Add up a sequence of consecutive numbers. Can you find a quick way to do it?
This lesson starter requires pupils to find the missing numbers in this partly completed arithmagon puzzle.
You have four minutes to write down as many equations as you can involving B, T and S.
Calculate the total cost of four cars from the information given.
Work out the number of chin ups the characters do on the last day of the week give information about averages.
Work out the total cost of five Christmas presents from the information given.
Give 20 rules connecting x and y given their values.
The height of this giraffe is three and a half metres plus half of its height. How tall is the giraffe?
Find the number which when added to the top (numerator) and bottom (denominator) of each fraction make it equivalent to one half.
Check a student's homework. If you find any of the answers are wrong write down a sentence or two explaining what he did wrong.
Find the weight of one cuboid (by division) of each colour then add your answers together.
Change the numbers on the apples so that the number on the lemon is the given total.
This mathematics lesson starter invites pupils to interpret a three part algebraic inequality.
A lamp and a bulb together cost 32 pounds. The lamp costs 30 pounds more than the bulb. How much does the bulb cost?
Which algebraic expression is the odd one out?
Introduce linear equations by solving these problems about lengths.
Work out why subtracting a two digit number from its reverse gives a multiple of nine.
Practise techniques for answering questions involving negative numbers.
The sum and product are given, can you find the two numbers?
You have four minutes to write down as many equations as you can involving the given letters.
Arrange numbers at the bottom of the pyramid which will give the largest total at the top.
There are some rabbits and chickens in a field. Calculate how many of each given the number of heads and feet.
Use the weights of the trains to work out the weight of a locomotive and a coach. A real situation which produces simultaneous equations.
It is called Refreshing Revision because every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions.
A problem involving two people's ages which can be solved using algebra.
Work out the number of clowns and horses given the number of heads and feet.
A question which can be best answered by using algebra.
A problem which can best be solved as a pair of simultaneous equations.
Solve these balance puzzles by taking the same away from both sides. An introduction to linear equations.
Each traffic sign stands for a number. Some of the sums of rows and columns are shown. What numbers might the signs stand for?
How many children and how many donkeys are on the beach? You can work it out from the number of heads and the number of feet!
A problem which can be answered by forming an algebraic equation then solving it.
THOAN stands for 'Think of a number' and there are four randomly generated THOAN puzzles to solve.
A Think Of A Number problem presented as a news ticker.
Real life problems adapted from an old Mathematics textbook which can be solved using algebra.
The classic Pelmanism or pairs game requiring you to match equivalent expressions.
Find the missing expressions in these partly completed algebraic arithmagon puzzles.
A mixture of algebraic fraction calculations and simplifications.
Exercises providing practice finding the highest common factor of algebraic expressions.
Exercises providing practice finding the lowest common multiple of algebraic expressions.
Simplification using the normal conventions of algebra.
Questions about the perimeters and areas of polygons given as algebraic expressions.
A self marking exercise testing the application of BIDMAS, an acronym describing the order of operations used when evaluating expressions.
An online interactive game celebrating the order of mathematical operations.
Exercises in the process of expanding powers of binomial expressions and finding specific coefficients.
Expand algebraic expressions containing brackets and simplify the resulting expression in this self marking exercise.
Rearrange a formula in order to find a new subject in this self marking exercise.
Can you work out which numbers are hidden behind the clouds in these calculations?
Practise your algebraic simplification skills with this self marking exercise.
Practise this technique for solving quadratic equations and analysing graphs.
If you are given the values of x and y which of these equations is correct?
An online board game for two players evaluating algebraic equations and inequalities.
Practise finding integer solutions to equations with more than one unknown.
An unlimited supply of linear equations just waiting to be solved. Project for the whole class to see then insert the working in your own style.
A series of exercises, in increasing order of difficulty, requiring you to solve linear equations. The exercises are self marking.
Practise solving linear equations that contain fractions in this multi-level exercise.
Practise the skills of algebraic factorisation in this structured online self-marking exercise.
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test recognition for formulae required to be memorised for GCSE exams.
An interactive function machine for patterns, numbers and equations.
An online exercise on function notation, inverse functions and composite functions.
Match the equation with its graph. Includes quadratics, cubics, reciprocals, exponential and the sine function.
An ancient riddle which can be answered by solving an equation containing fractions.
Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are identities, equations or formulae.
Check that you know what inequality signs mean and how they are used to compare two quantities. Includes negative numbers, decimals, fractions and metric measures.
Find approximate solutions to equations numerically using iteration.
Change the numbers on the apples so that the number on the lemon is the given total.
A selection of linear programming questions with an interactive graph plotting tool.
Create a formula to describe the nth term of a sequence by examining the structure of the diagrams.
Find the unknown lengths in the given diagrams and learn some algebra at the same time.
Players decide where to place the cards to make an equation with the largest possible solution.
Solve these linear equations that appeared in a book called A Graduated Series of Exercises in Elementary Algebra by Rev George Farncomb Wright published in 1857.
Let the psychic read the cards and magically reveal the number you have secretly chosen. What is the mathematics that makes this trick work?
Develop the skills required to manipulate a set of equations involving a paramater.
Exercises on mastering the art of partial fraction decomposition.
Get to know this famous number pattern with some revealing learning activities
Practise dividing one algebraic expression by another in this set of exercises.
Solve these quadratic equations algebraically in this seven-level, self-marking online exercise.
Change recurring decimals into their corresponding fractions and vica versa.
A self-marking, multi-level set of exercises on solving pairs of simultaneous equations.
Find the value of the unknown in each of these linear equations. All of the answers are fractions
Ten balance puzzles to prepare you for solving equations.
Substitute the given values into the algebraic ex
A projectable set of animated examples to help prepare pupils to do the Substitution online exercise.
Order the algebraic expressions according to their value with the given substitution.
Find a strategy to figure out the values of the letters used in these calculations.
Ten students think of a number then perform various operations on that number. You have to find what the original numbers were.
Find out how developed your algebra skills are and then take them to the next level.
Fill in the missing words to show an understanding of the vocabulary of equations, inequalities, terms and factors.
Listen to the voice saying the algebraic expression then write it in its simplest form.
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