Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.
Mix and Math Determine the nature of adding, subtracting and multiplying numbers with specific properties.
Area Maze Use your knowledge of rectangle areas to calculate the missing measurement of these composite diagrams.
Numbasics A daily workout strengthening your ability to do the basic mathematical operations efficiently.
Identity, Equation or Formula? Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are identities, equations or formulae.
Vectors An online exercise on addition and subtraction of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a scalar, and diagrammatic representations of vectors.
What Are They? An online exercise about sums, products, differences, ratios, square and prime numbers.
Congruent Triangles Test your understanding of the criteria for congruence of triangles with this self-marking quiz.
Angles Mixed Find the unknown angles by using the basic angle theorems.
Proof of Circle Theorems Arrange the stages of the proofs for the standard circle theorems in the correct order.
Satisfaction This is quite a challenging number grouping puzzle requiring a knowledge of prime, square and triangular numbers.
Simultaneous Solutions Arrange the given pairs of simultaneous equations in groups to show whether they have no solution, one solution or infinite solutions.
Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:
- "State whether each of the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answers." ... more
- "One is added to the product of two consecutive positive even numbers. Show that the result is a square number." ... more
- "(a) Give a reason why 0 is an even number." ... more
- "Betsy thinks that \((3x)^2\) is always greater than or equal to \(3x\)." ... more
- "Given that \(n\) can be any integer such that \(n \gt 1\), prove that \(n^2 + 3n\) is even." ... more
- "Use algebra to prove that \(0.3\dot1\dot8 \times 0.\dot8\) is equal to \( \frac{28}{99} \)." ... more
- "The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD in which angle DAB equals angle CDA and AB = CD." ... more
- "m and n are positive whole numbers with m > n" ... more
- "(a) Prove that the recurring decimal \(0.\dot2 \dot1\) has the value \(\frac{7}{33}\)" ... more
- "Express as a single fraction and simplify your answer." ... more
- "(a) Prove that the product of two consecutive whole numbers is always even." ... more
- "(a) Show that \((2n + 1)^2 + (2n + 3)^2 = 8n^2 +16n + 10\) , where \(n \in \mathbb{Z} \)" ... more
- "Prove that the integers \(a\) and \(b\) cannot both be odd if \(a^2+b^2\) is exactly divisible by 4." ... more
Here is an Advanced Starter on this statement:
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Transum,
Saturday, August 17, 2019
"Here is a Starter for a lesson on proof:
Write down as many reasons you can think of that prove zero is an even number.
[Subscribers can find some of the ways that zero can be shown to be an even number here.]"
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