#mathstlp Round-up (4th December – Christmas resources)

This week’s topics included:

General Christmas resources
Christmas resources for higher GCSE
Comparing ratio for Year 10 Higher

General Christmas resources

Plotting quadratics Christmas tree plot-a-picture (Dr Austin Maths)

Question generator with Christmas emojis for variable names (Mathforge.org)

The Reindeer Game (adaptation of the Pirate Game – taylorda01 via TES)

Santa’s Reindeer – number properties and logic puzzle (msharman via TES)

Christmas transformations (dave789 via TES)

Christmas values / grid-type puzzle (suggestion from @mathsteacher09)

More grid puzzles / simultaneous equations (generator from MathsBot with a festive setting)

A selection of Christmas activities (loopspace via GitHub)

Christmas resources for higher GCSE

A request from me this week: Any Christmaths activities for higher-end GCSE level? I always feel there is plenty for KS3 and lower-end GCSE, but on the lookout for really challenging stuff for top-end. Any topic! #mathstlp
— Christine Norledge (@MissNorledge) December 4, 2022

Christmas shading graphical inequalities (frickard via TES)

Simplifying algebraic expressions Christmas tree puzzle (Access Maths)

Drawing Christmas pictures on Desmos (suggestion from @MrsDMaths)

Christmas tasks for grades 7-9 (E zyeducation)

Christmas card challenge (GCHQ)

Comparing ratio for Year 10 Higher

A request from my ECT (who still really needs to get Twitter! 😂) wondered if anyone has any interesting comparing ratio resources for higher Y10? #mathsTLP
— Brooke Hunter (@BrookeEHunter) December 4, 2022

A selection of harder ratio questions (Don Steward)

Mixing paints (NRich)