A mathematics resources compilation.

• Dr Austin Maths – new Revision Grids
• The Chalkface – topic Index for A Level Maths & Further Maths
• Graspable Math – division symbol
• Random Acts of Maths
• Vocabulary

Amanda Austin has added further Revision Grids (3rd April) to her brilliant resource collection. All her revision resources are available from the Revision section of Dr Austin Maths.

These revision grids are included in the GCSE 2024 revision collection.

(For more on Circle Theorems, including GeoGebra applets – scroll down a little on this Geometry page,)

From The Chalkface, this index, which also gives the main topics assessed for Edexcel Maths and Further Maths A Level, up to 2023, is very useful; the index includes a description of each question. We can also see a table showing question frequency. Note that many questions involve multiple topics – see the notes on The Chalkface spreadsheet.

It’s great to see the division symbol is now supported by Graspable Math; try it out on this canvas by Erik Weitnauer.

This will be really useful when looking at the order of operations with younger students and also for the division of fractions.

Remember that we have the option (in settings) to choose how we want to display the multiplication symbol.

For more on Graspable Math, see this series of pages.

Try ‘Random Acts of Maths’ from Maths Ed Ideas, which has over 300 “pocket-sized problems, teasers, curios, provocations, inspirations, etc.”

In Mathematical Miscellany #95, I featured Matt Woodfine’s addition to Maths Whiteboard which enables us to see the meanings of terms used. I have now included this in the Vocabulary collection.

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This is a great feature on Maths White Board – choose any Model it board and you can see the meanings of terms used; in this example we can look at the meaning of simplify or expression.

A mathematics resources compilation.

• GCSE Revision 2024 – 1st Class Maths Edexcel Foundation Paper 1
• Functional Skills – Transum Mathematics activities mapping
• The Calculator Guide – Exploring Input and Output on a Casio Classwiz fx-991CW
• Backwards Faded Maths – Dave Taylor
• Plotting linear and non-linear graphs – Andy Lutwyche.

The GCSE Revision 24 collection has been updated. 1st Class Maths is excellent for providing practice papers; Edexcel Practice Paper 1 is now available for Foundation as well as Higher. The questions are all original and based on high-frequency paper 1 topics.

I like the mapping documents linking curriculum content to activities on Transum; recently added we have Functional Skills.

A new video from The Calculator Guide, Exploring Input & Output On A Casio Classwiz fx-991CW | Settings.

See this page for further information on the latest Casio models.

Dave Taylor has been adding to his excellent Backwards Faded Maths resources. Recent additions include Reverse Percentage Decrease, Combining Average Speeds, Forming Equations and Ratio, Electricity Readings, Ratio, Fractions and Percentages, and Angles in Polygons.

The Backwards Faded section of Dave Taylor’s website includes an introduction, to quote from the introduction –

‘In backward faded worked examples, students are required to try to find a solution in the last step on problem 1, the last two steps on problem 2, and so on. In other words, students are required to continue the steps given to solve the problem.’

Dave Taylor – Backward Faded Maths

Try this useful resource for plotting linear and non-linear graphs from Andy Lutwyche. The resource was designed to revise plotting linear graphs from an equation before moving on to non-linear graphs (quadratic, cubic, reciprocal and exponential). It’s great to have the grids provided (and answers).

A mathematics resources compilation:

• Maths Genie – Mini Tests
• Maths White Board – frequent topics in recent exams
• Intermediate Maths Challenge
• MEI – Exploring Data with Technology for Key Stages 3-4
• 60 Second Adventures In Astronomy – Open University

Maths Genie with all its questions and worked solutions by topic is such a brilliant site for students and teachers; have you looked at the other resources available including the very useful Foundation and Higher Mini Tests? These are 20 GCSE tests of 20 questions (2 sides of A4), with answers supplied; tests are available for Foundation, Grade 5 (Foundation), Grades 4-6 (Higher), and Grades 7-9 (Higher).

