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Polygons: Area of A Trapezium
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Polygons: Area of A Trapezium

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to use a formula to find the area of a trapezium. Starter, derivation of formula, worked examples, worksheet (different questions, same formats), all answers included
Solving Quadratics-Completing the Square
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Solving Quadratics-Completing the Square

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Lesson reviews squaring a bracket to lead into completing the square. Full explanation of completing the square method with worked examples. Then uses same examples to show how to solve equations. Looks at coeffiecients above 1 on the squared term. Differentiated slides to test understanding. All examples and questions have answers included.
Polygons: Area of Parallelograms & Triangles
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Polygons: Area of Parallelograms & Triangles

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how the area of both parallelograms and triangles relate to areas of rectangles. Understand formulae for area,. Recognise how formula for area of obtuse triangles can be found from parallelograms. Starter, worked examples,questions, worksheet, all answers included
Polygons: Interior Angles in Polygons
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Polygons: Interior Angles in Polygons

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand the angle sum for polygons with different numbers of sides Solve problems involving angle sums and/or numbers of sides and missing angles in polygons. Starter, worked examples, question slides, worksheet, all answers included
Polygons: Exterior Angles of Polygons
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Polygons: Exterior Angles of Polygons

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand the angle sum of exterior angles for polygons with different numbers of sides. Solve problems involving exterior angles and missing angles in polygons. Starter, worked examples, question slides, worksheet, all answers included
AQA GCSE Higher Unit 2: Polygons
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AQA GCSE Higher Unit 2: Polygons

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Lessons included: Properties of Quadrilaterals Area of Parallelograms and Triangles Area of a Trapezium Area of a Compound Shape Angles in Triangles and Quadrilaterals Angles in Polygons Exterior Angles of Polygons Regular Polygons Each lesson includes starters, worked examples, questions, worksheet. All answers included.
Factorising - Single Brackets
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Factorising - Single Brackets

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions into a single bracket. Starter: Common factors, expanding single brackets. Find Four activity on common factors of algebraic expressions. Multiple choice questions on HCF of algebraic expressions. Worked examples on factorising into a single bracket, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Factorising Two Brackets, a = 1
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Factorising Two Brackets, a = 1

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions using two brackets, where a = 1. Starter: Find two numbers, product and sum. Explanation of how to find a,b,c from a quadratic expression.Worked examples on factorising, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expressions,Formulae,Functions: Substitution
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Expressions,Formulae,Functions: Substitution

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand substitution of a variable into an expression or formula. Differentiated lesson exploring substituting variables which are integers, negatives and fractions. Starter, worked examples, questions, worksheet. All answers included.
Expanding brackets: a>1
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Expanding brackets: a>1

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions using two brackets, where a> 1. Starter: Find two numbers, product and sum. Explanation of how to find a,b,c from a quadratic expression. Worked examples on factorising, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expressions as Functions
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Expressions as Functions

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand an expression as a function, and link them to formulae. Starter: Input-Output Loop cards Definitions of a function, domain, range and notation. Explanations of the different skills that we are asked to use with functions. Including Defining a function from a domain and range. Evaluating a function from an input. Solving a function for a specific output. Worked examples, differentiated questions. All answers included. Worksheet following style of lesson. Answers include.
Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing
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Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Multiply and divide large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter:10Q MC reading and writing numbers in SF. Worked examples on each of the skills, separate differentiated questions and answers on each skill. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Powers and Indices: Factorials
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Powers and Indices: Factorials

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand and using factorials: Starter. Explanation of repeated and increasing multiplication, factorial notation. Worked examples on operations with factorials, differentiated questions and answers on each rule. Looking at practical uses of factorials with a pack of cards Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
AQA GCSE Higher Unit 4: Understanding Products
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AQA GCSE Higher Unit 4: Understanding Products

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Lessons included: Basic Index Laws Negative and Fractional Indices Prime Factors and Indices Reading and Writing with Standard Form Multiplying and Dividing with Standard Form Adding and Subtracting with Standard Form Factorials All lesson include worksheets
Indices: Prime Factorisation
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Indices: Prime Factorisation

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Finding and writing prime factorisations of numbers using indices Starter: finding factors, understanding indices. Review of prime and composite numbers. Worked examples on finding prime factorisations, separate differentiated questions and answers. Harder mixed problems including finding square and cube roots Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Standard Form: Large and Small Numbers
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Standard Form: Large and Small Numbers

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Reading and writing large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter: 10Q multiplying/dividing decimals by powers of 10. Explanation of need for standard form and how it is derived.Review of Powers of 10 and their indices. Worked examples on converting numbers to/from standard form. 10Q MC on skills. Differentiated questions and answers on skills. Problems on ordering numbers. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.