This Easter maths codebreaker gives students lots of practice at their times tables which helps them to reveal a groan worthy Easter Joke. A fun maths starter or reward for early finishers in the run up to Easter. UPDATED - swapped the m and t over. Similar to my Halloween codebreaker freebie which is a “TES PICKS” resource. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal an Easter joke, fun Easter clip art pictures included. If you would like more Easter themed maths activities please click here.

This Halloween maths codebreaker uses skills learnt in ordering decimals, substutition, length conversions and coordiantes to reveal halloween jokes. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practise ordering decimals, substitution, metric length conversions and coordinates in all 4 quadrants. Each skill has a different sheet, so there are 4 total worksheets all with awesome Halloween clip art and answers included. The skills included here are normally covered in year 7 but could be used for any year group as a fun consolidation. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a halloween joke. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves (self differentiated or teacher chooses) Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a column each) See here for a FREE Halloween codebreaker that uses multiplcation skills. If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

This Easter maths colour by number fun activity is sure to give students lots of practice of their times tables. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Easter, and better still they are actually doing work! Students need to answer the questions and find which colour corresponds to the answer s in order to reveal an Easter picture. This particular picture reveals a chick popping out of an egg. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Want more Easter multiplication activities? Click here for a multiplication codebreaker. If you would like more Easter themed maths activities please click here.

This Halloween maths colour by number fun activity will give students lots of practice of solving 2 and 3 step equations. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Halloween. All the squares have numbers in them and students need to answer the questions and colour in all the squares that correspond to their answer in the colour given in order to reveal a Halloween picture. This particular picture reveals a witch on a broom. This product includes a question sheet for students to answer on and the colour by number on a separate sheet. Great starter/plenary activity or to give to early finishers. Fun Halloween clip art border included that students can also colour in. If you would like more Halloween themed math activities please click here.

Adding fractions with uncommon denominators. A set of no frills worksheet, good for students that need lots of practice with adding fractions. Hard difficulty on adding fractions. Both denominators are different. 4 x sets of worksheets each with 20 questions on and an answers sheet included. 80 questions in total. Find more fractions worksheets here Want something a bit different? Click here for adding fractions with uncommon denominators mazes

Adding and subtracting negative numbers mazes. 8 mazes with full solutions are included, great for use in a lesson on negative numbers when you don’t want to use traditional worksheets. Skills include positive subtract positive, negative subtract positive, negative add positive, negative add negative, subtracting a negative and a mixture. This is a fun way for students to consolidate adding and subtracting negative numbers. This activity is great because students can self-check the answers and most of the time they don’t realise they are answering multiple questions. Included in this product: 1 x positive subtract positive maze 1 x negative subtract positive maze 1 x negative add positive maze 1 x negative add negative maze 1 x subtracting a negative maze 3 x mixtures of the above mazes Recommended uses for this activity ★a revison tool for students who have complete a unit on negative numbers ★A task for quick finishers and more able students ★ A starter to check for prior learning Students work their way through the maze, colouring the correct answers and following the path to the next question. Click here for more negative number resources, including lessons worksheets and treasure hunts.

Updated - Fixed a couple of typos and 2 answers Worksheets for students to complete in class. 3 levels of difficulty have been included: • Blue (easy) - Combine transformations •Gold (medium) - Describe fully a reflection, translation or rotation •Red (harder) - Combine transformations and describe the single equivalent transformation

This Valentine’s Day themed colour by number will give students lots of practice of their times tables. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Valentine’s Day. The Picture will reveal an assortment of hearts! Great for display! Use as a plenary, for early finishers or a fun activity. It’s also great if you want students to practice and consolidate times tables skills without using a traditional worksheet. All the squares have a number in them and students need to answer the question and colour in all the squares that correspond to their answer, in the colour given, in order to reveal an picture. There is also a clip art border for students to colour in. This product includes: ♥A Color by Number sheet with questions ♥An Answer sheet for teachers ♥♥ Find other Valentine’s Day Maths resources here ♥♥

A lesson on reflections for use in a secondary transformations unit(whoe unit available here). Power point and work booklet for teaching reflections are included. Skills covered are reflecting a shape in a line on a square grid, reflecting a shape across a straight line on a coordinate grid, describing the reflection. Time saving resource for busy teachers! You should be able to teach a lesson with hardly any preparation (mainly printing!). Fully differentiated objectives: Blue:Reflect given shapes on a grid. Gold:Reflect given shapes on a coordinate grid using a line such as x = 2 Red:Describe fully a reflection. This resource includes: • A PowerPoint • Differentiated Work booklet that includes self-assessment sections The PowerPoint includes everything you need to teach reflections, including animated examples. The lessons use the following format: • Objective and levels • A “how to teaching portion” with animated examples • An AfL miniwhiteboard quiz • Answers to all the booklet questions • Plenary (with answers) The powerpoint and booklet are currently set up for GCSE maths grade, however you can edit the grades to reflect KS3 or your own schools assessment criteria. In the word booklet if you change any grade (e.g the blue section) it should automatically change the rest of that colour into the same grade. This will take up a whole lesson (between 45mins to 1h 15 dependent on how many questions the students get through) FREE reflections differentiated worksheet available here

