5 Maths Gems #193

Welcome to my 193^rd gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.

1. 1st Class Maths 

I'm always happy to see new resources from 1st Class Maths. The latest is a set of exam style questions (in both AQA and Edexcel style) on reverse percentages.

Resources for compound interest and loci are coming soon.

2. Certificate in Further Maths

AQA's Certificate in Further Maths is a very popular qualification - I have a page dedicated to it here. I like Andy Lutwyche's latest resource: a Further Maths topic list with examples of questions for every topic. There are two versions: one with Sparx Codes, one without. This is a really helpful revision resource for students. Thank you Andy!

3. Dr Austin

Dr Austin has published some new percentages resources including Mixed Percentage Change Fill in the Blanks.

And for A level, there are new resources for graphical inequalities, algebraic fractions and algebraic division. 

4. Quadratic Inequalities

@AddvanceMaths published a booklet for teaching quadratic inequalities. It starts with prerequisite skills (solving quadratics, drawing inequalities on number lines and sketching quadratic graphs). It then has examples of how to solve quadratic inequalities, loads of increasingly difficult practice questions, and some problem solving.  Answers are provided too.

5. Circle Theorems

@MrLevMaths created a great set of questions which interweave circle theorems and trigonometry.

Update

• Maths teacher Peter Browne emailed me about his website IGCSEMathsTutor.com which has impressive online practice sheets like this one on Changing the Subject of a Formula. 
• Hannah Kettle continues to build her collection of cover resources at hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/cover.
• Paul Rowlandson published a new blog post 'Thinking About Perpendicular Bisectors'.
• Stephen Cox shared some really useful resources for TMUA preparation.
• Good news! AQA have made Maths ExamPro totally free for AQA Centres.
• Did you catch my recent post about adapting worksheets? It was nice to get some comments on this post and a few teachers even sent me their scaffolded resources which was fantastic.

I had a great day out at #mathsconf39 in London a couple of weeks ago. It was very well attended. I presented on Don Steward's resources. Loads of people told me they'd never heard of Don Steward - this made me sad, and I realised how important it is to keep sharing his tasks and make sure that new teachers joining the profession are made aware of everything he so generously shared. 

Read Atul Rana's blog post for a great write up of #mathsconf39. As always happens in October, this mathsconf was the day after an Inset Day for me, so I had the pleasure of attending maths conferences two days in a row. Here's a photo of part of my team at Inset Day on the Friday, and a photo from the pub after #mathsconf39 on the Saturday. 

Finally, I'll leave you with this video from Mitchell and Webb which made me laugh.