Resources

The three books which make up this package each contain 40 interesting and lively activities to help students develop their calculator skills. This book for 5 to 7-year-olds concentrates on keyboard skills, familiarity with the calculator and work in addition and subtraction of whole numbers.

Part of a series designed to provide 40 photocopiable calculator activities for National Curriculum Levels 1-5, this second book includes teacher's notes which suggest equipment needed, ideas for extension work and provides, answers to the questions on students' pages. There is also an assessment chart.

The three books which make up this package each contain 40 activities to help pupils develop their calculator skills. These activities encourage arithmetical and mathematical thinking through positive calculator use.

Key features include a chart to record students' progress in knowledge, skills and attitudes...

Calculating

Key Stage Two students with English as a Foreign Language (EAL) at Christ Church Primary School in Birmingham use mathematics in real life situations to further their knowledge of numeracy. This Teachers TV video shows how the framework for mathematics has been used to improve progress. Making subjects relevant...

Calculating

SMILE Card 1783 is a booklet containing twenty two activities designed for students to practice using a calculator correctly and begins with a test to find out whether students' calculator obeys the rules of BODMAS.

There follows a number of activities in which students use their calculator to complete the...

Secondary mathematics series from the 1970s.

Calculating arcs and areas of sectors in circles

This lesson develops the concept of finding areas of sectors. In particular students will:

• Find perimeters, areas, and arc lengths of sectors using formulas
• Find the relationships between arc lengths, and areas of sectors after scaling
• Using radians

The initial challenge...

Calculating areas of overlapping parts

This resource from IET Faraday, supported by MEI and Tomorrow's Engineers, provides students with the opportunity to explore the angle and size of the overlap when...

Calculating Colours

This practical activity from the Royal Institution provides students with an understanding of the different ways in which proportion can be expressed. Through a mixture of explanation and practical work, students explore how it is possible to give an accurate quantitative description of colours. Students mix...

Calculating density

This design and technology worksheet challenges students to calculate the density, mass and volume of various products. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is...