Mixed

Activities

Kim's Quiz
Activity
The traditional memory game played with mathematical statements.

Maths General Knowledge Quiz
Activity
Questions about general mathematical facts and concepts.

Maze
Activity
Each visitor to this page has a unique maze constructed for them to find their way through answering mathematical questions on the way.

Snappy Sorting
Activity
Sort the numbers in to the correct order as fast as you can.

Topic Test
Activity
Ten multiple choice questions randomly chosen from those suggested by people from all around the world.

Trick Or Treat
Activity
A mathematical true or false general knowledge activity for Halloween.

Weekly Workout
Activity
GCSE-style questions for regular practice designed for students targeting grades 3 to 5 (C/D) of the GCSE Mathematics examination.

Maths Analogies
Activity
Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.

Chain Challenge
Activity
How fast can you perform all of the given operations without using a calculator?

Beat The Clock
Activity
It is a race against the clock to answer 30 mental arithmetic questions. There are nine levels to choose from.

Yohaku Puzzles
Activity
Fill in the blank spaces so that the cells give the sum or the product shown in each row and column.

Number Palindromes
Activity
A collection of activities based around the theme of palindromic numbers.

Numbersina
Activity
Show that you know how many whatsits are in a thingamabob and other 'Numbers In A ...' answers.

Algebraic Perimeters
Activity
Questions about the perimeters and areas of polygons given as algebraic expressions.

Numbasics
Activity
A daily workout strengthening your ability to do the basic mathematical operations efficiently.

Number Skills Inventory
Activity
A checklist of basic numeracy techniques that every pupil should know.

Numskull
Activity
Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.

Pentransum
Activity
Mathematical questions with five possible answers. If you get 20 correct you can add your own question to the database.

Mixed Medians
Activity
Find the medians of sets of different types of numbers in these self-marking exercises.

Mystery Numbers
Activity
If '7 D in a W' stands for 7 days in a week, what do you think these mystery numbers are?

Linear Programming
Activity
A selection of linear programming questions with an interactive graph plotting tool.

Formulae to Remember
Activity
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test recognition for formulae required to be memorised for GCSE exams.

True or False?
Activity
Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.

Mathopoly
Activity
A game of buying and selling property with maths questions thrown in for good measure.

Tran Towers
Activity
An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the old mansion.

Where am I with Algebra?
Activity
Find out how developed your algebra skills are and then take them to the next level.

Tran Tunnels
Activity
A mini adventure game containing maths puzzles and problems. Find your way through the maze of tunnels to find Goldberg's magic harpsicord.

Maths Minds
Activity
Match the mathematician and their birth years with the image suggesting some mathematics they are associated with.

IB AA SL Formulae Pairs
Activity
Find the matching pairs of formulae and their names in this game designed for IB AA SL students during their final revision.

Notation Flash Cards (IB)
Activity
An interactive flashcard web application that helps IB Mathematics AA students master exam notation.

Example or Non-Example?
Activity
Drag the cards to show whether they are examples or non-examples of triangles, polygons, expressions, like terms, bearings etc.

Videos

Maths In The Movies
Activity
Mathematical errors in the movies.

Maths Revision Song
Activity
Lana Rose sings the song she wrote for GCSE maths revision.

Puzzles In The Simpsons
Activity
The Simpson's 26th season finale. 'Mathlete's Feat' is full of mathematical problems that Presh solves.

Formulae for GCSE
Activity
These are the formulae candidates need to know for the GCSE(9-1) Maths exams.

The Map of Mathematics
Activity
The entire field of mathematics summarised in a single map! This shows how pure mathematics and applied mathematics relate to each other and all of the sub-topics they are made from.

Visual Aids

Back To School
Activity
A list of suggested activities and resources for the first few lessons of the new school year.

Emergency Maths Lessons
Activity
Here are some mathematics lesson plans to be used on the rare occasions when a class is left without their normal teacher and you are stepping in at a moment's notice.

