Wednesday 23 July 2014

Level 6 maths resources

Past Papers


seems good and free.

General

http://www.emaths.co.uk/ 
Student resources - past papers.
Teacher resources - separated by group

http://www.snappymaths.com/
Maths areas broken down by operator then sub area

http://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper
Maths Puzzles


http://www.teachitmaths.co.uk/
free resources - free login needed to download PDF's. Paid login for word etc.

Adding and subtracting negative numbers

When I talked about this with my Further maths student daughter, she said she was still confused by this, and was taught using a 'walking man'. I've found a couple of resources that use this...
http://teachinginroom6.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/making-some-sense-of-posneg-numbers.html

Shows a lesson taught using this method of breaking down the concept.
http://www.ri.net/middletown/everydaymath/itlggrade6/U6.3.pdf

I'm excited by this as it may have a lot more resources to explore, too.

Level Up

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/Mathematics/11-14/LevelUpMaths/FreeResources/FreeResources.aspx

Worksheets

My Maths worksheets (negative numbers here)



http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/

Games


Straight line equation cockroach blaster! http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/games/kp/kp_hotmath_sound.swf 
wow - weird concept. good, topic based games http://www.mothmatic.com/ 

Starter material

revision slideshare with questions to answer http://www.slideshare.net/mr_hughes/level-6-maths-revision

Interactive resources

http://www.bgfl.org/15.cfm?p=250
about 50 links including angles, clocks, fractions


http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=20

http://www.interactive-maths.com/area-of-a-trapezium-ggb.html 

KS2 resources - by topic

 Ordering and Sequencing Place Value Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions and Decimals Money Shape, Position and Movement Measures Data Handling Problem Solving

Nrich have a vast array of items. This page http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.php takes you to the search by topic page. Perhaps a little overwhelming?
This page is broader, and perhaps easier to navigate through? http://nrich.maths.org/9084

Maths WarriorsThis website has a great list of topics covered. I like the worksheet tab at the top. http://www.mathswarriors.co.uk/ 

Kangaroo Maths http://www.kangaroomaths.com/kenny3.php?page=KassessKS3
Compare4kids - thisnk this might close after a few days...?http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/maths.php

Investigations

Nrich.
http://nrich.maths.org/8941

Maths Warriors
http://www.mathswarriors.co.uk/inv.html 

Hartfordshire grid for learning
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/maths/ks1-2/framework/investigations/  levelled inveestigations.

Middletown resoures
http://www.ri.net/middletown/everydaymath/itlggrade5/Appendices/
I found this by accident looking for something below. It's not really a public page, but a list of several very well written investigations. Super excited by this, but no real link to the world!


Abundant, deficient and perfect numbers - a factors investigation

I've just finished reading 'The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa. The professor of the story, following a car accident years before, only has 80 minutes of memory, but does hold onto his past maths knowledge. In the story he teaches the housekeeper and her son the beauty of maths and in particular of investigating numbers.

A key theme is factors of numbers, particularly deficient, abundant and perfect numbers, and he is delighted by the number 28 - it's a perfect number (all it's factors (minus the number itself) add up to the number itself 1+2+4+7+14 = 28 - beautiful!)

I've done this project with several students that I tutor - it's a great way to get students thinking about factors for a reason (sort of)

Here's a fantastic project on this very subject:
http://www.ri.net/middletown/everydaymath/itlggrade5/Appendices/Project%202%20Deficient%20Abundant%20Perfect%20Numbers.pdf

Another investigation http://nrich.maths.org/2555

This is another description of them: http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/prime-numbers-advanced.html

This is starting to get really heavy, but who can resist happy, frugal, wasteful...numbers - I can think of a few children who, once they understand the definitions of perfect etc, would enjoy looking into this. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CFUQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gcisd-k12.org%2Fcms%2Flib%2Ftx01000829%2Fcentricity%2Fdomain%2F733%2Ftypes_of_numbers.doc&ei=-VL0U7GEIOic0AX95IGYBA&usg=AFQjCNGa1YgeXoC6mjO4ttkG6b4v4nTQPw&sig2=zB-Rpahvps6T-ssB8KDHNg&bvm=bv.73231344,d.d2k



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