A game based around the concept of factors and abundant numbers.
Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.
Estimate or calculate then put the large numbers in order of size.
Work out the date Will was born by answering some number questions.
How many breaths have you taken in your lifetime?
Is there a pattern in the number of palindromic numbers to be found less than powers of 10?
Can you use the digits on the left of this clock along with any mathematical operations to equal the digits on the right?
Questions about the Small LEDs used to make up the digits on a calculator display.
An activity involving a broken calculator which is missing the four button. Can you evaluate the given expressions without using the four?
Five problems with a Halloween theme.
Everyone in the class holds up an item to show which is the correct answer to the multiple choice question.
Loosely based on the famous television show, how many questions cn you come up with for a given answer?
Four mathematical questions to think about at the beginning of the lesson.
The 31st of December is the last day of the year. What mathematical lasts do you know?
Do as many of the calculations as possible before the maggots infest!
A small crossword puzzle containing mathematical words.
The starter is a PowerPoint file containing a twenty question mental arithmetic test. It will advance from one question to the next automatically.
Can you recognise the mystery numbers from the clues?
Can you solve this paradox by agreeing whether the statements are right or wrong?
Stand at the point between the classroom walls to represent a given number.
It is called Refreshing Revision because every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions.
Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?
Six calculations to perform without a calculator.
Put up your right hand or left hand depending on the expressions that appears.
An activity designed to address common misconceptions.
Create your own mathematical word search for the whole class to enjoy.
Questions about the perimeters and areas of polygons given as algebraic expressions.
A list of suggested activities and resources for the first few lessons of the new school year.
It is a race against the clock to answer 30 mental arithmetic questions. There are nine levels to choose from.
How fast can you perform all of the given operations without using a calculator?
Here are some mathematics lesson plans to be used on the rare occasions when a class is left without their normal teacher and you are stepping in at a moment's notice.
Some advice, tips and tricks for a Maths exam presented in the form of a poem for a teacher to share with the class.
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test recognition for formulae required to be memorised for GCSE exams.
Find the matching pairs of formulae and their names in this game designed for IB AA SL students during their final revision.
The traditional memory game played with mathematical statements.
A selection of linear programming questions with an interactive graph plotting tool.
A game of buying and selling property with maths questions thrown in for good measure.
Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.
This application will pick the bingo numbers for you and present each of the numbers as a mathematical expression.
Questions about general mathematical facts and concepts.
Match the mathematician and their birth years with the image suggesting some mathematics they are associated with.
A collection of mathematical poems to teach concepts and set puzzles.
Each visitor to this page has a unique maze constructed for them to find their way through answering mathematical questions on the way.
If each pupil has an iPad, laptop or slate this provides an alternative to 'hands up'.
Find the medians of sets of different types of numbers in these self-marking exercises.
If '7 D in a W' stands for 7 days in a week, what do you think these mystery numbers are?
A daily workout strengthening your ability to do the basic mathematical operations efficiently.
A collection of activities based around the theme of palindromic numbers.
A checklist of basic numeracy techniques that every pupil should know.
Show that you know how many whatsits are in a thingamabob and other 'Numbers In A ...' answers.
Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.
Mathematical questions with five possible answers. If you get 20 correct you can add your own question to the database.
Imagine you are on a desert island with nothing but a pack of playing cards. Do you have to stop learning mathematics?
A mental arithmetic visual aid that displays random calculations then after a few seconds displays the answers.
Randomly chosen questions to project onto the whiteboard for the end of the lesson plenary.
Every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions for whole class retrieval practice.
Sort the numbers in to the correct order as fast as you can.
This system allows students to vote or choose a response to a question posed by a teacher.
A simple visual aid which acts as a stopwatch recording the number of minutes and seconds that have passed or are left.
A customisable lesson Starter featuring today's date.
Ten multiple choice questions randomly chosen from those suggested by people from all around the world.
An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the old mansion.
A mini adventure game containing maths puzzles and problems. Find your way through the maze of tunnels to find Goldberg's magic harpsicord.
A mathematical true or false general knowledge activity for Halloween.
Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.
A whole class game. Find examples for each of the categories that no other person has found.
A selection of images which might be useful as the background of your remote Maths teaching video stream.
GCSE-style questions for regular practice designed for students targeting grades 3 to 5 (C/D) of the GCSE Mathematics examination.
Find out how developed your algebra skills are and then take them to the next level.
Fill in the blank spaces so that the cells give the sum or the product shown in each row and column.
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