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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 20/09/2026

New A-level Further Maths resources added today: ✨Different Forms of Complex Numbers Fill in the Blanks ✨Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers Match-Up Steadily building a (hopefully useful) bank of Further Maths resources at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

Multiplying and dividing complex numbers in exponential form match-up activity suitable for A-level Further Maths students.

Different forms of complex numbers fill in the blanks activity suitable for A-level Further Maths students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 14/08/2026

More new complex numbers resources: ✨Complex Numbers in Modulus-Argument Form Match-Up ✨Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers Fill in the Blanks ✨Loci on an Argand Diagram Match-Up Find them all at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #ukmathschat #alevelmaths #mathstoday

A-level Further Maths fill in the blanks resource to practise multiplying and dividing complex numbers in modulus-argument form.

A-level Further Maths match-up resource to practise converting complex numbers to modulus-argument form.

A-level Further Maths match-up resource to practise sketching loci on an Argand diagram.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 07/07/2026

I've added a new Functions resource to the site today: ✨Solving Equations involving Functions Crack the Code Freely available at www.draustinmaths.com/functions #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Crack the Code Maths worksheet containing fourteen questions for solving equations involving functions. Suitable for GCSE/IGCSE students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 19/06/2026

Some new inequalities resources added to the site now: ✨ harder solving linear inequalities practice strips ✨ forming and solving linear inequalities practice strips Download word or PDF version, plus answers! Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/equations-and-inequalities #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Image showing two sets of Maths practice strips - harder solving linear inequalities and forming and solving linear inequalities. Each strip contains increasingly difficult questions suitable for KS3/KS4 Maths students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 13/06/2026

✨New✨ algebraic direct and inverse proportion added today - practice strips and crack the code. Freely available at www.draustinmaths.com/direct-and-inverse-proportion #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Two sets of practice questions each containing eight questions suitable for KS3/KS4 maths students - one on algebraic direct proportion and the second on algebraic inverse proportion.

An algebraic direct proportion crack the code, where students answer 12 questions then add their answers together to get a three digit code. Suitable for KS3/KS4 maths students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 05/06/2026

New simultaneous equations resources: ✨Finding the number of solutions to simultaneous equations using graphs - activity and practice strips ✨ Finding coordinates of intersections using algebra practice strips Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/simultaneous-equations #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Investigating solutions to simultaneous equations activity suitable for KS3/KS4 students. There are three pairs of simultaneous equations to plot and determine the number of solutions.

A set of 12 practice questions finding coordinates of intersection between two lines, using algebra. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

A set of practice questions finding the number of solutions of pairs of linear simultaneous equations. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 28/04/2026

New probability practice strips added today: ✨Mutually exclusive events ✨Mutually exclusive events from tables ✨More independent combined events Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/probability #ukmathschat #mathstoday

Four practice questions on mutually exclusive events in probability, suitable for KS3/4 pupils.

Three practice questions on finding probabilities of mutually exclusive events from tables, suitable for KS3/4 pupils.

Three practice questions on calculating probabilities of combined events without using tree diagrams, suitable for KS3/4 pupils.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 18/03/2026

Two new transformation worksheets: ✨ Harder reflections practice grid ✨ Negative enlargements practice grid Corrected after my Year 9s found a couple of errors! Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/transformations #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

A worksheet containing 12 questions for students to practise enlarging shapes where the scale factor is negative.

A worksheet containing 12 questions for students to practise reflecting shapes in mirror lines which have a gradient of 1 or -1.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 08/03/2026

More new A-level revision grids added today: ✨Numerical Methods ✨Sequences and Series Available at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-topics Enjoy! #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

A-level revision grid containing nine exam-style question on Year 2 sequences and series.

A-level revision grid containing eight exam-style question on Year 2 numerical methods.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 01/03/2026

Lots of new sequences resources added to the site today: ✨Problems with arithmetic sequences ✨Problems with quadratic sequences ✨Recurrence relations ✨Generating different types of sequences All freely available at www.draustinmaths.com/sequences #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

A grid of 16 practice questions involving generating difference types of sequences from their nth term.

A strip of practice questions involving recurrence relations - generating sequences, writing recurrence formulae and solving problems.

A strip of practice questions involving solving problems with quadratic sequences, including deciding whether numbers belong to sequences, finding nth term rules given some of the terms, and finding nth term rules for harder sequences.

A strip of practice questions involving solving problems with arithmetic sequences, including finding nth term rules given some of the terms, arithmetic sequences with algebra, and solving worded problems.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 20/02/2026

I've added a new section to the site today - A-level Revision. Over the next few months I hope to add to the revision resources, starting with four A-level grids - algebraic methods, quadratics, exponentials and logs, and circle geometry. www.draustinmaths.com/revision #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Exponentials and logarithms revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.

