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Aunt Dotty
A straightforward starter activity involving dividing a quantity of money in a stated ratio.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Average and Instantaneous rate of change
A dynamic geogebra file which illustrates average and instantaneous rates of change in a model of the height of a hot air balloon. 21/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Baking Bad
Activities loosely based on the idea of the TV series 'Breaking Bad' - students must scale up cooking recipes for cakes to serve a different number of people. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/06/2015
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Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
Best Buy - Proportion
A powerpoint and classroom activities which allow identification of the 'best buy' for a range of products. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
CIMT Direct Proportion
An introduction to direct proportion along with an online exercise in which students use direct proportion to solve problems in a range of real life contexts.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Complex ratio problem
This challenging problem solving ratio activity is suitable for the most able higher tier students as an extension or challenge activity.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Curves and Gradients
Powerpoint and associated worksheet which introduces the ideas of average and instantaneous rates of change. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 21/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library) | Worksheets (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - direct and inverse proportion 1
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification. 21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - direct and inverse proportion 2
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - direct and inverse proportion 3
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - gradients and rates of change 1
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - gradients and rates of change 2
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - gradients and rates of change 3
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 1
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 2
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 3
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Diagnostic Questions - Ratio and Proportion
AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic question assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.01/03/2016
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Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
Direct and inverse proportion card sort game
Students must sort the cards describing real life situations into either direct or inverse proportion and then solve the problems by creating and interpreting equations. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Direct and Inverse Proportion Matching Activity
An activity in which students match up worded, symbolic and algebraic statements about proportionality. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 19/08/2015
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Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
Exploring ratio with gears
An interesting activity in which ratio is considered in the context of bike gears.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Express as a fraction
An online activity in which students must express one quantity as a fraction of another, including situations where the answer is greater than one.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
GCSE Bitesize: Graphs and Proportion
Pages 1 - 3 provide a nice overview of direct and inverse proportion and how proportion is represented graphically.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library)
Geogebra: Average rate of change
A Geogebra file which shows dynamically how the average rate of change varies as a point is moved along a curve.21/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Geogebra: Instantaneous rate of change
A Geogebra file which shows dynamically how the average rate of change becomes the instantaneous rate of change when the gradient of the chord approaches the gradient of the tangent.21/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Gradients and area under a curve
An overview of how to find the gradient of a curve and how this could be used in a real life context to find acceleration from a velocity time graph.21/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library)
Gradients at points and area under curves
A straightforward powerpoint which introduces the idea of finding the instantaneous rate of change of a curve through drawing tangents. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 21/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library) | Activities (e-library)
Gradients on a curved graph
A powerpoint and associated worksheet in which students learn how to find the gradient of a curve at a point by drawing a tangent. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 21/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library) | Worksheets (e-library)
Maths is Fun - Compound Interest
A resource which can be used to show how to derive a formula for calculating a final value after several years of compound interest, along with some demanding extension material and online questions to challenge the most able GCSE students.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Maths is Fun: Directly proportional and inversely proportional
An introduction to the ideas of direct and inverse proportion, including the associated algebraic representation, followed by 11 online questions.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Mixing Lemonade
An online activity in which students must work out which of two glasses of lemonade, made of lemon juice and water, would taste stronger.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
National STEM Centre - Growth and Decay
An interactive Excel programme to enable students to investigate growth and decay including consideration of depreciation and growth of bacteria. You will need to register for an account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Nrich - Toad in the Hole
An activity involving direct proportion in which students calculate whether it would be cheaper to buy a meal from a supermarket or make it from ingredients.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Oh for the mathematics of yesteryear
A challenging activity in which students must carry out calculations involving the supplies an army would need to support themselves for a given time period. Conversion between units such as ounces, pounds and hundredweight and 'old' money is required. 17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Problem Solving Poster no.2
An investigative activity in which students must work out when a bouncing ball will bounce to less than 10% or 1% of its original height - multipliers or a spreadsheet would be helpful for this activity.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Ratio - customisable worksheets
Generate worksheets on simplifying ratios, dividing an amount in a given ratio and equivalent ratios with options of 2 or 3 part ratios and various numbers of questions. 17/06/2015
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Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
Ratio Problem
A problem solving activity in which students must use the given clues to match up the cards into five groups and fill in the blanks on the cards which have information missing. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/06/2015
E-library
Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Repeated Percentage Change with Multipliers
A full lesson of activities, including an extension activity, which introduces the idea of using a multiplier to find successive percentage changes. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Repeated Proportional Change
GCSE Bitesize resource in which the idea of using a multiplier to perform repeated percentage changes is introduced.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Overview (e-library)
Standards Unit Activity N6: Developing proportional reasoning
Students are given four proportional reasoning problems to solve and compare methods chosen, including a guided multiplicative approach.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library) | Worksheets (e-library)
Teachit Maths - Compound Percentage Change Loops
This activity involves creating a continuous loop of dominoes by matching each compound percentage change to its multiplier - nice starter or plenary activity.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library) | Plenaries (e-library) | Starters (e-library)
Teachit maths - Direct or Inverse Proportion
A worksheet with accompanying teacher notes in which students use graphs and equations to analyse direct and inverse proportion in given data.19/08/2015
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Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
Teachit Maths - How much will I earn?
A worksheet in which students must use compound interest to tell each customer how much they will have if they invest their money.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
Teachit Maths - Studying Bacteria
This activity uses compound percentages to predict how much a sample of bacteria will grow in the given time. Multipliers could be used but are not essential.17/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
The Unitary Method
Two online exercises in which students must solve ratio problems using the unitary method.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Transum - Direct and Inverse Proportion and the Unitary Method
A series of online exercise which involve constructing equations to solve problems in real life contexts using direct and inverse proportion. There are also two exercises on using the unitary method. (Only the unitary method exercises are suitable for Foundation tier students.)19/08/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Treasure Hunt - Sharing Ratio
A treasure hunt activity in which the cards involve dividing a quantity into a given ratio.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)
Various ratio tarsia puzzles
Several ratio tarsia puzzles in which assess various aspects of working with ratios.17/06/2015
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Type(s): Activities (e-library)

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