Adding and subtracting fractions Treasure hunt. 3 different difficulties for adding and subtracting fractions included with these treasure hunts. Adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon (multiple) denominators and adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon denominators. Answers and student record cards included. Easy (blue) -Adding fractions with the same denominator -Subtracting fractions with the same denominator Medium (gold) -Adding fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other -subtracting fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other Hard (red) -Adding fractions with different denominators -Subtracting fractions different denominators Check out my other fractions resources: Adding and subtracting fractions mazes Adding fractions worksheets Subtracting fractions worksheets Adding and subtracting fractions worksheets

***225 differentiated questions on solving equations with unknowns on both sides *** No frills worksheets useful for students that need practise. Could be used for homework or classwork. Included in this product: ★ 3 x worksheets on solving equations with variables on both sides where “x” is positive only (45 questions) ★ 3 x worksheets on solving equations with variables on both sides where “x” is positive or negative (45 questions) ★ 3 x worksheets on solving equations with variables on both sides where “x” is a decimal (or occasionally a whole number) (45 questions) ★ 3 x worksheets on solving equations with variables on both sides where students have to expand a single bracket (45 questions) ★ 3 x worksheets on solving equations with variables on both sides with a mixture of all the above (45 questions) ★Worked solutions for all questions If you would like a specific type of worksheet for solving equations with unknowns on both sides please email me at pickupandgoresources@gmail.com

This Halloween maths transformations activity will give students lots of practice at different types of transformations using a halloween theme! Skills include – Translations using vectors, rotations, reflections in a y= or x= line and enlargements (fractional and positive). Help your students to engage with transformations this seasonal Halloween activity! ~Included: ☠Howling wolf ☠ Cat ☠ Zombie ☠ witches hat ☠Bat All answers are included. If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

This Halloween maths times tables bingo activity will give students lots of practice of their times tables. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Halloween. Useful for a starter, settler or fun end of lesson activity that adds a bit of competitiveness to the lesson with a Halloween theme. This product includes: ★48 unique student cards (3 OR 6 per A4 piece of paper, both types are included) ★A Teacher call out card which has the 40 questions (and answers) on them ★A set of questions on a PowerPoint file for overhead display (you could alter the slide order for use again with the same class) ★ Halloween themed clipart on the powerpoint and on the bingo cards. ~I would suggest laminating the student cards as they can then be reused if you give students a board pen to write on it/circle their numbers~ Want more halloween multiplication activities? Click here for multiplcation mazes.Click here for multiplication treasure hunts.Click here for Halloween multiplication colour by number If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

This Halloween maths colour by number fun activity is sure to give students lots of practice of their times tables, a great seasonal activity to engage students this halloween. Students need to answer the questions and find which colour corresponds to the answer s in order to reveal a halloween picture. This particular picture reveals a pumpkin. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Fun Halloween clip art border included that students can also colour in. Want more halloween multiplication activities? Click here for multiplcation mazes. Click here for multiplication treasure hunts. Click here for Halloween times tables bingo If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

This Christmas maths codebreaker uses skills learnt in multiplying 4 digits by 2 digits, Rounding to decimal places, rounding to significant figures and simplifying fractions to reveal Christmas jokes. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practise rounding, multiplying and simplifying fractions. UPDATED 16/12/19 - fixed the code box on rounding to decimal places. It was showing the incorrect on on the question sheet. Each skill has a different sheet, so there are 4 total worksheets all with awesome Christmas clip art and answers included. The skills included here are normally taught/covered in lower KS3 but could be used for any year group as a fun consolidation. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a christmas joke. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves (self differentiated or teacher chooses) Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a column each) See here for a FREE Christmas codebreaker that uses multiplcation skills. If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.

A fun 10 card treasure hunt for students to practice identifying congruent shapes on a square grid. Skills covered are: Identifying a pair of congruent shapes that have been either rotated, reflected or both. Student record card and solutions included. Use as a starter, AfL activity or plenary in a lesson on congruent shapes. Great for a recap for GCSE students. Students need to start on any random card and note down the letter on their recording card (first page). They answer the question on that card then find another card that has the answer on (they then note down that letter and so on). Suggestions for use: ★Print them off on A4 and scatter them around the room (students love getting out of their seats!) ★Print the cards off 4 to a page and give them to students individually to do on their desk

A treasure hunt on rounding to a mix of 1 decimal place, 2 decimal places and 3 decimal places. Perfect for a lesson on rounding or as a starter for significant figures. This one is Gold (medium): ★Round to a specified number of decimal places. Students need to start on any random card and note down the letter on their recording card. They answer the question on that card then find another card that has the answer on (they then note down that letter and so on). Suggestions for use: ★Print them off on A4 and scatter them around the room (students love getting out of their seats!) ★Print the cards off 4 to a page and give them to students individually to do on their desk I also have 3 other treasure hunts for rounding on rounding to significant figures, rounding to whole numbers & 10, 100, 100 and a mixture of all rounding skills which you can get as part of a differentiated set here. I have also got rounding to decimal places and significant figures differentiated dominos available here Please see here for more rounding and estimating resources.