Maths for all

These resources cover topics that may be useful to students on any course.

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Number

 VideoWritten ResourcesExercises

Arithmetic

   
Addition and subtraction

See Written Resource
Order of operations (BIDMAS/BODMAS)

Booklet

Positive and negative numbersBookletSee Written Resource
Estimation 

Factors, Multiples and Primes

   
What are factors and multiples?
Introduction to Prime Numbers
Highest Common Factor (HCF) and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

Fractions

   
Introductory ideas                                       

          

BookletSee Written Resource
Adding and subtracting fractionsBookletSee Written Resource
Multiplying and dividing fractionsBookletSee Written Resource
Equivalent feactions and simplifying fractions

Booklet
Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions 
Converting fractions 
Fractions of amounts 
Finding the original amount 

Decimals and Rounding

   
Manipulating decimalsBookletSee Written Resource

Rounding to decimal places and              

significant figures

Upper and Lower bounds (Error Intervals)See Written ResourceSee Written Resource

Percentages

   

Percentage of an amount and                      

percentage change

       

Booklet
Reverse percentages 

Compound interest/repeated

proportional change

Worksheet  

Ratio and Proportion

   
Introduction to ratio 
Dividing amounts in a ratio 
Introduction to proportion 
Proportion - algebraic questions 

Standard form

   
Converting in and out of standard formWorksheet
Calculations in standard form 

Algebra

 

VideoWritten ResourceExercise

Collecting terms

   
Simplifying algebraic expressions without brackets 

Forming expressions and equations

   
Forming expressions  
Forming equations  

Multiplying Terms

   
Multiplying Algebraic Terms

Solving linear equations 

   
Unknown on one side   Worksheet (PDF, XKB) 
Unknown on both sidesWorksheet (PDF, XKB) 

Substitution and Formuale

   
Substitution Worksheet (PDF, XKB)

Factorising and Expanding

   
Factorising simple expressions Worksheet
Factorising quadraticsWorksheet
Expanding single brackets Booklet
Expanding Double Brackets

Inequalities

   
Solving inequalities Booklet

Coordinate geometry

 VideoWritten ResourceExercise

Coordinates

   
Introduction to the coordinate plane                                                   

Plotting graphs with tables of values

   
Plotting straight lines
Plotting a curve 

Horizontal and vertical lines

   
Horizontal and vertical lines 

Equations of straight lines

   
Gradients BookletSee Written Resource
y=mx+c BookletSee Written Resource

Shape and measurement

 VideoWritten ResourceExercise

Unit conversions

   
Units and conversions 

 
Units and prefixes   BookletSee Written Resource
Metric units

WorksheetSee Written Resource
Using a Conversion Factor  

Introducing Area

   
Rectangles  
Triangles (properties and area)   
Parallelograms  
Trapeziums
Compound shapes 

Area and circumference of circles

   
Circle Vocabulary and circumferences  
Area of circles 

See Written Resource

Sectors and segments

   
Sectors
Segments

Pythagoras' theorem

   
Pythagoras' theoremBooklet

Volume

   
General recap  
Cubes and Cuboids 
Prism 
Pyramid 
Cylinder 
Cone 
Sphere 

Surface area

   
Surface area recap  

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