Adult Numeracy, Functional Maths, and GCSE Resources

An interactive whiteboard guide to a very useful method of subtraction – complete with nifty features such as pull away screens (revealing practice questions), etc.
Please note you must have the Smart notebook software installed on your computer in order to open, view and use this resource http://smarttech.com/

A straightforward PPT that takes the learner step by step through ‘long subtraction’.

Practice with Level 1 and 2 multiple choice questions in a topical setting – great for playing in teams during the last class of term! Covers number, measure and data. 14 questions.

Fabulous word and number cloud activities for E1 (maths words), E2 (odd even nos. and 2D shapes) and E3 (recognise, sort and and order metric measures). With instructions, extension ideas and answer sheets. Ideal for display (and annotation) on a smartboard.
Wordle is a brilliant on-line, completely free word cloud creator.
See our blog articles for more Wordle teaching and learning ideas:

This ‘random number generator’ is an open ended resource that the author originally designed to use for mental maths (adding or taking away 10 from the displayed number). It was later used it as part of a ‘Question of Sport’ quiz (in the spelling round!): learners choose a picture and then spell the ‘random’ number that appears: 49, 32, 28, 46, 67, 55, 21, 74 and 13 (these be edited to suit and could also be linked to any set of numbered, pre-prepared quiz questions on any topic).

A great way show any Skills for Life learner how to play this popular puzzle and makes a good warm up activity. Use to provoke general discussion on logic-steps and how puzzles help to sharpen the mind and increase brain activity!

A very useful fill-in-the-gaps table for practising decimal – fraction – percentage equivalents. Prints as 2 pages inc. answer sheet.

Covers adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decinmals (inc. mult and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000) and decimal place value. Ideal for introducing these topics or for revision.

A large PPT that covers many different number skills inc. number bonds, rounding, mental and written addition & subtraction, and related word problems. Good for revision or could be broken down into several shorter presentations.

Clear diagrams and examples – makes a good introduction to this topic.