A one page sheet with eight common shapes on. Pupils should cut these out and physically fold them, to see which ones have lines of symmetry. I came up with this in response to pupils who consistently thought that a parallelogram had two lines of symmetry, and a non-square rectangle had four lines of symmetry.

A set of revision questions involving bearings and then bearings with trigonometry - something pupils usually need a lot of practice on.

A series of nicely presented questions each with some money coming in and some expenses. It's quite simple but gives pupils plenty of practice dealing with the terminology and some simple numeracy.

A series of examples and full solutions on the following topics - Volume of a Prism (cuboids, cylinders and triangular prisms) - Surface Area of a Prism (cuboids, cylinders and other prisms)

A simple powerpoint with a shop where items cost different amounts. You then ask the pupils how much change they get from a pound. Easily adaptable to add your own items (or change the existing prices) or extend by asking about buying multiple items, starting with £5 etc. Aimed at CfE Level 1 Mathematics

A simple worksheet with many questions such as 'reduce £70 by 20%'

A simple world map Starter Question introducing the idea of co-ordinates with longitude and latitude.

A series of pictures of the same school (Mearns Castle in Scotland) taken from further and further away. For each picture pupils have to work out which is the correct scale.

A set of five challenging questions testing the link between length, area, and volume scale factor. Full solutions provided. These questions were created by my pupils, so have a relatively real life context!

A six-page worksheet with hundreds of questions broken down into topics, with a key rule followed by practice questions. It starts simple with positive indices then covers all other areas. Topics are: - multiplying and dividing - powers of powers - numbers in brackets - numbers and letters - to the power zero and one - negative powers - square roots - fractional powers - fractional negative powers Provided with answers in the same document. I wrote this as I couldn’t find any other resource that takes pupils slowly through all the different types of question. Edit: added Indices Summary Powerpoint/PDF which I print out to give to pupils.

Four Power Point slides on sequences - the first is simple ‘what comes next’ - the second is counting matchsticks and finding a formula - the third is formally finding a linking formula between ‘S’ and ‘T’ - the fourth is more practice finding and using the relationship between ‘S’ and ‘T’ If you like more challenging ‘What Comes Next’ problems see my separate resource on that. A practice test on sequences. Full solutions attached.

This is a thought provoking activity about how many variables are needed to describe a shape. For example, if you don't care about size, rotation or position all squares are the same. To define size, one variable is needed. To define rotation, one variable is needed. To define position in the 2D plane, two variables are needed. So to fully define any square requires four variables. There are many possible different choices for these four.

A series of examples and questions on the following topics: Express a change in value as Percentage Calculate Compound Interest Reverse Percentage Change Appreciation/Depreciation by a Percentage Provided with solutions

A powerpoint-activity to learn and revise about vectors. There's been a robbery! Can you help Inspector Vector solve the crime by collecting clues? This is a fun activity for groups that includes: - adding and subtracting 2D and 3D vectors - finding the magnitude of 2D and 3D vectors - adding and subtracting vectors like a and b - some practice with surds for magnitude of vectors - visualizing vectors in 3D - using some logic to solve the crime Solutions to each clue included in the Power Point notes. Takes a very good class about 1 hour 30 minutes.

A game to revise simple integration. Each catchphrase picture is hidden behind nine expressions. Randomly select a pupil, and if they can integrate their chosen expression they get 10 seconds to guess at the picture hidden below.

A series of increasingly difficult problems involving solving Trig Equations, in radians. Begins with sin x = 1/2, then builds in double angle formulas and trig identities. Answers given at the end.

A worksheet with four pre-printed distance-time graphs for pupils to interpret. Their answers should be sentences such as "go at 4 metres per second for 3 seconds, then pause for 2 seconds, then ..."

Pupils add fractions by shading squares. Simple at first, but gradually they build up to understanding why for example 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6 Good for lower ability classes who benefit from a visual representation

A series of four worksheets to progressively introduce pupils to the idea of adding and subtracting fractions by matching the denominators. Rather than just presenting it to them as a rule, they work through simple examples to gain an understanding of what is happening. I wrote this out of frustration with a poor class who simply didn't seem to understand how fractions worked, and although they could memorise a method, would then misapply it (for example, trying to add three fractions with them was a disaster, until they actually understood what they were doing)

A great way to introduce formulas, with a fun activity to estimate how fast your reaction time is. The Power Point introduces the idea of reaction time then shows pupils a simple experiment they can do, which leads to a formula for converting centimetres on a ruler to reaction time in seconds.