Resources
Fractions and percentages
This worksheet challenges students to calculate fractions and percentages in various design and technology contexts. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is useful for teaching maths content in design and technology, or as a maths activity sheet.
This book is part of the Explorer series of books which provides puzzles that are engaging and are designed to improve maths understanding and help with overall problem solving ability.
Fractions face-off reviewed
In 2015 the What Works Clearinghouse released a review confirming the findings of a study of the Fractions Face-Off! Programme. The review found that students who were severely at risk for low mathematics achievement made significant gains using two versions of Fractions Face-Off! as compared to a set of...
Stack your Fraction Fortress with as many fraction wholes as you can to win. Challenge your friends to see who can stack the highest tower wins. Contains: 50 fraction fortress blocks, 1 spinner and game guide....
When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor (a.k.a. GCF) vows to track it down. Knowing that the villainous Dr. Brok likes to disguise his ill-begotten fractions, GCF invents a Reducer-a tool that...
Fractions of the squad
In this resource designed by the IET, pupils use their knowledge of fractions and percentages to describe football squads and select a team. Can someone else work out which team they have selected from the fractions and percentages they have used to describe it?
The purpose of the activity is to deepen...
Fractions Out Shopping
As part of the series Primary Lesson Starters, this short Teachers TV film clip is suitable for use as a starter for Key Stage Two mathematics. Set in a supermarket, it shows a selection of the fractions and decimals found on the packaging of every day products and asks the students to discuss what they mean. The...
Fractions, Decimals and Pecentages
This resource contains seven instant maths ideas covering a whole range of suggestions that may be used as starter questions, extension questions or probing questions to assess understanding. Areas covered include: * drawing number lines to aid conversion between fractions, decimals and percentages * resources to...
Published by BEAM, this collection provides a selection of resources for teachers of primary and lower secondary mathematics. Included are a number of challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical...
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
As part of the series Primary Lesson Starters, this Teachers TV video consists of six mathematical problems for use in class with an interactive whiteboard. A suitable year group is suggested at the beginning of each starter. The scenarios focus on incorporating mathematics into real-life situations and include...