Practice adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators with this higher level Tarsia jigsaw puzzle. Featuring 30 questions over 24 jigsaw pieces, students need to add or subtract the pairs of fractions by converting both into equivalent fractions. Mixed numbers are also included. Simply solve the sums to match the pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Excellent as either a maths lesson starter activity or as a group activity, foundation and intermediate versions to aid differentiation can also be found in the DoingMaths shop.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle all about multiplying and dividing numbers that have been written in standard form. Featuring 30 questions across 24 jigsaw pieces, your students need answer the standard form arithmetic questions in order to fit the pieces together and complete the puzzle. The jigsaw features both positive and negative powers of ten.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Get your students practising their squares and cubes of numbers up to 12 and square roots of different integers with this maths practice Tarsia jigsaw puzzle.
The puzzle features 30 questions where the answer to the square, cube or square root needs to be found in order to match the 24 triangular puzzle pieces into one large hexagon.
Jigsaw puzzles are great as maths lesson starter activities and equally useful as group activities where formative assessment can be done as you listen to your students discussing their understanding with each other.
The jigsaw is in printable PDF format with answer sheet included.
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A pack of four Christmas themed arithmetic codebreaker puzzles featuring addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Your students need to answer the 26 arithmetic questions in order to crack the code and find the answer to the Christmas riddle. Perfect for primary school or any secondary school student requiring extra practice.
Worksheet 1 covers addition, worksheet 2 covers subtraction, worksheet 3 covers multiplication and worksheet 4 covers all four main operations.
All worksheets are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Three jigsaw puzzles for your students to practice rounding to different numbers of decimal places. Each puzzle consists of 24 pieces and 30 numbers which need to be rounded to the given number of decimal places in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon.
Puzzle 1 features rounding to one decimal place, puzzle 2 features rounding to two decimal places and puzzle 3 features a mixture of rounding to 1, 2 or 3 decimal places or the nearest integer.
Perfect as a lesson starter activity or as a group exercise for further rounding practice.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Great practice for your students on using ratios, this bundle contains match-up jigsaws on simplifying ratios, rewriting ratios in unit form and sharing amounts into ratios.
Each jigsaw features 30 pairs to match up across 24 pieces. Solve each question to complete the puzzle.
All files are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
Practise finding percentages of amounts and increasing/decreasing by percentages with these three Tarsia jigsaw puzzles.
Each puzzle features 30 questions over 24 pieces and requires your students to answer the questions in order to match up the piece and complete the puzzle.
The set includes one puzzle on finding simple percentages without a calculator, one puzzle on finding percentages of amounts using the multiplier method and one puzzle on increasing and decreasing an amount by a percentage.
All of the jigsaws are in PDF format with answer sheets included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle all about adding and subtracting with negative numbers. Solve the 30 addition and subtraction questions in order to match the 24 pieces together and complete the puzzle. Great for a maths lesson starter or as a group activity for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A 24 piece Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 questions on dividing fractions. Simply solve the fraction division questions such as 11/12 ÷ 3/8 and 6 ÷ 2/3 in order to match the pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Great as a maths lesson starter activity or as a group task for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 questions on multiplying and dividing surds such as square root 10 * square root 2 and square root 120 / square root 5. Answer the questions to match together the 24 jigsaw pieces and complete the puzzle.
Tarsia jigsaws make great maths lesson starter activities and are equally useful as group activities for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A 24 piece Tarsia jigsaw puzzle featuring 30 questions on multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Simply solve the questions such as 3/4 x 12 and 22 x 4/3 in order to match the pieces together and complete the puzzle.
Great as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A Tarsia jigsaw puzzle all about making x the subject of the formula. It features 30 formulae of the form y = … which require rearranging into the form x = … . Once this is done match each formula up with its rearranged version in order to match each of the 24 jigsaw pieces together and solve the puzzle.
Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity for assessment for learning.
The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Visit the DoingMaths store to find more jigsaws and chain puzzles covering all aspects of maths.
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The Algebra Practice Bundle contains 19 Tarsia jigsaw puzzles to get your students practising their algebra skills. For each puzzle, simply solve the questions and match them up with their answers to fit the pieces together.
Great fun as a maths lesson starter activity or equally useful as a group activity for formative assessment, this bundle covers most areas of GCSE algebra including:
Completing the square
Factorising quadratic expressions
Finding the formula for the nth term of a sequence
Changing the subject of an algebraic formula
Simplifying algebraic expressions
Solving quadratic equations
Solving linear and quadratic inequalities
Substituting into algebraic expressions
Using algebraic functions
All files are in printable PDF format with answer sheets included.
More DoingMaths Activities can be found in the DoingMaths TES Store.
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A bundle of the multiplication, addition, subtraction and mixed operations codebreaker riddle worksheets. Solve the arithmetic problems to crack the code and find the answers to the riddles. Perfect for primary numeracy practice or as a starter activity for secondary maths lessons.
The bundle includes 8 number riddle worksheets in pdf format with complete answers included.
Given that a=3, b=-1, c=5 and d=2, students need to substitute into the given algebraic expressions in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this makes an excellent starter activity for maths lessons and is equally useful as a group exercise to test understanding of substitution of positive and negative numbers into algebraic expressions involving brackets, squares and cubes.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Given that a=2 and b=5, students need to substitute into the algebraic expressions in order to match up the triangular pieces and form the giant hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this activity is a great lesson starter or settling activity and also works well as a group activity for checking understanding of substitution of positive integers into simple algebraic expressions.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
Given that a=5, b=2 and c=4, students need to substitute into the algebraic expressions in order to piece the triangles together into one large hexagon.
With 30 expressions to substitute into, this makes an excellent maths lesson starter and works equally well as a group activity to test understanding of substitution into expressions involving squares and cubes.
The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included.
A free sample of 3 printable Maths certificates, each featuring a mathematician or scientist linked to the award. Each of the certificates also includes a picture and biography giving some basic information about the award’s historical figure and listing some of their important contributions to their STEM field.
This pack contains:
The Isaac Newton award for not letting gravity or anything else hold them back.
The Katherine Johnson award for excellent mental mathematics.
The Leonardo da Vinci award for accurate and precise diagrams.
The certificates come as a printable PDF file.
These maths certificates are part of a 50 certificate pack available to buy from the DoingMaths TES Store.
As well as a further 47 certificates covering various mathematical topics and skills, and each featuring a different mathematician or scientist, the full pack also includes PDF certificates in red, white or blue, plus the original, fully-editable PowerPoint file and instructions on how to edit the backgrounds of all certificates.
Further resources
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Simplify the fractions to complete the jigsaw puzzle in this fun printable maths activity.
Featuring 30 pairs of equivalent fractions over 24 triangular jigsaw pieces, your students need to match the equivalent fractions in order to fit the triangles together into one large hexagon.
Great as a maths lesson starter activity or as a group task during lesson, enabling you to do some formative assessment by listening to your students discussing their understanding while completing the task.
The jigsaw is in printable PDF format with answer sheet included.
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A printable Mathematician of the Month poster for January featuring Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ among many other things.
The poster comes as a printable PDF with two A3 sheets highlighting Dodgson’s mathematics, some interesting facts about Dodgson himself, and questions to get your students thinking mathematically.
The full pack of 12 Mathematician of the Month posters is available to buy from the DoingMaths shop and features a double A3 poster for each month of the year highlighting the work of various mathematicians such as Isaac Newton, Evariste Galois and Katherine Johnson.
More DoingMaths activities and worksheets can be found in the DoingMaths TES store.