Line and circle geometry revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.

Algebraic methods revision practice grid. Contains nine exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.

Quadratics revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 17/02/2026

New A-level Further Maths resources added today: ✨Hyperbolic Functions Proof Cards ✨Plotting Hyperbolic Graphs Practice Grid ✨Solving Hyperbolic Equations Crack the Code All available from www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths

Crack the code resource suitable for A-level Further Maths students. There are ten questions on solving hyperbolic equations, and students then add the answers to get a three-digit code.

Plotting hyperbolic graphs resource suitable for A-level Further Maths students.

Cards resource suitable for A-level Further Maths students. There are twelve cards, three contain the definitions of hyperbolic functions and the remaining nine cards allow students to use the information to evaluate, differentiate and integrate hyperbolic functions.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 09/02/2026

New A-level resources: ✨Solving Exponential and Logs Equations Crack the Code ✨Exponentials and Logs Fill in the Blanks Made for my Year 12 class last week - hopefully of you to others too! www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-maths #ALevelMaths #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Worksheet for A-level Maths students to practice converting between exponential and logarithmic statements. The sheet contains both non-calculator and calculator questions.

Worksheet for A-level students to practise solving equations involving exponentials and logarithms. Students then add together the twelve answers to get a three-digit code.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 07/02/2026

✨NEW✨ resources added this morning - challenging volume and surface area questions involving all sorts of compound shapes. Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/volume-and-surface-area #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Worksheets containing six questions involving finding volume and surface area of compound shapes. This worksheet includes cubes, cuboids and prisms with parts of cylinders.

Worksheet containing six questions involving finding volume and surface area of compound shapes. This worksheet includes cubes, cuboids and prisms.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 25/01/2026

New practice grid on rearranging scientific formulae added to the website this morning. Download it and much more at www.draustinmaths.com #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

A grid of questions to practise rearranging scientific formulae. There are five different formulae from Maths and Physics which need rearranging to make different variables the subject of the formula. The formulae and rearranging gets increasingly difficult with each question.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 20/01/2026

More new #ALevelMaths vectors resources added today: ✨3D Vectors Fill in the Blanks ✨3D Vectors Match-Up If they're of use, find them at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

3D Vectors Match-Up activity for A-level Maths students. Match questions with answers, covering 3D coordinates, 3D position vectors, magnitudes and angles.

3D Vectors Fill in the Blanks activity for A-level Maths students. Completion table where students fill in missing information. Covers 3D coordinates, position vectors, magnitudes, unit vectors and angles to positive axes.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 13/01/2026

New #ALevelMaths vectors resources from last week's Year 12 lessons: ✨Modelling with Vectors Fill in the Blanks ✨Position Vectors Fill in the Blanks Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Fill in the blanks task on position vectors suitable for A-level Maths students.

Fill in the blanks on modelling with vectors suitable for A-level Maths students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who continues to support my site through spreading the word, buying coffees and reporting mistakes. Many more resources to come in 2026, starting with some harder indices practice strips I've made for my Year 9s next week. Enjoy! #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

$Two strips of practice questions for students studying fractional and negative indices. The first strip involves simplifying algebraic powers and roots and writing them in index form. The second strip involves solving equations with unknown indices.$

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 30/12/2025

A belated Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 Some new resources added today: ✨ Generating formulae from words match-up ✨Quadratic formula problem in context practice grid Find them both at www.draustinmaths.com/algebra #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 14/12/2025

🎄🎁⭐For anyone, like me, who happens to be teaching negative and fractional indices in the final week of term, here's a Christmas colouring sheet I've made that you might find useful. www.draustinmaths.com/powers-and-roots #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

$Christmas colouring worksheet suitable for KS3/KS4 students involving evaluating fractional and negative indices then colouring each section in the correct colour.$ $Answers to Christmas colouring worksheet suitable for KS3/KS4 students involving evaluating fractional and negative indices then colouring each section in the correct colour.$

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 07/12/2025

New resources from recent Year 9 lessons added to the website today: ✨Pythagoras pile up puzzle ✨Multi-step trigonometry practice grid Enjoyed making and working through these! (Hopefully I got the correct answers...) #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Eight multi-step trigonometry problems increasing in difficulty and involving finding missing angles and lengths in right-angled triangles. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

A puzzle containing lots of right-angled triangles adjacent to each other where missing lengths, areas and perimeter need to be calculated. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 06/12/2025

New resources on congruency added to the website today: ✨Congruent triangles practice strips ✨Congruent triangle proof practice grid Find them here: www.draustinmaths.com/geometry #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Maths resource with six questions on proving congruency of triangles within various shapes using either SAS, ASA, SSS or RHS conditions. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

Maths resource with seven questions on identifying pairs of congruent triangles using either SAS, ASA, SSS or RHS conditions. Suitable for KS3/KS4 students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 23/11/2025

New A-level Maths and Further Maths resources: ✨Transformations of Trig Graphs Match-Up ✨Elastic Strings and Work Done Fill in the Blanks Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Matching activity on transformations of trigonometric graphs suitable for Year 12 AS and A-level Maths students.

