This page lists recommended resources for teaching Core Mathematics at AS level, categorised by topic. Please note that this page is for the legacy specification. Visit the Year 12 Pure page for new specification resources.
Huge thanks to all individuals and organisations who share teaching resources.
Quick links: Indices | Algebra | Surds | Quadratics | Graphs and Functions | Arithmetic Series | Linear Graphs | Differentiation | Integration | Factor Theorem | Geometric Series | Logs | Circle Geometry | Binomial Expansion | Radians | Trigonometry | Revision
Indices
- Ever wondered why? - JustMaths
- Indices activity - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Using Indices - Standards Unit
- Applying Properties of Exponents - Maths Assessment Project (activities at the back)
- Mental Powers Code Breaker - Teachit Maths
- Indices activities - STEM Centre
- Roots and indices maze - FMSP
- Integer exponents and Exponents 1 and Rational Exponents - martahidegkuti.com
- Exponential equations - by me!
- Exponential Equations - SRWhitehouse on TES
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| Task by Susan Wall |
- Introduction to C1 Algebra matching activity - SRWhitehouse on TES
- One incorrect simplification - Don Steward
- Algebra check-in assessment - OCR
- Simultaneous Equations - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Quadratic meets linear - Don Steward
- Simultaneous Equations Race - mssteelmaths.com
- Simultaneous Equations exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Inequalities worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Quadratic inequalities worksheet - AS resource pack
- Inequality match up - vhepworth22 on TES
- Quadratic Inequalities - Spot the mistake - by me!
- Quadratic inequalities - mssteelmaths.com
- Quadratic inequalities worksheet - m4ths.com
- Categorising quadratic inequalities - MEI
- Inequalities for some occasions - Underground Mathematics
- Interactive teaching resource - quadratic inequalities - WJEC
- Inequalities exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
Surds
- Is it rational? - Maths Pad
- Surds Pairs - Teachit Maths
- True or false activity - Susan Wall
- Surds arithmagons - MEI
- Multiplication squares - Maths Pad
- Mr Barton’s Surds Starter
- Manipulating Surds - Standards Unit
- Manipulating Radicals - Mathematics Assessment Project (activities are at the back)
- Surds inquiry - Inquiry Maths
- Surds relay - source unknown
- Ab-surd! - Underground Mathematics
- Nested surds - Underground Mathematics
- Surds exam questions with solutions - Study Well
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| Is it rational? - Maths Pad |
- Factorising quadratics - SRWhitehouse on TES (& see my blog post on Factorising Harder Quadratics)
- Quadratic Functions chapter - Oxford Maths
- Quadratic points - Don Steward
- Quadratics two-way tables - MEI
- Quadratic Functions - Susan Wall
- Odd One Out - mathspad.co.uk
- Quadratic discs - Colmanweb.com
- Quadratics card sort - Standards Unit
- Introduction to Quadratic Equations - lesson plans and activities - Project Maths
- Dominoes - Solving Quadratics and Completing the Square - Teachit Maths
- Completing the square activity and notes (teacher notes and slides) - Nuffield Foundation
- Completing the square - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Sketching Quadratics - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Which parabola? - undergroundmathematics.org
- Representing Quadratic Functions Graphically - Mathematics Assessment Project
- Quadratic formula activity - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Quadratic formula proof activity - undergroundmathematics.org
- The shape of the quadratic function (discriminiant) - Teachit Maths
- Quadratic formula topic review sheet - Maths4Everyone on TES
- Discriminant exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Discriminating (& teacher notes) - undergroundmathematics.org
- Quadratics revision - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Mixed quadratics questions - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Quadratics exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Quadratics summary - keithmorrison on TES
- Quadratics in disguise - mathshelper.co.uk
- Pick a card - undergroundmathematics.org
- Parabella - undergroundmathematics.org
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| Mathematics Assessment Project |
- Graphs delivery guide - OCR
- Cubic graphs - Susan Wall
- Muddled Rules and Graphs - Median Don Steward
- Cubics exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Solving cubic equations graphically - rocb123
- Can you find... cubic edition - Underground Mathematics
- Equations of cubic curves - MEI
- Durham Graphs Mystery - via National STEM Centre
- Functions Stack from MathsPad
- Representing Polynomials - Mathematics Assessment Project (activities are at the back)
- Graph trasformation blitz - TeachitMaths
- Graph transforms - Median Don Steward
- Transforming Graphs card match - Teachit Maths
- Transformations of curves activities - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Transfomers - Underground Mathematics
- Understanding transformations - MEI
- C1 Cubics - Fill in the Gaps - hannahlees on TES
- Matching quadratic and cubic curves to equations - Teachit Maths
- Transformations exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
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| Cubic graphs activity |
- Arithmetic Series worksheets and questions - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Arithmetic Sequences - lesson plans and activities from Project Maths
- AP sum proof sorter - Nrich
- Money Matters - The Chalk Face
- Analysing Sequences - Standards Unit
- Arithmetic Sequences Practice Problems - martahidegkuti.com
- Sequences and Series - STEM Centre
- Arithmetic Series exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Sequences and series worksheets - eMathinstruction
- Recurrence Relations Worksheet - chuckieirish on TES
- Recurrence Relations exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Thinking about sequences - MEI
- Introducing Coordinate Geometry Activity - MEI
- Finding Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - Mathematics Assessment Project (activities are at the back)
- Perpendicular Lines Worksheet - by me!
