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Sequences and Patterns
A brilliant interactive tutorial with audio explaining how sequences and patterns of numbers are worked out. It has interactive exercises with explanations.
Finding Prime Factors
A brilliant tutorial explaining what prime numbers are and how to find prime factors of numbers. Designed for 11 to 12 year olds.
Math Interactive
A useful interactive resource which can help students to understand the order of operations in maths. It shows teaching strategies, solutions, print activities and rewards the user with a game to play.
The interactive resources include:
Multiples, Factors and Primes
An excellent video tutorial which explains simply how to find Lowest Common Multiples, Highest Common Factors and Prime Numbers. It is aimed pupils revising for Grade C GCSE.
Greatest Common Factors
A tutorial which shows how to find the Highest Common Factor of numbers.
Least Common Multiples
An interactive tutorial on Lowest Common Multiples with exercises.
Understanding Reciprocals
An excellent video tutorial which explains reciprocals. It is aimed pupils revising for Grade C GCSE.
Test Yourself Function Machines and Formulas
A quick quiz on algebra.
Percentages
A short series of interactive demonstrations to see how to find percentages of money.
Finding Percentage Increase and Decrease
This tutorial explains step by step how to find percentage increase and decrease.
Compare Fractions and Pecentages
The aim of this Skillswise site is to remind learners how to recognise equivalencies between common fractions, percentages and decimals. It has printable worksheets to go with the activities.
Percentage Fractions Chains
A useful teaching tool for use on an IWB particularly for starter or plenary sessions. Set your class the challenge of finding percentage values of figures up to four digits. Work on percentages of money, weight, length, numbers and fractions of numbers.
Number Line
An excellent teaching tool for displaying different number lines.
Counting Stick
A teaching tool to help with number sequences which go up or down. The counting sticks are either vertical or horizontal. There are different levels of difficulty from very simple to including negative numbers.
Function Wheel
A brilliant teaching tool which is really useful for whole class teaching on an interactive whiteboard. It can help with mental maths and can be used for different ability levels for rounding, decimals, addition, square numbers and much more.
Dartboard Double and Half
A teaching and learning tool on doubling, halving, rounding, fractions and percentages. Good for both use on an interactive whiteboard and for stand-alone computers.
Dartboard - Rounding
Use an image of a dartboard to reinforce rounding skills to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or whole number when using decimals. Either choose to reveal the answers or input answers. Includes rounding pounds, metres and kilograms.
Dartboard - Next
Using an image of a dartboard this site can help you round up to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or whole number when using decimals. Either choose to reveal the answers or input your own.
Finding Estimates
An excellent video tutorial which shows how to find estimates of calculations.
Hop To It
A game which can help you to practise adding positive and negative numbers. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Balancing Equations
An useful animated, interactive lesson which helps students to understand how to balance simple equations. Aimed at 11 - 12 year olds this lesson has parents' notes and activity sheet.
An excellent video tutorial showing a simple way of multiplying out a bracket in algebra.
Multiplying out two brackets
A clear video tutorial showing you how to multiply out two brackets in algebra. Appropriate for revision for Grade C GCSE
Finding Area and Perimeter of Circles
An excellent video tutorial which explains how to find the area and circumference of a circle and a semi-circle.
Axial Symmetry
A simple demonstration of what axial symmetry is. View simple shapes and see the difference between horizontal, vertical and diagonal axes.
Symmetry
A good tutorial with audio to help pupils learn the names of different polygons and how to draw lines of symmetry on some of them.
What's my Angle
A great way to learn how to use a protractor. There's a tutorial on its use and random examples to practise.
Planes of Symmetry
This presentation explains planes of symmetry in some 3D shapes. It is a useful teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard as the tutorial can be paused at any stage for discussion.
Quadrilateral Quest
A quiz on the properties of shapes.
Translation
An excellent video tutorial which shows you how to translate a shape using a vector.
Coordinate Game
The title says it all. It is a simple game involving co-ordinates.
Pentominoes
This teaching unit from NGfL Cymru has 12 mini activities on pentominoes. After finding the pentaminoes in the investigation the activities include finding the symmetry and rotational symmetry of the shapes.
Nets of Polyhedra
View nets of various solid shapes: tetrahedron, cube, square-based pyramid, cuboid, hexagonal prism, octahedron, triangular prism, dodecahedron and icosahedron.
Tetrahedra Investigation
An investigation using the net of a tetrahedron. See how many ways this can be coloured in using four different colours only once. There are teachers' notes and an accompanying worksheet.
Billy Bug and his all New Quest for Grub
A co-ordinates grid which includes negative numbers.
Random Trigonometry Problems
A clever website which generates an endless sequence of trigonometry problems in right-angled triangles. Find either angles or sides. It includes an optional on-screen calculator and provides the solution where you can check your answer.
Scatter Graphs
Learn about line of best fit on scatter graphs and positive and negative correlation
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