#mathstlp Round-up (6th November)


Area of a trapezium

Area of trapeziums with fractions and decimals (Karen Hancock via Interwoven Maths)

Area of isosceles trapezium (Don Steward)

Area of a trapezium to the tune of Pop Goes the Weasel (YouTube)

Area of a trapezium variations (steele1989 via TES)

Finding area of trapezium using parallelograms, rectangles etc (Geogebra)


Factors and multiples

Using dot arrays (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter)

Find the Factors (Website)

Four in a row (suggestion from @MrsVMaths)

Gozinto multiples dice game (mrbartonmaths via TES)

Factors and multiples booklets (MathsPad subscribers only)

Using counters, arrays, grids, 100 squares (suggestion from @emmathe37th and others)


GCSE Foundation vectors and translation

Grid moves (Don Steward)

Vectors and quadrilaterals (MathsPad)

Teaching Together podcast, ep6 Translation (Complete Maths)

Autograph (Complete Maths)

Spell a Word Transformations (Whidds’s Shop via TES)

Resource folder (@RobotMaths)

Relating to using chess pieces and how the knight moves around the board (suggestion from @Ms_KMP)


Forming and solving quadratics (Grades 4-6)

Form and solve questions from Heylings (via Interwoven Maths)

Making quadratics from areas (pas1001 via TES)

Adapting MathsPad resources (suggestion from @onechriswhite)

Quadratics set-up (Karen Hancock)


“Different to usual” fractions and decimals for Y11

Old textbook questions (suggestion and link from @mathsjem)

Fractions with… (Interwoven Maths)

Multiplying fractions ‘gamma’ exercise (BossMaths)


Revisiony things for disrupted Y11 lessons

Free revision resources (GoTeachMaths)

Anything from (Backwards Faded Maths)

1st Class Maths breakfast revision grids (Foundation / Higher)

9-1 starters (Access Maths)

Monthly maths calendars (Wayne Chadburn)

Focus sheets (MathsBox – subscribers only)


Relative frequency (middle set Y9)

Does the theory match the experiment? (TeachIt Maths)

Shooting a basket / paper ball into a bin (suggestion from @taylorda1)

Flipping plastics spoons (suggestion from @karenshancock)

Flipping a coin and counting heads – links to binomial distribution at A Level (suggestion from @DrBennison)

Comparing equally likely outcomes (coin toss) with another event with two possible outcomes (penalty shootout) (suggestion from @jonAcoombs)


3D shapes

Polypad interactive for making and folding nets (Mathigon)

Pull-up nets (@herring_maths)

Backwards faded/fill in blanks surface area of cylinder (Mrs Jagger’s resources via TES)

Using physical 3D objects/models (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter)

Representing 3D shapes card sort (Standards Unit)

Introducing plan views using landmarks (suggestion from @LearningMaths)

Deconstructing a net of a Toblerone (delicious suggestion from @stephenbodman)

Design and make Christmas boxes (suggestion from @McilloneyYm)

Using interlocking cubes to make shapes and represent on isometric / dotty paper – draw plans and elevations (suggestion from @Vincent12877947)


Simplifying expressions

Equal tops pyramid (Don Steward)

One incorrect simplification (Don Steward)

Algebra 1 curriculum booklet (Chris McGrane)


Proof by contradiction

Start with a general introduction to proof before proving something which allows you to emphasise the structure of the proof (suggestion from @DrBennison)

Use “easy” proofs when introducing the idea – don’t pick a conceptually difficult proof like infinity of primes (suggestion from @Whitehughes)


Space-themed activities

Universcale magnitude tool (Nikon)

Planet close-ups with tilt and spin speed (@physicsJ via Twitter)