Quadratics

Games

The excellent website Flashy Maths has a nice interactive game involving factorising quadratic expressions. A nice interface, and you can also download this to play offline for a bigger and better version.

C3 Algebraic Fractions

Class Activities

SImplifying Fractions

Tarsia sorting cards game. Simplify the fractions - match the question to its answer. Beware - there are 18 question cards and 20 answer cards (the addtional answers are red herrings)

question cards, answer cards.

Solution:

 Addition and Subtraction of Algebraic Fractions - some examples to start the lesson with.

 

Solving Linear Equations

Online Activites

The website Flashy Maths has a really nice interactive game for solving linear equations. You can enter the level of difficulty you require. Really nice interface - great for lesson starter or plenary. You can also save this game as a flash application to run offline.

Worksheets:

Solving equations level 1 - 40 very basic equations of the form ax = b or x/a = b. Solutions are all whole numbers.

Solving equations level 2 - 40 basic equations of the form a + x = b and a + bx = c

Solving equations with brackets - 24 questions of the form a(bx + c) = d and a(bx + d) = ex + f

 Solving equations with fractions. 15 questions.

 Solving equations with brackets.

Solving nasty fraction equations 8 questions on A* equations involving nasty fractions!

Algebra and Functions C2

Presentations:

 C2 Algebra and Functions Review - an overview of Chapter 1 in the Edexcel text book for C2

Worksheets:

C2 Homework Chapter 1 Review A homework sheet containing 3 questions on Algebra and Functions, C2.

Inequalities

Exam questions on inequalities that you can download or view on the Smart Board in a lesson.

    

Algebra Tests

Algebraic Expressions Test - Suitable for Y9 pupils. Tests multiplying and dividing terms, expanding brackets and factorising linear expressions.

Simultaneous Equations

Starters:

simultaneous-equations-and-graphs-starter.doc - suitable for Y9 or Y10 pupils.

Basic simultaneous equations starters - suitable for Y9 and Y10 pupils. 4 questions, 2 of which are worded.

Questions:

Here are 6 questions you can go over with your class to help them solve simultaneous equations.

Worksheets:

simultaneous-equations-by-level - all of these questions are graded according to their level of difficulty. Two extension questions are included at the end of the sheet for more able pupils to complete if they have finished the rest of the sheet before everyone else.

Brackets and Factorising

Worksheets:

 Expanding brackets 1

 Expanding brackets 2

 Expanding brackets 3

 Expanding brackets 4. Two pairs of brackets leading to quadratic expressions.

Expanding 2 pairs of brackets - sheet for pupils to write their answers, formatted as a table.

Indices

Worksheets:

 Fractional and negative powers

Lesson Notes on Fractional and Negative Indices:

   

Exam Questions:

Graphs

Worksheets:

exploring-and-plotting-graphs.doc - Investigating y = mx + c by plotting linear functions.

 Finding the gradients of lines on a simple grid.

straight-line-equations-intro-pupil-sheet.doc  - introducing finding y = mx + c gently. Speed up sheet.

 Finding the equations of lines with positive gradients.

 Finding the equations of lines with negative gradients.

Games:

match-the-linear-graph-to-its-equation.doc - sorting cards