Fill in the blanks task on work done in extending an elastic string suitable for A-level Further Maths students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 16/11/2025

New Year 12 A-level resources added this week: ✨Binomial Estimation ✨Algebraic Problems with Sine and Cosine Rules ✨Algebraic Problems with Area of a Non Right-Angled Triangle All can be found at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level

Six practice questions - algebraic problems involving area of a non right-angled triangle. Suitable for AS and A-level students.

Six practice questions - algebraic problems involving sine and cosine rules. Suitable for AS and A-level students.

Six practice questions on using binomial expansion to estimate values. Suitable for AS and A-level students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 09/11/2025

It's been a few weeks since any updates, but here are some new resources from this week's teaching of solving equations: ✨Linear equations with fractional coefficients practice grid ✨Solving quadratics by factorising sort it out www.draustinmaths.com/algebra #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #MathsResources

Maths task suitable for KS4 students - solving quadratic equations by factorising then sorting them according to their solutions.

$Maths task suitable for KS3/4 students - nine linear equations to solve where the coefficients of the x terms are fractions.$

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 12/10/2025

New percentages resources from Y9 lessons this week: ✨Mixed percentages fill in the blanks ✨Compound and simple interest fill in the blanks ✨Missing interest rates practice strips Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/percentages #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 05/10/2025

✨New A-level resources from this week's Year 12 lessons on graphical inequalities, algebraic fractions and algebraic division. The new A-level section is slowly growing! www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat

A-level Maths task on finding the remainder when dividing a polynomial by a linear expression using algebraic long division.

A-level Maths task on shading regions in two dimensions divided by linear and quadratic inequalities.

$A-level Maths tasks on (i) solving linear and quadratic inequalities graphically, and (ii) simplifying algebraic fractions either by splitting the fraction or by factorising.$

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 03/10/2025

Friday night update! Some new algebra resources: ✨Expanding Brackets Name the Film ✨Factorising Decode the Joke ✨Factorising with Bracketed Factors Practice Strips ✨Factorising Quadratics Practice Grid Freely available at www.draustinmaths.com #mathstoday #ukmathschat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 13/09/2025

In #MathsToday (this week) it's been Maclaurin series with Year 13 FM, quadratics with Year 12, and upper and lower bounds with Year 9. A couple of ✨new✨ practice strips made and added to the site - truncating numbers and using bounds to find a suitable degree of accuracy. #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 31/08/2025

I've made a couple of changes over the summer: ✨A new homepage with a What's New section so you can easily see what's been added recently ✨A bigger focus on KS5 with separate pages for A-level Maths and Further Maths, with lots of new resources, particularly for Further Maths. #ALevelMaths 2/3

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 31/08/2025

It's that time of year again - your annual reminder that if you're a Maths teacher and looking for suitable resources for your classes across KS3 to KS5 then do check out www.draustinmaths.com. The site is five years old this week 🎉🎉 and in that time it's amassed over 1000 resources! 1/3

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 07/07/2025

#MathsToday Our final topic of the year in Y12 Further Maths is roots of polynomials. I've made a few new resources for teaching this topic - some fill in the blanks and a crack the code which you can find on my website www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths

Crack the Code activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic.

Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of quartic equations.

Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of cubic equations.

Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of quadratic equations.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 01/07/2025

More A-level Further Maths resources added today: ✨Sums of squares and cubes fill in the blanks ✨Sum of series crack the code Enjoy! www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #ALevelMaths #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 30/06/2025

With my Year 12 Further Maths class we've moved on to the Core Pure content, starting with sums of series. I've made a few new resources on the topic so far: ✨Evaluating sums of natural numbers match-up ✨Sum of natural numbers fill in the blanks #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 21/06/2025

Plus, I managed to get my hands on this beautiful card 😍 by @catrionaagg.bsky.social

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 15/06/2025

New resources on bar charts ready for Year 7 lessons next week: ✨Constructing bar charts practice grid ✨Reading bar charts match-up ✨Frequency tables and bar charts fill in the blanks Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/statistics #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 09/06/2025

This half term I'm teaching statistics to both Year 7 and 8, so expect lots of new resources, starting with frequency tables: ✨Constructing frequency tables practice grids ✨Reading information from frequency tables practice grids Available from www.draustinmaths.com #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Reading information from grouped frequency tables, practice grid of questions suitable for KS3 students.

Constructing grouped frequency tables, practice grid of questions suitable for KS3 students.

Reading information from frequency tables, practice grid of questions suitable for KS3 students.

