More maths resources

KS3

Mathematical Trickery
(produced by the more maths grads project)

Teacher Information (DOC 265Kb, PDF 95Kb)
Maths Tricks (PPT 654Kb)
Number Puzzles (DOC 25Kb, PDF 46Kb)
Magic Matrix (DOC 48Kb, PDF 32Kb)
All the Aces (DOC 6.24Mb, PDF 138Kb)
Johnny Ball's favourite card trick (DOC 4.8Mb, PDF 112Kb)
Mystic Richard card trick (DOC 810Kb, PDF 103Kb)
Download all Mathematical Trickery files, here (ZIP 11.9Mb)

Maths in Real Life - Classroom Challenge
(produced by the more maths grads project)

Teacher Information (DOC 259Kb, PDF 57Kb)
Download all Maths in Real Life-Classroom Challenge files, here (ZIP 200Kb)

Paper Imagination
(produced by the more maths grads project)

Teacher Information (DOC 267Kb, PDF 90Kb)
Paper Imagination (PPT 6.2Mb)
Cube (DOC 43Kb, PDF 48Kb)
Download all Paper Imagination files, here (ZIP 5.57Mb)

Air Miles - KS3
(produced by the more maths grads project)

Slides (PPT 6.03Mb)
Student Worksheet (DOC 643Kb | PDF 400Kb)
Teacher Information (DOC 264Kb | PDF 67Kb)
Download all files, here (ZIP 6.79Mb)

KS4

Fractals
(produced by the more maths grads project)

Teacher Information (DOC 266Kb, PDF 85Kb)
Fractals (PPT 3.27Mb)
Grid for Sierpinski (DOC 25Kb, PDF 15Kb)
The Koch Snowflake Worksheet (DOC 266Kb, PDF 78Kb)
Download all Fractals files, here (ZIP 3.56Mb)

Various

Cube Puzzle

Data Handing Sheet (PDF, 80Kb)
Raw Data (XLS, 37Kb)

Shape Folding Videos (view all)
Liz Meenan explains how to fold different flat shapes using a single sheet of A sized paper.

Isosceles Triangle (MOV, 4.36Mb)
Equilateral Triangle (MOV, 11.7Mb)
Square (MOV, 6.02Mb)
Kite 1 (MOV, 4.68Mb)
Kite 2 (MOV, 5.08Mb)
Rhombus (MOV, 9.17Mb)
Hexagon (MOV, 15.9Mb)
Octagon (MOV, 18.6Mb)
Pentagon (MOV, 6.7Mb)
Download all Shape Folding Videos (ZIP file of all 9 WMVideo files, 33.4Mb)

The Three Jugs Problem

The Three Jugs Problem
(produced by the more maths grads project)
Worksheet (DOC 27Kb, PDF 39Kb)

The Towers of Hanoi

The Towers of Hanoi
(produced by the more maths grads project)
Worksheet (DOC 9Kb, PDF 77Kb)

Spot the Shape

Spot the Shape
(produced by the more maths grads project)
Worksheet (PDF 231Kb)

What's the point of..

produced by the more maths grads project

Ever wondered what’s the point of maths? Did you know that quadratic equations and probability can be linked to football and that trigonometry can be linked to combating terrorism? In fact, maths is used in a huge number of practical ways – more than you may initially think.

This booklet has been designed to highlight the ways in which maths is used practically in daily life in professional and leisure scenarios. The case studies guide you through the practical ways in which maths can be used from question to discussion and highlight the many ways in which it can be applied to an everyday setting.

'What's the point of..' Booklet (14 pages)
Colour PDF 35.5Mb | Printer friendly BW PDF 11.1Mb

The booklet contains the following resources:

What's the point of.. integration
Colour PDF, 6.01Mb
Printer friendly BW PDF, 1.17Mb