sheet which acts as a teacher Guidance/Answer sheets
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
[Problem Solving 7 in the Series ( check out 1-6)]
Students should learn/discover
1 . Learn Circle theorem regarding Cyclic Quadrilateral
2. Solve Linear Equations
3. Solve Simultaneous Equations
Then use these skills A-C to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Questions on Geometry and Algebra
A. a student sheet has no formulae/knowledge as they have to discover these themselves....(starting from a blank canvass- or prior knowledge)
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
B. A COMBINED sheet which acts as a teacher Guidance/Answer sheets
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
Written for AQA Style
Higher Tier) Non-Calculator- with Suggested Mark Scheme
Suitable for Year 11 Revision
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 4 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically.
A suggested Mark Scheme to go with the paper.
Do e-mail me to let me know how your students have found it and please add a review...
1. pdf Question Sheet with a formula shown....and 2. Answers provided to assess the students....
Suitable for all exam boards
Edexcel 9-1 Key Topic
AQA part of Ratio questions
OCR part of Ratio questions
Concepts Covered
1. Find Gradient
2. Find Equation of Line
3. Find Mid-point of a Line
4. Find the Distance between two points
5. Links with Perpendicular Gradient and
6. Finding Equation of a Tangent line to a Circle
7. Finding Acceleration from Tangents on VELOCITY-Time graphs
8. Finding a line rule using contextual real variables.
1. Editable Word Format
2. PDF Format
3. Answers 1 and 2 in PDF format
New 9-1 Maths GCSE Problem Solving Question : Geometry - Grades 7-9
1. Student worksheet : requires students to research different Skills and use the learning to answer the problem solving question using the skills learnt. The teacher role is just of a prompter..
2.Teacher Guidance Worksheet
The lesson starter independently conducted by students. It can be adapted and used for one-one activity, paired or group work....By the end of the lessons students should have learn't the following skills and use them for problem solving questions... :
1. Area of Sector 2. Area of Triangle 3. Finding an angle using Cosine Rule and using all/some of the skills to answer the 4. Area of the Segment
How to allow students to combine the skills they learn't to do a multi-stage question...
(Please kindly give constructive feedback...I have used it with my students and has worked very well but I would like to know if it helps other teachers...)
Attached are;
1 . Student Discovery Sheet PDF 2. Teacher Guidance Sheet PDF
3. Two Answers Sheets -PDF
1. A student sheet has no formulae as they have to discover these themselves....
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
2. A teacher Guidance sheet includes Formulae
3. An Answer Sheet also included for teachers
Students should learn/discover 1 . How to Calculate Volume of Cone
2. Use similarity to calculate lengths of shapes.
Then use these two skills to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Question Calculate the Volume of the Frustum of the cone.....
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
Students should learn/discover
1 .How to use Pythagoras Theorem in Problem Solving situations
2. Expanding Brackets
3. Collecting like terms
4. Solve Linear Equations
5. Solve Quadratic Equations
Then use these skills 1-5 to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Questions Calculate the Longest length in a cuboid, Height and Volume of Pyramid and solve problems involving touching circles
A. a student sheet has no formulae/knowledge as they have to discover these themselves....(starting from a blank canvass- or prior knowledge)
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
B. A teacher Guidance/Answer sheets includes Formulae
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
Higher Tier) Non-Calculator- with Suggested Mark Scheme
Suitable for Year 11 Revision
or end of year 10 Exam or for any Assessment....
Covers the whole spectrum- New topics like functions and solving a quadratic inequality included..
Designed by an experienced teacher - coverage levels 4 - 9 and new content embedded..suitable for AQA and/or Edexcel Boards for all higher tier candidates.
All Attainment Targets included and AO1, AO2 and AO3
You can print or set it electronically.
A suggested Mark Scheme to go with the paper.
Do e-mail me to let me know how your students have found it and please add a review...
[Problem Solving 6 in the Series ( check out 1-5)]
Students should learn/discover
1 .Solve a quadratic equation by ( factorising, formula or completing the square)
2. Find the coordinates where line crosses the y-axis or x-axis
3. Re-write expression using completing the square and find turning points
4. Expand from completing the square to get an equivalent expression
5. From roots of the quadratic equations find the factors and expand expression.
Then use these skills A-E to do the PROBLEM SOLVING Questions on Algebra
Find the y-intercept , x -intercept and turning points on quadratic graph
Find the equation of the quadratic graph from sketch and factors and find the turning point
Find the equation of the curve from the turning point and find roots.
A. a student sheet has no formulae/knowledge as they have to discover these themselves....(starting from a blank canvass- or prior knowledge)
They may use textbooks, on-line resources , their exercise books etc...
B. A COMBINED sheet which acts as a teacher Guidance/Answer sheets
The teacher's role is of a prompter- the student does all the work....It can be a one-one or paired or group work and can be adapted to do other things...
Topics Include
1 . Area of Sector
2. Area of Triangle including 1/2 ab Sin C
3. Area of Segment
4. Find the Angle using Cosine Rule
( 1st of the series of AO2 resource)