Here are some of the wonderful activities to be found on the Transum website that you have probably not yet stumbled upon.
Pythagoras with Surds
Questions about right-angled triangles for which the answers should be surds in their simplest form.
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Prime Prevention
Players take turns placing numbers from 1-9 on the grid. Avoid making three-digit prime numbers in any direction!
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Statistics Supplied
Find all of the sets of numbers matching the given statistical conditions.
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History of Mathematics
Activities to explore the origins of mathematics: Was it created by human invention or uncovered as a natural discovery?
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Uniqueness Game
A whole class game. Find examples for each of the categories that no other person has found.
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Refreshing Revision
Every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions for whole class retrieval practice.
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Boxed In Numbers
The classic dots and boxes game with the addition of some positive and negative numbers which determine your score.
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Groups of Four
A simplified, mathematical version of the challenge seen in the British TV programme Only Connect. Find the connections between the terms.
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Ultimate Noughts and Crosses
A game requiring you to devise a strategy far more complex than that required for the standard game.
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Pick The Primes
Pick the prime fruit from the tree as quickly as possible. Practise to improve your personal best time.
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Area Maze
Use your knowledge of rectangle areas to calculate the missing measurement of these composite diagrams.
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Writing Expressions
Listen to the voice saying the algebraic expression then write it in its simplest form.
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Weekly Workout
GCSE-style questions for regular practice designed for students targeting grades 3 to 5 (C/D) of the GCSE Mathematics examination.
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Zygo
Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.
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Maths Mind Reader
Investigate this amazing mind reading performance based on simple mathematical principles.
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Inertia Racetrack
A racing game for two players in which they use vectors to control the movement of their cars.
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Arithmagons
Find the missing numbers in these triangular, self-checking puzzles and discover the wonders of these fascinating structures.
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Student Voting
This system allows students to vote or choose a response to a question posed by a teacher.
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Random Student Generator
The Transum name selecting application helps teachers choose students in a completely random way.
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Great Expectation
An interactive online activity requiring logical thinking and a certain amount of luck to place the digits on the correct side of the inequality sign.
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Online Logo
An online version of the Logo programming language with 30 mathematical challenges.
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Tran Towers
An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the old mansion.
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Snail Race
A race between 12 snails. Which snail is most likely to win? This is the students' version of the race simulation.
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Satisfaction
This is quite a challenging number grouping puzzle requiring a knowledge of prime, square and triangular numbers.
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