HD1/L2.3
Numeracy: HD1/L2.3, HD1/L2.4
Resource type: Tarsia jigsaw
Level: L2
A 12 piece jigsaw where the square pieces form a rectangle. Learners to match questions on mean, mode, median and range to the correct answers.
Whatever their original format, all Tarsia jigsaws can also be printed out as flashcards / dominoes. As the print is quite small on the standard sized puzzle, you might find it helpful to print out the larger version of the puzzle (select Output – large, i.e. three pieces per A4 sheet).
You will need Tarsia Formulator in order to use this resource.
Numeracy: HD1/L1.3, HD1/L1.4, HD1/L2.3, HD1/L2.4
General: Dyslexia support
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Bingo, lotto or Pelmanism, Sort or match cards
A really unusual, fun and effective way to reinforce and revise mean, mode, median and range. With extensive teacher notes and differentiation ideas.
Numeracy: HD1/L2.3
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A great way to explore the different meanings and uses of mean, mode and median.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, Common Measures, HD1/L2.3, MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/L1.1, N1/L1.2
Context: Employment skills & Public services
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Game, Worksheet or assignment
A wonderful dice game that will also improve money skills (addition and subtraction) and awareness of negative numbers.
Plus extension L2 statistics questions. Ideal for work skills students and fully mapped to L1 Functional Maths criteria.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, Extract and interpret information, Fractions decimals & percentages, HD1/L2.3
Free tags: Winter
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A series of topical questions based on recent (Jan 2010) temperatures recorded in Newcastle. Covers mean, mode, median, range, extracting information, fractions, percentages, negative numbers and more. Also suitable for underpinning L1 and L2 Functional Maths.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, HD1/L2.3, HD1/L2.4
Context: Sport
Level: L2
Resource type: Game, Worksheet or assignment
A fun paired dice game that really gets across the meaning and purpose of finding the mode, median and range of a set of data. Great for footie fans – who can choose their own name for the home team.
Numeracy: HD1/L2.3
Resource type: Handout or guide
Level: L2
A really handy one page reference sheet with clear examples and explanations.
Numeracy: HD1/L2.3
Resource type: On-screen activity or video
Level: L2
A clever way to teach mean and median, based on the popular TV game show. Choose to play with between 1 and 22 boxes.
Pick one student as the main player – the other students can be asked to calculate the mean and/or median after each round of box opening (which can then be checked by clicking onscreen boxes) and use this to decide on a suitable banker’s offer.
To install unzip the four files to a new folder and run index.html – there
is a readme.doc file where you can find further information and teaching notes.
Numeracy: HD1/L1.3, HD1/L2.3
Resource type: Discussion points, Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1, L2
Misleading averages is bound to provoke much discussion how the media, and even Government reports, can mislead us!
