Arithmetic
Skills
excel arithmetic
practice practice
all four operations. generates an infinite number of questions,
difficulty can be altered by adjusting the range of numbers.
Please Note: See technical
issues if you are having trouble getting excel files to
work properly!
word missing
number problems a
little worksheet with 20 questions where pupils must fill in
the missing numbers to make the sums correct.
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jigsaw place
value a
jigsaw containing some pretty easy and pretty hard place value
questions.
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jigsaw 7
and 8 times table a
nice times table activity kindly donated by Vikki Sutton.
word race
track game students
practice adding, multiplying and subtracting. can also be nice
introduction to algebra.
flash
player 3
dart checkout a
nice interactive darts based activity testing key artithmetic
skills
flash
player 3
dart checkout (worksheet) the
worksheet to accompnay the above activty
flash
player 501
darts another
darts based game, this time with a "wobble factor"!
word three
dice game a
nice simple game which re-inforces key artithmetic skills
word chinese
multiplication a
set of grids for working out sums using the method of chinese
multiplication (or napier's bones) kindly donated by Nick Martin
Bodmas
powerpoint bodmas
notes a
nice "fill in the words" exercise.
Decimals
excel 10
question decimal tests practice
everything you could ever need to do with a decimal.
powerpoint decimals
starter pupils
must find a route to the target number by adding and subtracting
decimals.
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jigsaw dividing
decimals an
exercise in dividing decimals kindly donated by Nyima Drayang.
Estimation
powerpoint real
life estimation ten
interesting real life estimation questions.
Fractions
powerpoint fractions
complete guide an
interactive powerpoint presentation summarising and testing
all the main skills required for success with fractions.
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jigsaw equivalent
fractions match
up equivalent fractions.
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jigsaw adding
fractions an
exercise in adding fractions kindly donated by Nyima Drayang.
word equivalent
fractions puzzles four
quite challenging puzzles about equivalent fractions
word equivalent
fractions snap cards a
game of snap with equivalent fractions
flash
player find
the fraction a
nice simple game where pupils must recognise the fraction to
cross the river
word magic
square fractions difficult
magic square puzzles requiring pupils to be very good at adding
fractions
word fraction
starter a
starter involving a 1-100 number square
powerpoint is
it a third? an
activity in recognising fractions of shapes
powerpoint just
add tops and bottoms? a
nice demo of why you don't add the numerators and denominators
of fractions
Fraction,
Decimal and Percentage Conversions
excel equivalent
f, d and p asks
which of two randomly generated fractions is bigger, and represents
the answer visually as a decimal and percentage.
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jigsaw fractions,
decimals and percentages match
up equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages like dominos.
powerpoint f,
d, p lesson a
full lesson on f, d, p conversions
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jigsaw f,
d, p 2 an
exercise in fdp conversions kindly donated by Vikki Sutton.
word fdp
equivalent dominoes domino
loop card activity
word fdp
of 240 a
simple spider diagram where students must find various fraction,
decimal and percentage amounts of £240
flash
player fractions
to decimals a
flash file where students must match up fractions to their equivalent
decimals. has 3 different levels and suitable for use on the
IWB
word fractions
snap game a
snap game involving equivalent fractions
Function
Machines (see Algebra page for more
examples)
excel mappings lots
of different varieties of function machines, with options to
hide and reveal answers. good intro to sequences.
Indices
word indices
notes simple
notes summarising rules of indices
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jigsaw laws
of indices a
hard match up jigsaw
powerpoint indices
bingo a
bingo game testing the laws of indices
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jigsaw indices
and stadard form practise
the rules of indices and standard form
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jigsaw index
notation an
exercise in index notation kindly donated by Vikki Sutton.
powerpoint indices
rules bingo another
bingo game testing the laws of indices
word indices
rules bingo cards bingo
cards for the above game
powerpoint indices
introduction an
introduction to the laws of indices
Mental
Arithmetic
excel mental
arithmetic mini-tests several
mental arithmetic mini-tests with answers and infinite questions
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Widgets
Money
flash
player money
game practice
paying for goods with the correct change
flash
player correct
amount more
practice paying for goods with the correct change
flash
player correct
change can
you work out the correct amount of change?