- Connecting Perpendicular Lines - Standards Unit
- The Straight Line - AS resource pack
- Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - AS resource pack (click on 'details' for corrections)
- Linear Graphs Problems - Maths Pad
- Venn activity - Median Don Steward
- Straight Line Arithmagons - MEI
- Coordinate Geometry Group Cards - JellyMaths on TES
- Specify a Line - Mr Slack on TES
- Straight Line worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Interactive teaching resource - WJEC
- Linear Functions - STEM Centre
- Lots of Lines - Underground Maths
- Straight Line Pairs - Underground Maths
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| Linear Equations Venn - Don Steward |
- See my blog post on introducing differentiation for teaching ideas
- Newton, Leibniz, and Usain Bolt - Video from Khan Academy
- Differentiation Introduction - phildb on TES
- Differentiation from first principles - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Differentiation from first principles discovery - Luke Pearce
- Chord investigation - Jelly Maths
- Differentiation of polynomials - Maths4Everyone on TES
- Writing exponential equations in the form ax^n - karel on TES
- Interactive tangent and normal to curve - WJEC
- Dominoes - simple polynomials and factorised quadratics - Teachit Maths
- Differentiation pelmanism - WJEC
- Differentiation snap - Teachit Maths
- Calculus spiders - alutwyche on TES
- C1 Differentiation Worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Differentiation Practice - martahidegkuti.com
- Tangents and Normals worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Making sense of differentiation - NCCA
- Concepts in Calculus - NCCA
- Introduction to Calculus - lesson plans and activities from Project Maths
- With or without calculus - MEI
- Increasing and decreasing functions - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Increasing and decreasing functions activity - undergroundmathematics.org
- Stationary Points notes and exercise (teacher notes & slides) - Nuffield Foundation
- Floppy Hair - undergroundmathematics.org
- Turning Points Worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Optimisation examples - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Optimisation worksheet - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Baked Beans optimisation -The Chalk Face
- Maxima and Minima problems (notes & slides) - Nuffield Foundation
- Derivative matching cards (notes & slides) - Nuffield Foundation
- Differentiation exam questions - mathspot.co.uk
- Differentiation exam questions and solutions - StudyWell
- Mixed Differentiation Questions - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Indefinite integration activities - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Definite integration worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Integration dominoes - Teachit Maths
- Integration spot the mistake - Ms Steel on TES
- Trapezium Rule Examples and Worksheet - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Integral chasing - undergroundmathematics.org
- Calculus card match - MEI
- Fun Sheet: Algebraic division - Longman Cheshire
- Representing Polynomials (page S-5) - Mathematics Assessment Project
- Dividing Polynomials (not by long division) - ayoob on TES
- Factor Theorem PowerPoint - Teachit Maths
- Factor and Remainder Theorem - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Factor Theorem Activities - Susan Wall, MEI
- See my blog post about methods for polynomial division
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| True or false activity - 'Representing Polynomials' - Mathematics Assessment Project |
- Geometric Series activities and questions - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Geometric Sequences - lesson plans and activities from Project Maths
- Geometric Series - lesson plans and activities from Project Maths
- Geometric sequences - Don Steward
- Geometric Sequence Race - Ms Steel on TES
- To Sum Up (convergent GPs) - Maths Pad
- Currency (GPs and logs) - The Chalk Face
- Kangaroo Lovers (convergent GPs) - Kangaroo Maths
- Geometric Sequences Practice Problems - martahidegkuti.com
- Sequences and Series - STEM Centre
