This resource helps students practice adding and subtracting positive numbers from both positive and negative numbers, crossing zero. Starting with the number in the box, students should conduct each operation in turn to get a final number. Three different runs including both integers and decimals. You could tell students which run to do or let them work through them all.
This resource helps students practice adding and subtracting negative by filling in the gaps to complete the sum. Comes with both integer and decimal versions.
Practicing adding and subtracting positive numbers and logic skills by having a go at this difference sudoku. It works just like an ordinary sudoku except instead of being given some starting numbers, you are given the difference between adjacent numbers. For example if the difference is ‘8’, it would mean the numbers either side are ‘1’ and ‘9’, you just have to work out, which of these numbers goes where.
This resource helps students practice finding number bonds including negatives, as well as using problem-solving/logic skills to complete the puzzle.
Combine numbers horizontally, vertically and diagonally to find numbers that sum to 3. This could contain up to four digits. Number can not be used more than once. For a hint, it’s easiest to start with pairs of number bonds.
This resource consists of three different task cards, each differentiated three ways. It also includes a set of blank files to aid in creating the two-way tables.
As an extension students could also draw a dual or compound bar chart.
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This lesson is based on the Pearson Key Stage 3 Maths Progress scheme of work but is appropriate the curriculum over.
In this word game, students can compete or work together to find which of the code names belong to their team, which belong to the other, which are neutral and which ends the game.
With 320 words and 80 different game layouts per game mode, that’s 800 undecillion different possible games relating to mathematical vocabulary so you’ll never play the same game twice!
Individual printables as well as a list of words to upload and use on the online game codenames. game where you can create your own room for students to join and upload a custom word list. Also an access file for you to create your own code names (though you will need an upside down font for it to work perfectly). Play like the regular game of codenames!
So the idea behind this activity is that there’s very little difference between each different worksheet but a large difference between polar opposites. Pupils answer the first 5 questions. If they get them all correct first time they move up a step, otherwise they answer the rest of the questions on that level.
The levels are:
Red - Solving one-step using balances and bar models
Orange - Solving one-step represented algebraically (positive and negative integers)
Yellow - Solving one-step represented algebraically including fractions, decimals and worded questions
Green - Solving two-step using balances and bar models with a few represented algebraically
Blue - Solving two-step represented algebraically (positive and negative integers)
Purple - Solving two-step represented algebraically including fractions and decimals
White - Solving two-step worded questions
Have students practice ordering, positive and negative integers, decimals and fractions with this FREE mystery sheet.
Students are to answer the questions to discover who stole what, when and why.
There is a higher and lower ability version.
ANSWER: The alien stole the cookie last night for fun!
16 playing cards with pairs of equivalent fractions. Used them as a memory game (turning two over at a time and seeing if they matched) but could also be used as snap or similar. First page cards, second page backing of cards if printed double sided.
Fall Guys is a popular battle royale style game. This activity involves plotting coordinates.
This worksheet comes in 1 and 4 quadrants as well as a higher and lower details version (with and without shadow detail).
As an extension, in the game characters can have different clothes. Why not have students plot their chosen clothes and list the coordinates for someone else to draw.
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This engaging class wide activity involves reading coordinates in one quadrant and being able to name very simple straight line graphs e.g. x=2 y=1.
Increasing to four quadrants and any variation of graphs. The images are moveable and on the notebook file are on an infinite cloner so move and add at leisure.
Negative arithmetic can be a really difficult concept to understand. One of my host teachers introduced me to this basic game which is really fun and easy to set up.
Kaboom! is great! stick each question to a lollipop stick either large or small (comes in two sizes) and that’s it you’re done! alternatively you could just keep them as slips of paper, it doesn’t matter :)
How to Play:
Each students takes it in turns to pick a stick
If they answer the question on it currently they keep the stick
Otherwise they put it back in the set
The person with the most sticks at the end wins!
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But there’s a twist
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If they get a stick that says ‘Kaboom!’ they lose all their sticks and they all go back in the set.
These sticks can be easily stored in an old coffee can or jar for the perfect self running maths centre.
Also if you have coloured lollipop sticks you could use them to differentiate.
7 different cards each with a question involving tree diagrams. Students have to look at both given answers and decide which is correct. There are 2 different versions, one with answers (printed on the reverse) and one without. The PowerPoint is also included to allow edits but you will require the font Juan Mikes.
Have some seasonal fun by mixing maths with Love Hearts. Students are to open a packet (or make use of the illustration provided) make a note of the frequency of different colours and graph them.
This comes in a variety of different scaffolding including various amounts of labelling, just bar chart or bar and pie chat.