First published in 1991, Nuffield Secondary Mathematics was a major curriculum development project which, under the directorship of Dr. Kath Hart, provided materials designed to improve all students' understanding of mathematics.

The project was forward-thinking as it put investigative work and thinking...

A collection of resources, from Nuffield Science, covering topics in space. 

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these resources are aimed at mathematics practitioners.

In this resource, sessions look at:

• Big numbers: how 'big' is 'big' - using co-operative small group work
• Rounding sums of money - using technology creatively and...

This collection from Inquiry Maths contains five number themed prompts covering multiplication, fractions, percentages, inequalities and ratio. Each seemingly simple prompt is designed to intrigue students, leading to a rich mathematical task that can be explored in a variety of ways providing students with the...

The number activities, from Skills Workshop, are designed to support teachers and students studying numeracy and functional skills.

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these resources are aimed at mathematics practitioners. A range of sessions look at different aspects of number. They illustrate a variety of teaching and learning approaches and allow practitioners to reflect and develop their skills. Sessions also...

This sub-collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book collection contains eighteen resources designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of ‘Number’ topics. Each resource is an interactive excel worksheet to encourage teacher-student interaction. The topics...

This SMILE collection contains twelve resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of number.

The resources cover addition, decimals, directed number, division, fractions, multiplication, ordering and rounding, percentages, place value and number systems,...

Number One Map and Number Two Map provide a variety of examples of words in everyday use which relate to the number one or the number two.

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resource covers: multiples, finding the next term of a sequence, generating number sequences from a formula and formulae for general terms; finding the n^th term. The...

This Subtangent investigation looks at the total of the squares inside a stair shape.

Initially students investigate the relationship of the totals of a three step stair and its position on a 10 by 10 grid.

This activity requires students to investigate different types of number by ordering different sets of digits. The types of number are odd, even, primes, multiples and factors.

The resource contains printable worksheets which could allow for differentiation. The set of printable digit cards could be useful...

This resource contains three interactive excel files illustrating different features of integer patterns. The different types of number include odd, even, prime, square and rectangular numbers. Triangle numbers and the Fibonacci Sequence are revealed in Pascal's...

The complete resource of Number and Algebra Instant Maths Ideas contains all twenty six subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. The ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. Each topic contains a number of questions or activities...

Instant Maths Ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. The complete resource contains all 26 subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. Each topic has also been included as a separate resource for ease of use. Each topic contains a...