Number
An alternative index of resources based on a particular area of the curriculum
Bring on the Maths | Maths to Infinity | Calculation Policy | Other Resources
Bring on the Maths
The full list of 'Bring on the Maths' sample activities can be found here. Those based on Number are listed below.
- Level 5 Calculating: Order of operations (Level by Level)
- Fractions, decimals, percentages (Year 8)
- Proportion (Year 9)
- Place value (KS3 Top-up)
- Subtracting fractions (Higher Number)
- Standard form (Higher Number)
- Direct proportion (Higher Number)
- Finding percentages of amounts (Foundation Top-up)
Maths to Infinity
The full list of 'Maths to Infinity' files can be found here. Those based on Number are listed below.
- Complements
- Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion
- Multiplying and Dividing
- Rounding
- Directed Numbers
- Indices
- Standard Form
Calculation Policy
The 2014 curriculum changes necessitate a review of calculation policies and procedures. Following collaboration with Liz Hopkins (author at Buzzard Publishing) here we provide three documents that should help primary and secondary schools in this process.
- Progression in Addition and Subtraction
- Progression in Multiplication and Division
- Calculation Overview
- Calculation Overview (alternative version)
Other Resources
Other free resources are listed here. All of these are referenced in the relevant scheme of work.
- Addition: Practising addition through a simple investigation
- Addition: Palindromic numbers
- Addition: Applying addition in a piece of number 'magic'
- Addition: Extending the above idea and including fractions
- Approximation: Using significant figures to approximate calculations
- Approximation: Rounding
- Arithmetic: Welcome to the world of happy and sad numbers - involves squaring numbers
- Bounds: Bounds and error intervals
- Calculation: Dice games that focus on standard written methods
- Calculation: A selection of problems involving calculation
- Decimals: Ordering decimals using Diene's blocks
- Decimals: Ordering decimals
- Decimals: Ordering decimals - harder
- Decimals: Placing the decimal point correctly in a variety of decimal calculations
- Division: Long division
- Division: A variety of ways of dealing with a remainder
- Factors: A selection of activites involving perfect numbers
- Fractions: Equivalent fractions
- Fractions: Simplifying fractions
- Fractions: The Farey sequence and ordering fractions
- Fractions: Using fractions and decimals to identify equivalent fractions
- Fractions: Adding and subtracting mixed numbers
- Fractions and Decimals: Terminating and recurring decimals
- Fractions, decimals and percentages: Fractions, decimals and percentages of an amount
- Fractions, decimals and percentages: Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
- Indices: Investigating powers
- Multiplication: A multiplication jigsaw - surprisingly challenging if you cut off the reference row and column
- Multiplication: Short multiplication
- Multiplication: Long multiplication
- Multiplication: Practical multiplication problems
- Negative Numbers: Adding and subtracting with negative numbers
- Negative Numbers: Multiplication and division of negative numbers through patterns
- Negative Numbers: Calculations to classify - helpful introduction to calculating with negative numbers
- Number Properties: The complete rules for dominoes involves understanding multiples
- Number Properties: Estimating square roots
- Number Properties: A variety of activities and problems involving prime numbers
- Number Properties: A square number pattern and a square number puzzle
- Number Properties: Another square number puzzle
- Number Properties: The sieve of Eratosthenes with instructions for finding primes
- Number Properties: An iterative process to estimate square roots
- Percentages: Identifying the type of percentage problem
- Percentages: Considering methods when calculating with percentages
- Percentages: Repeated percentage change problems and some very silly names
- Place Value: Exploring the decimal number system
- Place Value: Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
- Proportion: Problems that can be solved using proportional reasoning
- Proportion: Looking at graphs of direct and inverse proportion through two examples
- Proportion: Using a spreadsheet to investigate proportion
- Ratio: Division in a ratio
- Ratio: Division in a ratio
- Ratio: Converting a ratio to the form 1:n
- Roman Numerals: An Arabic and Roman numeral converter
- Standard Form: Interesting and slightly daft numbers for use when looking at standard form or significant figures
- Standard Form: Interesting trivia disguised as a Maths worksheet
