This colourful and animated resource combines the celebration of Diwali with 4 Maths activities based on ratio and proportion. It is aimed at year 5/6 or revision for year 7. Watch the video to see the whole pp. The first activity involves Rangoli Patterns revealing 16 ratios to be simplified. The following problems, Fireworks, Lights and Sweets involve problem solving skills. In Sweets a recipe is given for 9 and the ingredients increased for 18, 45, 81 and 108. In lights there are 114 lights and you have to identify how many of each type in the ratio of 1:2:3. Finally the Fireworks problem introduces money, working out how many fireworks are purchased for £24.80. There are 3 types costing different amounts.

3 New games based on the TV show and board game. There are General Knowledge, Historical and Science Boards. What A is a book of Maps called? What G in roman times fought in an arena? What G gives weight to objects? Included is a template with instructions for setting up your own board. Each of the colourful pictures gives a clue about the type of question beneath. Give us a T Bob. This resource developed for KS2 to increase the recall of facts in a fun way.

Teams of children solve the following maths puzzles: Falling snowballs, Christmas puddings, Christmas stockings, Snow Mobiles and Christmas trees. The maths used includes, squares, factors, multiples, calculations, ordering decimals, identifying shapes and continuing a sequence. There is a score sheet slide which can be used to record points using keyboard . There is a separate answer sheet for recording answers. After each round the teams swap sheets to mark their answers. The slides are fully animated including sound. "This was a blast for those last few days before Christmas break! Thanks for the creation!" One comment from a previous site.

This colourful cross curricular quiz enables groups of students to work in teams. The 5 rounds explore the Viking era, weighing of metals, writing, Viking ships, and a Viking journey. Mathematics has been used in all aspects of this quiz. Codes, vectors, ordering years, and calculations. A link to the BBC website adds further interest in order to solve one of the problems (approx 3 mins). There is an accompanying answer sheet for teams to use. This quiz could be used as a stand alone quiz or as part of a topic. NB The score slide has been updated to allow keyboard entry. An animation help slide for vectors has been added 12.04.17

Two cross curricular fun resources for History and Maths.Quiz 2 is aimed at lower KS2 and quiz 1 upper KS2. The class is divided into 6 teams who work together to solve maths problems related to the Romans. The quiz lasts about one hour.Categories include Timeline, Roman money, Roman Numerals, Roman Army, Mosaics, Roman Toilets and a Roman Walk. There is also an answer sheet to download. This activity should involve discussion around solving maths problems. It could be used as a stand alone activity or complement a history topic. These resources have been updated so that the score slide can be completed using the keyboard.

Students compete in teams solving math problems. Animated with sound to engage learners. 1. Mending Baubles by putting correct halves together to make a multiple of 7. 2. Gifts Galore- who bought the gifts using all their money. 3. Arranging Baubles - arrange 4 colours in different ways. 4. Christmas Cards- find the length and width of envelopes with an area of 240 sq cm. 5. Word Winter Wonderland - Unravel mixed up words to reveal mathematical words.

An interesting and engaging PowerPoint using maths to highlight the Chinese New Year in a quiz format. Teams of pupils collaborate to solve the problems or complete the activities. There are 5 rounds. In Chinese characters pupils have to find the mode as different characters appear on the screen such as Fate or Good Fortune. In Firework Festival fireworks last for different amounts of time and the combinations have to be found. The number of chopsticks needed for two restaurants with 2 types of table, square and rectangular.The Chinese Zodiac requires matching of years to the correct animal. Finally a magic square is used to calculate Steve Chan's lucky number. Updated so that the scores and team names can be entered via keyboard.

A fun end of term Power Point Quiz for teams of students to work together solving fun maths puzzles. There is a score sheet slide which can be used to record points using the keyboard.There is a separate answer sheet for recording answers. The maths used includes, division and multiplication,calculations, ordering whole numbers to 1000, identifying shapes and continuing a sequence of times tables forward and backward. Each of the 5 rounds is designed around the Christmas theme, Falling snowballs, Christmas puddings, Christmas stockings, Snowmoblies and Christmas trees. After each round the teams swap sheets to mark their answers. The slides are fully animated including sound.

A colourful cross curricular history/maths quiz for years 5/6. Facts and figures are used in an imaginative way to delve into Egyptian life. Reigns of the Pharaohs, Buying and Selling, Pulling your Weight, Hieroglyphs. Solve problems involving estimating, calculations with money and time, and hieroglyph code breaking. A link to the BBC Bitesize adds an interesting task involving the base area and volume of The Great Pyramid. (18 slides PP) This quiz encourages discussion and could be used as a standalone activity or as part of a topic in History. Updated scoreslide so that scores and team names can be entered via the keyboard. A video of this resource can be viewed https://www.facebook.com/mathswizards/

Five fantastic maths problems to delight and challenge. In Cracked Eggs, 10 eggs have been incorrectly put back together. By matching the calculations to make numbers between 30 and 39 a solution can be found. Vectors have been used in Easter Egg Hunt to translate Easter eggs around a grid. A simple animation shows students how to work out vectors if this is new to them. Hot Cross Buns are sold in packs of 3 sizes. Finding combinations of packs up to 20 will solve this problem. In Easter Parade a girl wants to decorate a hat with flowers. But how many will she need? Finally the fox is on the lookout for his lunch. Numbered hens are put into hutches by sorting them into even, prime and multiples of 9. Each round is marked by another team during the quiz and the teacher records t he scores on the score slide using the keyboard. Accessible to years 4.5 or 6. Some groups will need more help than others to complete the rounds. This will influence time taken for quiz. Works well with all pupils using individual whiteboards, then collating answers for team.

To enhance any history lesson about Ancient Greece, download this attractive and interesting set of maths problems which depict scenes from Ancient Greek culture. The maths is suitable for yrs 5/6 or yr 4 (with support). The scenes cover: Timeline, Olympics, Chronos God of Time, Trojan Horse, and Building a Temple. The maths covers: ordering time, placing numbers 1-10 into Olympic rings to total 12 in each ring, using 3 timers of 2,3 and 6 mins to make all the times to 20 mins, halve and quarter dimensions, and finally make plans of a temple using 34 pillars. The quiz format allows teams to choose team names and enter scores onto the score slide.

Two Fun Power Point animated quizzes for Yr 4/5/6 at the end of term. Children work in teams to solve problems. Matching snowballs: Snowballs need re-forming to make totals that are multiples of 5 or 10. Year 6 quiz multiples of 7 and 8. Snowmen building : Ways of arranging 5 different sized snowballs to make Two-er and Three-er snowmen. Snowflake Subs: Substituting numbers for snowflakes and finding the value of the expression. Year 6 quiz BODMAS and negatives needed. Snowball throwing: Bar chart skills to identify the names of children. Snowman heights: Ordering heights in m, cm and mm.