- Sequence notation connect thoughts - eweston on TES
- Geometric series exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Simplifying expressions using log laws - STEM Centre
- Logs Function booklet - Mathematics Vision Project
- Logs dominoes - TeachIt Maths
- Logs worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- C2 Target Board - Logs and Indices - hannahlees on TES
- Student activities on introducing logarithms - Project Maths
- Become Friends with Logarithms - Scott Surgent
- RISP 31 "Building log equations"
- Simplifying Logarithmic Expressions - Standards Unit
- Log laws activity - UEA
- Logs worksheet - mathshelper.co.uk
- Logs exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
- Logs maze (page 3) - Flamingo Math
- Exponentials and logs worksheets - eMathinstruction
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| Logs activity from Project Maths |
- Equations of circles worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Equation of a Circle PowerPoint - Teachit Maths
- Equations of Circles 1 and Equations of Circles 2 - Mathematics Assessment Project (activities are at the back)
- Circle Geometry - STEM Centre
- Circle Problems 1 & Circle Problems 2 - martahidegkuti.com
- Circle Equation Match - Mr Etheridge on TES
- Teddy Bear (& teacher notes) - undergroundmathematics.org
- Equation of a circle exam questions with solutions - StudyWell
Binomial Expansion
- Pascal's Triangle starter
- Fun Sheet: Factorials - Longman Cheshire
- Binomial expansion lock game - danwalker on TES
- Binomial expansion worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Binomial topic test - MEI
- Binomial expansions progression - Colmanweb.com
- Blog post: Radians
- Introducing radian measure PowerPoint - Teachit Maths
- Radians activities and lesson plans - Project Maths
- Sectors of Circles - Mathematics Assessment Project (activities are at the back)
- Radians, arcs, sectors and segments worksheet - Mathster
- Radians activities - MEI
- Arcs and sectors - MEI
- Radians, arcs and sectors - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Radians worksheet - eMathinstruction
- Radians RISP (& teacher notes) - risps.co.uk
- Radians homework 1 and radians homework 2 - mathsteaching.wordpress.com
Trigonometry
- Introduction to Trigonometric Functions - lesson plans and activities from Project Maths
- Special values demonstration - WJEC
- Trigonometric application worksheets (Sine Rule, ambiguous case etc) - eMathinstruction
- Fun sheets: Trigonometric Expressions and Trigonometric Identities - Longman Cheshire
- Exact value trigonometry - pas1001 on TES
- Trigonometry activities - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Trig identities worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Trig equations worksheets - SRWhitehouse on TES
- Trigonometric equations - mathshelper.co.uk
- Solving trigonometric equations - MEI
- Trig equations and identities worksheets - eMathinstruction
- Trig Equations - Sample and Practice Problems - martahidegkuti.com
- The graphs of Sine and Cosine - eMathinstruction
- Trigonometric Graphs Guess Who - andy_gillen on TES
- Transforming sinx - Teachit Maths
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| Introduction to Trigonometric Functions - Project Maths |
- 'Thinking Questions' - STEM Centre
- OCR Bridging the Gap Student Guide
- Practice papers - crashmaths.com
- A level maths worksheets - mathshelper.co.uk
- C1 & C2 Workbook and Exam Papers - m4ths.com
- Past exam papers (all modules and boards)
- Core 1 and Core 2 revision cards
- C1 Quick Facts Quiz
- C2 Quick Facts Quiz (Word version here)
- C1 Revision Clock
- C2 Revision Clock
- C2 Revision Clock - amwgauss on TES
- C2 revision relay (editable version)
- C1 and C2 assessments by topic - Oxford University Press
- C1 revision starter strips - original source unknown
- A level takeaways - MathedUp!
- Crib Sheets - dotmaths
- Core 1 Treasure Hunt - MathedUp!
- Core 1 Essential Skills - MathedUp!
- 35 Basic C1 Questions - StudyWell
- Past paper questions by topic - StudyWell
- Exam questions by topic - Maths Genie
- My blog post about C2 revision resources
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