Negative
Numbers
excel negative
number practice mini-tests
on all four operations with negative numbers. it even keeps
the score for you.
powerpoint negative
numbers question board 12
questions on negative numbers that can be developed into a team
game against the clock
powerpoint sandcastles a
different way of teaching negative numbers using... sandcastles!
quite a nice visiual way of thinking about it
word negative
numbers follow-me cards a
nice set of follow-me cards for negative numbers
word negative
numbers follow-me cards (multiply and divide) another
nice set of follow-me cards for negative numbers
powerpoint using
a number line a
visual representation of how to do simple addition and subtraction
sums involving negative numbers using a number line
excel negative
numbers four operations tests
students' ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with
negative numbers
word negative
numbers pyramids students
must arrange the blocks of the addition pyramid so the sum of
the two blocks below equals the block above. same for the subtraction
pyramid
Number
Grids
excel multiples
on a number grid displays
all the multiples of a given number on a number grid. both the
number and the starting number of the grid can be altered.
Percentages
powerpoint percentage
bubbles simple
percentage bubbles which can be altered to suit your needs.
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jigsaw percentage
of amount match-up
jigsaw testing easy and tricky percentage of amount questions.
powerpoint real
life percentages examples
of the use of percentages in the real world. good as a starter.
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jigsaw mega
percentages jigsaw a
jigsaw that tests all the essential percetanges skills
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jigsaw percentage
of amount - simple an
exercise in simple percentage of amounts kindly donated by Vikki
Sutton.
publisher percentages
snake board a
game board for practicing percentages of amounts
powerpoint increase
and decrease bingo a
game of percenage increase and decrease bingo
word increase
and decrease bingo cards bingo
cards to accompany the above activity
excel calculate
percentages a
simple excel file that produces random "percentage of amount"
questions and then provides the answers
word repeat
percentage cross-number a
crossword activity involving questions on repeat percentages,
compound interest, etc
excel percentage
bubbles an
excel file that challenges students to work out 50%, 10%, 1%
etc of random numbers. quite good for working out percentages
mentally
Ratio
powerpoint ratio
- boys v girls some
bright and colourful ratio questions
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jigsaw dividing
ratios a
domino match-up for diving ratios of amounts
word ratio
and proportion sort cards a
nice match-up activity that links together ratio and proportion
powerpoint ratio
introduction a
presentation and worksheet to introduce the basics of ratio
Rounding
powerpoint practicing
rounding lots
of questions and answers testing all types of rounding.
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jigsaw rounding a
jigsaw testing rounding to various decimal places and significant
figures.
Standard
Form
powerpoint standard
form planets an
introduction to standard form using planets
excel multiplying
and dividing shows
the process of multiplying and dividing using standard form.
press f9 to get new questions.
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jigsaw indices
and stadard form practise
the rules of indices and standard form
powerpoint writing
numbers in standard form a
full lesson on standard from using real life data about planets
word using
standard form in formuale a
mini real life activity testing students' ability to substitute
numbers in standard form into formulae
Types
of Number
excel squares,
cubes and roots quick
test to make sure pupils know all the important squares, cubes
and roots.
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jigsaw simplifying
surds quite
tricky simplifying surds jigsaw
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jigsaw types
of number jigsaw a
jigsaw testing knowledge of factors, multiples, prime factors,
hcf and lcm.
word gozinto
a
simple game practicing multiples
word factors,
multiples and primes follow me cards a
nice follow-me starter activity practicing knowledge of factors,
multiples and primes
powerpoint square
and triangle numbers a
visualisation of square and triangle tumbers
powerpoint powers
and roots a
quick recap on squares, cubes and roots