If you want to customise starters to test certain topics there are several options available – see Custom Maths Revision Starters.

On Maths White Board, Matt Woodfine has created a very useful resource, he has analysed topics that have appeared in recent GCSE papers (June 22 – Nov 23) for AQA, Edexcel and OCR Foundation and Higher and created question sets for these topics.

The example here shows AQA Higher, Paper 1; looking at Venn Diagrams for example, we can generate a whiteboard (and as it is possible to refresh questions we have an endless supply) or a worksheet with answers.

On January 31st we have the Intermediate Maths Challenge, the challenge questions really get your students thinking and are excellent to use at any time – practice with past paper questions. I do like the way UKMT have provided further investigations for the questions.

On Challenge Prompts you can find prompts and video solutions for the IMC Papers from 2015 – 2017.

From MEI, have a look at their recently published Exploring Data with Technology collection of activities aimed at mathematics students in Key Stage 3 or 4 (UK ages 11-16). The aim of the activities is to give students an experience of exploring real data sets using a statistics program. All the activities use the free educational software for data analysis tool, CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform). Download the activities for all the resources needed – a presentation, teacher notes, and CODAP files for the data.

Trying CODAP for the first time, I selected CODAP, then try CODAP, create new document. Choosing import from the main menu allows you to import a CODAP data file. Once you have imported the data, you can drag data from the table to the graph.

Trying CODAP for the first time, I selected CODAP, then try CODAP, create new document. Choosing import from the main menu allows you to import a CODAP data file. Once you have imported the data, you can drag data from the table to the graph to assign horizontal and vertical axes.

This is certainly a resource I will be exploring further. There are many examples available to explore CODAP. Number of Factors looks interesting.

I have been interested in Astronomy since coming across a book on Constellations in my local Junior library some decades ago – so I’ll finish with these 60 Second Adventures In Astronomy from The Open University.

A mathematics resources compilation:

• GCSE worked examples – Dave Taylor
• OAT Maths
• Venn Diagrams – Helen Konstantine
• Diagnostic Questions – Eedi quizzes
• Worked example animation library – Matt Woodfine Maths White Board

Dave Taylor has created very useful GCSE resources, in his words, “one/a few question(s) on each topic across the specification to identify gaps in understanding”. Look at the GCSE Higher Revision Booklets in the GCSE Maths section. these resources are written for OCR; Dave has also created AQA resources which are available on All About Maths.

Have you looked at OAT Maths recently? Recently published are 3 new Algebra units: A6 – The Cartesian Grid, A7 – Introduction to Sequences, and A8 – Linear Inequalities. Each unit is resourced with a sequenced booklet of tasks and a unit-long presentation that can be adapted for use in the classroom; read the overview here. Each unit is very comprehensive with many well chosen tasks, some of which are designed in-house and sometimes taken from other sources including Don Steward, CIMT, Chris McGrane and Craig Barton.

I have included OAT Maths on these GCSE resources pages, each page includes sites easily searchable by topic.

• Number
• Ratio
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Probability and Statistics

From Helen Konstantine on HKO, some great multiple choice questions on Venn Diagrams.

More on Venn Diagrams.

From Craig Barton, ‘A new year’s present from Eedi‘; this is an extensive free resource of questions, video lessons and supporting material for maths teachers. ‘Comprehensive’ feels like an understatement, this is an amazing resource.

Selecting any example (choose a Quiz Name) you can see all that is included. For each section, there is a prerequisite knowledge check, a diagnostics quiz, a video of a worked example together with a follow-up question to check students’ understanding, 3 sets of questions: fluency practice, intelligent practice and problem-solving questions and explain the mistake challenges.

See more information on Eedi, remember that use of all the resources is free for everyone; Plus accounts are available as an extra layer of support and motivation for the students who need it most. Use the Resources section to get started if you are not familiar with Eedi.

Matt Woodfine has completed his worked example project on Maths White Board; this library has well over 1000 short animations, which as Matt sates could be used in a variety of ways.