Exam Tips
Activity
Some advice, tips and tricks for a Maths exam presented in the form of a poem for a teacher to share with the class.

Mini Whiteboard
Activity
If each pupil has an iPad, laptop or slate this provides an alternative to 'hands up'.

Random Recap
Activity
Randomly chosen questions to project onto the whiteboard for the end of the lesson plenary.

Student Voting
Activity
This system allows students to vote or choose a response to a question posed by a teacher.

Video Backgrounds
Activity
A selection of images which might be useful as the background of your remote Maths teaching video stream.

Maths Bingo
Activity
This application will pick the bingo numbers for you and present each of the numbers as a mathematical expression.

Timer
Activity
A simple visual aid which acts as a stopwatch recording the number of minutes and seconds that have passed or are left.

Today's Date
Activity
A customisable lesson Starter featuring today's date.

Maths Poems
Activity
A collection of mathematical poems to teach concepts and set puzzles.

Quickulations
Activity
A mental arithmetic visual aid that displays random calculations then after a few seconds displays the answers.

Playing Card Maths
Activity
Imagine you are on a desert island with nothing but a pack of playing cards. Do you have to stop learning mathematics?

Uniqueness Game
Activity
A whole class game. Find examples for each of the categories that no other person has found.

True or False?
Activity
Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.

Refreshing Revision
Activity
Every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions for whole class retrieval practice.

Starters

Starter
Abundant Buses
A game based around the concept of factors and abundant numbers.

Starter
Analogies
Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.

Starter
Big Order
Estimate or calculate then put the large numbers in order of size.

Starter
Birthday Clues
Work out the date Will was born by answering some number questions.

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Breathe Easily
How many breaths have you taken in your lifetime?

Starter
Christmas Eve
Is there a pattern in the number of palindromic numbers to be found less than powers of 10?

Starter
Digital Lights
Questions about the Small LEDs used to make up the digits on a calculator display.

Starter
Doon Ow!
Five questions to 'Do Now' which can be changed by the teacher.

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Four Gone
An activity involving a broken calculator which is missing the four button. Can you evaluate the given expressions without using the four?

Starter
Halloween
Five problems with a Halloween theme.

Starter
Hold 'Em Up!
Everyone in the class holds up an item to show which is the correct answer to the multiple choice question.

Starter
Jeopardy
Loosely based on the famous television show, how many questions cn you come up with for a given answer?

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Just Four Questions
Four mathematical questions to think about at the beginning of the lesson.

Starter
Last Day
The 31st of December is the last day of the year. What mathematical lasts do you know?

Starter
Maggots
Do as many of the calculations as possible before the maggots infest!

Starter
Maths Crossword
A small crossword puzzle containing mathematical words.

Starter
Mental Maths Test
The starter is a PowerPoint file containing a twenty question mental arithmetic test. It will advance from one question to the next automatically.

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Mystery Numbers
Can you recognise the mystery numbers from the clues?

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Palindromic Times
Can you use the digits on the left of this clock along with any mathematical operations to equal the digits on the right?

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Paradox
Can you solve this paradox by agreeing whether the statements are right or wrong?

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Positions Please
Stand at the point between the classroom walls to represent a given number.

Starter
Refreshing Revision
It is called Refreshing Revision because every time you refresh the page you get different revision questions.

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Scaramouche
Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?

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Six of the Best
Six calculations to perform without a calculator.

Starter
Take Sides
Put up your right hand or left hand depending on the expressions that appears.

Starter
True or False?
An activity designed to address common misconceptions.

Starter
Word Search
Create your own mathematical word search for the whole class to enjoy.

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Teachers might find the complete Mixed Topic List useful.

A healthy mashup of activities and ideas to use and apply mathematical knowledge in a variety of situations.

The ultimate customisable lesson Starter is Refreshing Revision. You can choose which topics are included and every time the page is loaded the numbers used in the questions are randomised.

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