In this learning activity ‘Factor Puzzles’, students explore the ways factors are represented on a polygon and solve puzzles using multiplication. They can also play a game by multiplying the numbers on two dice to cover numbered squares on a gameboard. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting …More
This learning activity, ‘Fair and Square’, prompts students to use tiles or the supplied grid paper to copy patterns of coloured squares and work out each pattern’s rule. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Find a Match’ encourages students to identify, classify and sort shoes into matching pairs and discuss similarities and differences.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Find the Missing Numbers’ allows for practice solve missing number problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Find the Missing Numbers 1’ allows for practice finding the missing number in a number pattern. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Find the Missing Numbers 2’ allows for practice finding the missing number in a number pattern. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Find the Pattern 1’ allows for practice with number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Find the Pattern 1’ allows for practice finding number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Find the Pattern 2’ allows for practice with number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Find the Pattern 2’ allows for practice finding patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Find the Pattern 3’ allows for practice with number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This sequencing activity, ‘Fish Pattern Block?’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about creating a fish pattern with blocks.
The learning activity ‘Flipping Fish’ provides two activities for practising a sequential pattern. In the first activity, there are two variables to consider. In the second activity, students uncover the fascinating Fibonacci sequence. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Flower Power’, features a garden of flowers. Students must feed each flower a single operation that relates the numbers on its petals to the number in its centre. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Follow That Arrow’, explores the concept of number relationships. Students must work out the rule to complete the number patterns. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity ‘Food for Thought’ contains a variety of short problems for students to solve and discuss. The problems engage students in thinking about the strategies they can use to solve problems that include comparing costs, distributing car passengers, and watering a tree. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support …More
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Functions’ offers explanation of the basic concept of a function. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Functions’ allows for practice using models to explore the concept of functions. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Functions’ allows for practice describing arithmetic operations as functions. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Geometric Patterns’ allows for practice recognising and using geometric patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Geometry and Measurement’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of geometry and measurement. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The amusing learning activity, ‘Going Fishing’ shows a group of fishermen discussing the reasons they haven’t caught many fish. Students study a graph their results and compare them with the reasons the men give for the variations in their catch. Students then make predictions based on the patterns shown in the graphs. An answer sheet …More
With the learning activity, ‘Graphic Details’ students use graphs and spreadsheets to predict the values of further items in different sets of patterns. They can use materials to support their thinking, but the challenge is to use other methods to solve the problems. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions …More
This patterns worksheet, ‘Growing Patterns’ asks students to practise making growing patterns with cubes.
On this learning activity, ‘Happy Hundreds’ students look for missing tiles from a hundreds board to identify and explain a pattern. Using tiles from the board, they find missing pieces in a puzzle. This learning activity also has activities for using a calculator to make more hundreds patterns. An answer sheet is provided and includes …More
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Height’ encourages students to identify, compare and arrange objects by height from shortest to tallest.
Students who have flown will be interested in this learning activity ‘High Flyers’ in which they look at different seating plans for planes. Seating plans change according to the shape of the plane, and students must calculate ways to arrange rows for the seats. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with …More
Most students have made buildings from cubes or blocks. The learning activity, ‘High-rise Harry’ shows how Harry built up an intricate pattern of cubes, stage by stage. Students are challenged to identify the general rule Harry used so they can predict the successive stages of his pattern. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying …More
This patterns worksheet, ‘How Do You Do?’ asks students to practise identifying number patterns.
This patterns template, ‘Hundred Square’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths activity, ‘Ice Cream Scooper’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to create patterns using ice cream scoops. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of basic patterns. It provides an ice-cream cone template and an ice-cream scoop template.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Identify the Patterns’ allows for practice with patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Identify the Rule’ allows for practice using rules to analyse patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Identifying the Patterns’ asks students to practise identifying fractions in pictures.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘In and Out Patterns’ allows for practice using number machines. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Is It a Pattern?’ encourages students to identify and discriminate between sets of objects arranged in patterns and non patterns.
In this learning activity, ‘Joining Rules’, students follow rules to make patterns on a grid. By solving simple equations, they are able to make and describe the geometric patterns formed by the lines between numbers in a pair. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further …More
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Large or Small’ encourages students to identify, compare and arrange objects from smallest to largest.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Length’ encourages students to identify, compare and arrange objects by length from shortest to longest.
This maths template, ‘Magic Triangles’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This art project, ‘Make a Geometric Flower’ provides instructions for making a geometric collage using different coloured and sized hearts
This art project, ‘Make a Turtle Mosaic’ provides instructions for making a turtle mosaic using different coloured and sized foam shapes.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Making a New Pattern’ encourages students to explore, create and describe their own original patterns using a variety of objects and materials.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Making Chains’ asks students to practise identifying basic number patterns.
The learning activity ‘Megabytes of Memory’ poses word problems relating to the various memory cards that can be used to store digital photographs. As students complete the learning activity, they use advanced strategies to explore relationships and make choices. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
This maths activity, ‘Missing Number’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to complete a sequence of numbers. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of sequencing numbers. It provides number sequence cards and numbered playing cards.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Monster Madness’ asks students to practise using repeated addition to identify basic number patterns.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Multiple Attributes’ encourages students in classifying and sorting objects using a variety of attributes into a set.
This learning activity, ‘Multiple Mirrors’ reinforces the commutative property for multiplication. Students shade in numbers on an array according to rules and notice the patterns that emerge. Understanding the patterns helps students recognise when they have missed a particular product in their array. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions …More
This maths template, ‘Multiplication Wheels’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Naming a Pattern’ encourages students to identify and name each different attribute of a pattern using letters.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Next in the Sequence’ allows for practice continuing patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Next Number’ asks students to practise identifying basic number patterns.
This learning activity, ‘Now and Then’ features activities using the numeric system used by the ancient Romans. Students learn to tell the time using Roman numerals on analogue clock faces. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Number Chains’ asks students to practise using basic number patterns.
The learning activity ‘Number Crunching’ contains a variety of short problems for students to solve and discuss. The problems engage students in thinking about the strategies they can use to solve problems that involve number puzzles, making patterns, and changing shapes. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further …More
The learning activity ‘Number Fun’ is designed to be used as a short starting point for a lesson. The problems will generate discussion about the way students think about solving problems, and the strategies they can use. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further exploration.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line…’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line 0.5 Decimals’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line Factors of…’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
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