Constructing frequency tables, practice grid of questions suitable for KS3 students.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 01/06/2025

Some new practice strips on algebraic fractions ready for Year 9 after half term: ✨More multiplying and dividing algebraic fractions ✨More adding and subtracting algebraic fractions Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/algebraic-fractions #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

$Practice questions for adding and subtracting algebraic fractions suitable for KS4 students.$ $Practice questions for multiplying and dividing algebraic fractions suitable for KS4 students.$

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 22/05/2025

More guided revision grids from Year 8 revision lessons last week, this time focusing on algebra: ✨Linear sequences ✨Solving linear equations ✨Expanding and factorising with common factors Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/revision #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Expanding and factorising revision questions with worked example, covering expanding single brackets and factorising by taking out common factors.

Solving linear equations revision questions with worked example, covering solving two-step equations, equations with brackets and equations with unknowns on both sides.

Linear sequences revision questions with worked example, covering finding next terms, finding missing terms and finding the nth term of ascending and descending sequences.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 15/05/2025

Final lessons on angles with Year 8 this week, focusing on interior and exterior angles of regular polygons. Help yourself to: ✨Interior angles of regular polygons practice strips ✨Exterior angles of regular polygons practice strips www.draustinmaths.com/angles-and-polygons #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Practice questions focused on finding interior angles in regular polygons, including finding the sum of the interior angles, finding the size of one interior angles, and finding the number of sides given the sum of the interior angles.

Practice questions on exterior angles in regular polygons. Includes questions on finding the size of one exterior angle, finding the interior angle given the exterior angle, and finding the number of sides given the exterior angle.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 11/05/2025

I made some guided revision grids for my Year 8s to revise for their summer exam while I was out on a trip. They seemed to go down well, so I might make some more for them! They could be of use in the run up to exams... www.draustinmaths.com/revision #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Guided revision grid for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with mixed numbers. Each contains a worked example and three practice questions.

Guided revision grid for prime factors and finding highest common factors and lowest common multiple. Each contains a worked example and three practice questions.

Guided revision grid for different types of ratio and proportion questions. Each contains a worked example and three practice questions.

Guided revision grid for calculating percentages, increase and decrease, and percentage change using a calculator. Each contains a worked example and three practice questions.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 10/05/2025

New resources from Year 8 angles lessons this week: ✨Angles in triangles practice grid ✨Angles in triangles and quadrilaterals practice grid Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/geometry #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Twelve questions for maths students to find missing angles in triangles, including equilateral and isosceles triangles. Increasing in difficulty.

Twelve questions for maths students to find missing angles in triangles and quadrilaterals (no special quadrilaterals). Increasing in difficulty.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 05/05/2025

Some new probability resources from lessons with Year 9 last week. ✨Expected values from probability tables practice grid ✨Combined independent events practice strips Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/probability #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 02/05/2025

#MathsToday In our final lesson on sequences, Year 8 were introduced to Fibonacci sequences. Updated practice strips along with a fill in the blanks task added to the website today. www.draustinmaths.com/sequences #UKMathsChat

Task for KS3 maths students on Fibonacci-like sequences. Includes deciding whether a sequence is Fibonacci-like, completing some Fibonacci-like sequences, and some problem solving questions.

A fill in the blanks task on Fibonacci-like sequences suitable for KS3 maths students. Starting with continuing sequences and moving on to finding missing terms.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 01/05/2025

More work on sequences with Year 8 in #MathsToday, looking at finding the nth term of a linear sequence. Plenty of mini-whiteboard work followed by: ✨Nth term of an ascending linear sequence practice strips ✨Nth term of a descending linear sequence practice strips #UKMathsChat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 27/04/2025

Another new resource added today, this time from A-level Maths numerical methods: ✨Newton-Raphson Method Fill in the Blanks Find it at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #ALevelMaths #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 25/04/2025

Some new resources on different types of sequences from Year 8 lessons this week: ✨Different types of sequences practice strips ✨Missing numbers in different types of sequences practice strips ✨Types of sequences sort it out #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Different Types of Sequence Practice Strips

Missing Terms in Sequences Practice Strips

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 22/04/2025

In #MathsToday with Year 8, we were finding the surface area of cubes and cuboids. Plenty of scaffolding in the first task to give the students confidence before moving on to more standard questions. ww.draustinmaths.com/geometry #UKMathsChat

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 19/04/2025

More updates - new A-level resources, this time on radian measure: ✨Radians and degrees conversions fill in the blanks ✨Arc length and perimeter in radians match-up Both can be found at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #ukmathschat #mathsresources #mathstoday

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 18/04/2025

Finally getting around to updating the site with a few bits and pieces from last term. Firstly, a practice grid from Year 8's work on areas of fractions of circles, including some compound shapes. #ukmathschat #mathsresources

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