Calculator Crunch is designed to provide extra practice for Year 6 and 7 pupils in key areas of the maths curriculum. For Year 6 pupils the resources help to develop confidence with calculators in preparation for secondary school maths.
Calculator Crunch 2024 runs from 24 to 28 June. Each morning, a new challenge involving the use of a basic or scientific will be released.
Claire Clay has created some really clear resources on using a calculator. See her site, Clay’s Contemplations, for her blog posts and calculator resources. Her calculator cards are very attractively presented and easy to follow.
She has also created a PowerPoint to show the essential calculator buttons for both the fx-83GT X and fx-83GT.
The Calculator Guide has very helpful videos for the new Casio fx-991CW Classwiz Calculator. See Casio ClassWiz 2023 for further information on the new Casio calculators.
Dr Frost Maths
On Dr Frost Maths, under Tools, see Virtual Calculators; this collection includes lesson resources.
A resource I have used a great deal for solving quadratic equations using the formula is this calculator from Math Warehouse, which clearly shows how to use the quadratic formula. Further online calculators can be found on these pages.
This practice paper has been added to the Level 2 Further Maths page. The page includes some practice papers created last year, 2023, which still provide useful practice questions. Note that there are Paper 2 Practice Papers which we created following 2023 Paper 1.
Keep an eye on Dr Tom Bennison’s Exam 2024 resources, a practice paper for AQA Level 2 Further Maths will be added Monday 10th pm with solutions in the evening. Warmup grids will be added Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, June 11th
A Level Maths, Paper 2
Dale Chapman – Edexcel Maths Pure 2 practice paper
For Edexcel A Level, Dale Chapman has created a practice paper for Edexcel maths pure paper 2. Dale has used questions from the International A Level – a great idea as students are unlikely to have seen them before. A mark scheme is at the end of the document. Dale has provided this Dropbox link.
Elliott Henchy has created this revision list for Edexcel Pure Paper 2based on topics not assessed in Paper 1. As Elliott has said, these are simply his own predictions and are just a guide for revision. Topics can be assessed twice, so there are things that may reappear on Paper 2.
The GCSE Paper 3 post has had several updates this week; a massive thank you to all the teachers for sharing their resources.
For example, for GCSE we have:
Jo Morgan – revision mat
Jo Morgan has shared a link to an Edexcel Foundation revision mat a teacher has created from a Foundation revision mat of hers. The teacher edited the resource to remove topics that came up on Papers 1 and 2. With 32 questions followed by the answers, this is a great revision resource for Foundation students.
Dale Chapman – Edexcel Maths Pure 2 practice paper
For A Level, Dale Chapman has created a practice paper for Edexcel maths pure paper 2. Dale has used questions from the International A Level – a great idea, as students are unlikely to have seen them before. A mark scheme is at the end of the document. Dale has provided this Dropbox link.
(This post will be kept updated with any new resources).
Remember that any topic can come up on any paper, and topics already tested could appear again.
Corbett Maths
On Corbett Maths, see Paper 3 resources. These are available for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. For each board you can find checklists, practice papers and revision resources,
To quote the important reminder from Dr Frost Maths:
This set of questions is comprised of past exam paper questions or those from our Question Generators on drfrost.org. These resources have been designed to aid with revision for the Summer 2024 exams, considering topics which commonly appear on the calculator papers and those which have already been examined in Paper 1 or 2. There is no guarantee that any topics assessed in Paper 1 or 2 will not appear again. Hence, these should not be considered as predicted papers and should not be relied upon for total preparation for Paper 3.
Pete Mattock – AQA Practice Paper 3 (higher)
Following papers 1 and 2, Pete Mattock has written these practice papers for AQA. There is a paper for each of Foundation and Higher, and mark schemes are provided for each.
Matt Woodfine – AQA Paper 3 preparation
On Maths White Board, Matt Woodfine has created resources for AQA Paper 3 preparation. Both pdf files and online versions are available with mark schemes clearly available.
Anthony Tompkins AQA Paper 3H
It is possible to download the paper to try first, then watch the video to check.
1st Class Maths Topic List extract Paper 3 (Edexcel Higher)
From Daniel Bennett on Bennett on BennettMaths.com, see Summer 24 support for Edexcel resources. Practice Papers and revision mats are available for Foundation and Higher.
The GCSE Maths Tutor is providing free practice papers for 2024 with video solutions and revision checklists. Save this link for the resources.
Adam Mercer – Edexcel 3H revision
Adam Mercer has created a revision grid for Edexcel Paper 3H, this is a 2-page document with answers on the second page. 9 questions are provided on unseen topics.
Jo Morgan – revision mat
Jo Morgan has shared a link to an Edexcel Foundation revision mat a teacher has created from a Foundation revision mat of hers. The teacher edited the resource to remove topics that came up on Papers 1 and 2. With 32 questions followed by the answers this is a great revision resource for Foundation students.
From onmaths AQA, Edexcel and OCR Foundation and Higher, online practice is available free. (Documents to download are available for subscribers).
On the Third Space Learning blog, Christine Norledge has reflected on Paper 2, provided an in-depth analysis of the paper, and looked ahead to what Paper 3 might have in store.
Many resources are available in this post, GCSE Revision 2024. And remember that we have some excellent resources for creating question sets on chosen topics. See Custom Maths Revision Starters.
