This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Number Patterns’ allows for practice recognising and using number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Number Patterns’ allows for practice recognising and using number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Number Sequences’ asks students to practise counting by twos.
The learning activity, ‘Number Tricks’ presents algebraic thinking within a fun game students can play together. The games help develop the students’ ideas about generalised properties of numbers and how they apply to variables. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Numerical and Geometric Patterns’ allows for practice analysing numerical and geometric patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘One Attribute: Colour’ encourages students to identify, compare and sort objects based on colour.
In the learning activity ‘Operation Time’ Simon uses some invented machines to change numbers with a variety of operations. Students are challenged to determine the numbers that come out of or are put into the machines, using their knowledge of number operations. Students are encouraged to discuss their results with a classmate. An answer sheet …More
This patterns learning activity, ‘Ordering’ asks students to practise with tens and ones.
This quick reference chart, ‘Ordinal Olympic Medals’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Pascal’s Triangle’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This learning activity, ‘Pattern Parade’ gives students opportunities to make a variety of sequential patterns. It challenges students to identify rules to replicate and extend patterns. Students are encouraged to discuss their results with a classmate. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This graphic organiser, ‘Pattern Possibilities’ supports students to identify and create patterns.
This graphic organiser, ‘Pattern Possibilities for Geometric Shapes’ supports students to identify and create geometric patterns.
In the learning activity, ‘Pattern Predictions’, students are challenged to go beyond lengthy counting to find ways of calculating the numbers of shapes in repeating (recursive) patterns that have two elements. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This maths activity, ‘Pattern Race’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to create patterns using number cards while students race against the clock. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of basic patterns. It provides shape pictures and number cards.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Pattern Rules and Functions’ allows for practice using patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Patterns’ offers an introduction to patterns in mathematics. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Patterns’ offers an introduction to patterns in mathematics. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Patterns’ offers an introduction to patterns in mathematics. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Patterns’ allows for practice recognising and using patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns worksheet, ‘Patterns and Sequences’ asks students to practise identifying basic patterns.
The learning activity, ‘Pegging Problems’ can also be used as an engaging hands-on activity. Students use sheets of paper and counters to find out how many pegs are required to secure an increasing number of tents. They identify rules as they discuss their results with a classmate. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying …More
This quick reference chart, ‘Percent, Fractions and Decimals’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This learning activity, ‘Perfect Patterns’, shows a series of computer screens displaying patterns of equations. Students must work out the next equations and then make up their own equation patterns. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Pick the Pattern’, asks students to find the tenth and twentieth objects in various sequential patterns. Students are then prompted to make up their own pattern. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Pointing out Patterns’ encourages students to explore and identify patterns in various objects and environments.
Possum Poles’ is an engaging learning activity that shows how four possums climbed slippery poles at the Animal Olympics. Students need to use their knowledge of patterns and graphs to compare the progress of the possums. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity ‘Power to the People’ uses four interesting and very varied problems to encourage students to use their knowledge of operations and strategies. They need to work out how to provide utilities to houses, find patterns in calculator displays, and discover the possible arrangements of colours on flags as they discuss and solve …More
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Predict the Pattern’ allows for practice with shape patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Predict the Pattern’ allows for practice with patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Primary Colours’ encourages students to explore, compare and classify.
This graphic organiser, ‘Problem Solving with a Matrix’ asks students to use the process of elimination to solve a logic problem.
This learning activity, ‘Punching Numbers’, encourages students to connect rules involving repeated multiplication to their geometrical representation on a hundreds board. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
Puzzling Patterns’ is a learning activity that presents students with some of the patterns that can be formed with tiles and counters. Students identify the patterns and explain why they work. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Puzzling Picnics’, presents a river-crossing problem that encourages students to describe number relationships and identify a pattern. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The amusing learning activity ‘Quacky Questions’ has some interesting problems for students to solve, such as: How many legs are there in a group of sheep and ducks? How can you share pizzas to distribute the olives fairly? Students try out different strategies as they solve and discuss the problems. An answer sheet is provided …More
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Ratios, Proportions, and Percents’ offers guidance on and practice using ratios, proportions and percents. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Represent and Analyse Patterns’ allows for practice with linear and nonlinear number patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘Robot Builder’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to recognise the different shapes to build a robot. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of basic shapes. It provides a robot picture, shape cards and number cards.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Same Name Patterns’ encourages students to identify, describe and discriminate the attributes and core of an AB Pattern.
The learning activity, ‘Sea Symmetry’ provides illustrations students can complete by using reflection symmetry. In the process, students learn how to use the line of symmetry to find the reflection. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Secondary Colours’ encourages students to explore, compare and classify secondary colours.
The learning activity, ‘Seeing Dots’ provides students with a fun way to explore sequential patterns, using a dot grid or a geoboard and rubber bands. By changing and scaling, students find rules to help them predict the sizes of extended shapes. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting …More
This addition and patterns worksheet, ‘Sequences’ asks students to practise with addition.
The learning activity ‘Setting Up Swaps’ 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, increasing amounts of money, and swapping cards. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support …More
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Shape + One Attribute’ encourages students to identify, sort and compare different shapes by a variety of physical attributes.
In the learning activity, ‘Shapely Sea Creatures’ students identify and describe the geometric shapes formed by the bodies of different sea creatures. This activity helps students relate the language of geometry to familiar or everyday objects. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Snakes in the Grass’, shows snakes made of dominoes slithering out of the grass. Students must work out what number of dots are on the hidden dominoes. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Solve the Pattern 1’ allows for practice solving problems with patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Solve the Pattern 2’ allows for practice solving problems with patterns. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Some or All’ encourages students to classify and sort objects using a variety of attributes into a set.
The learning activity, ‘Spreadsheet Challenge’ asks students to use a spreadsheet on a computer. They learn to make and work out formulae, using what they know about patterns of numbers. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity, ‘Stacking Patterns’ uses some everyday stacking situations to pose word problems. Students need to identify the rule for continuing a sequential pattern in order to determine the height or length of the stacks. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity, ‘Stacks of Money’ uses the different thickness of coins to pose problems for students to solve. Students explore linear relationships between two variables to answer questions. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
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