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MrLevMaths @mrlevmaths.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great time at #Mathsconf39 yesterday. Thank you to everyone that came to @mrsteele314.bsky.social and my session - the collective "Oohs" when people came up with good questions were a joy. #Mathstoday

Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · 24d

📣 #MathsConf39: Using Variation Theory in A Level Maths with Nathan Lev (@mrlevmaths.bsky.social) & Shane Steele (@mrsteele314)

Learn to design question sequences that target misconceptions, sharpen focus & deepen understanding.

completemaths.com/community/ma...

#UKMathsChat

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I spoke about patterns in Don Steward's answers at #mathsconf39. Coincidentally I was revising with my Y7 daughter this morning (she has a test tomorrow) & gave her two of Don's algebra pyramids. She was delighted to get the same answer twice so I checked the rest... :)

Don Steward algebra task with all answers 9n

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 1d

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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Dan Rodriguez-Clark @interactive-maths.bsky.social · 2d

I love all the resources from @draustinmaths, they are always well thought out.

If you need more of these, you can create this type of activity with randomly generated questions on many topics on my site. Choose 'Codebreaker' as Activity Type.

generator.interactive-maths.com/maths-questi...

A worksheet where you answer questions and match the answers to letters to find out the hidden joke.

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 2d

any good reading on primary to secondary transition in maths? #maths ##mathstoday @mathsjem.bsky.social @jemmaths.bsky.social @mrmattock.bsky.social

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Anna Hazel @dr-hazel-maths.bsky.social · 2d

In #mathstoday, my Year 10 class and I decided that our fortnightly last lesson on a Friday should always end with a 'Decode the Joke' task. Thank you @draustinmaths.com , we love them!

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Helen Konstantine @giftedhko.bsky.social · 3d

Iteration

mathshko.com/2025/10/10/i...

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Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · 3d

It’s Maths Mingle time at #MathsConf39! 🧮✨

Try the Count on Us Challenge or dive into @AxiomMaths activities — quickfire, clever & great fun.

Watch, compete, or mingle over maths and lunch! 🍴

#UKMathsChat

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MrLevMaths @mrlevmaths.bsky.social · 3d

Looked at Factorials with Year 10 in #MathsToday

Started off looking at odds and evens based on the Maths Challenge question in the bottom right.

I always love using Maths Challenge questions as a starting point for planning - this one was particularly fun 🧵1/4

Questions involving powers and factorials where students need to group things into odds and evens

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AQA @aqaeducation.bsky.social · 2d

We’re excited to share that Dr Frost Maths will be joining us at #MathsConf39.

We’ve teamed up with the award-winning online platform to bring the latest available AQA GCSE exam papers directly to teachers.

Come along to meet Dr Jamie Frost, ask him your questions and see the platform in action.

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: A simple to use interactive table to practise multiplying and dividing with surds.

mathsbot.com/tools/surds

A screenshot of the resource with various cells filled with surds.

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Dr Frost Resource Team @drfrostresource.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New on @drfrostmaths.bsky.social: AQA GCSE past papers are now live!

➕ 2,000+ exam-style questions added
🎯 Interactive past papers with auto marking
📝 More variety & flexibility for all exam board teachers

Perfect for lesson planning, homework & revision.

🔗 buff.ly/mOhJDm8

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Miss Morris @morrismaths359.bsky.social · 2d

#Mathstoday
Love these questions the year 10s did for factorising quadratics. Gave students a lot of the scaffolding they needed allowing them to move onto similar ones without the scaffolding after.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 6d

Oh no! I’m sorry 😞

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 7d

✨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 · 9d

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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Kev Field Music @kevfieldmusic.bsky.social · 13d

Hi Maths folk, does anyone know of handy booklets to use for A-level maths intervention? Hoping for something that has questions that are easier and then build up to more exam style? Thanks for any help (also anything for Alevel FM would be appreciated)
@mathsjem.bsky.social @drbennison.bsky.social

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Mrs P ♥️ maths @mrs-p-maths.bsky.social · 17d

I had a tough lesson with low ability y8 on Tuesday unsuccessfully trying to find circumference of a circle but tried again in #MathsToday and thankfully the relentless work done on what is radius and what is diameter paid off. Made this sheet inspired by @draustinmaths.com fill in the blank sheets.

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Stuart @sxpmaths.bsky.social · 19d

@draustinmaths.com Thank you for generously sharing all your resources - your site was my first thought when students needed more practice on building up sketches of quadratics!

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Stephen Cox @etzsmc.bsky.social · 21d

More free resources for students preparing for TMUA Paper 2 logic: two MCQ review tests on the key topics, including necessary and sufficient conditions; counterexamples; contrapositive; converse; quantifiers and negation; logically equivalent statements. Answers too.

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

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Stephen Cox @etzsmc.bsky.social · 23d

Supporting students for the upcoming TMUA/MAT maths entrance exams? Two free resources to help (both with answers) at

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

and

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

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Tom Bowler @ridermeister.bsky.social · 24d

That time of year again...

Please share the below booklet with any pupils thinking of studying maths at universities that use interviews as part of the admissions process.

www.drfrost.org/downloadable...

#MathsToday #AlevelMaths

Dr Frost Learning

Dr Frost provides an online learning platform, teaching resources, videos and a bank of exam questions, all for free.

www.drfrost.org

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Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · 24d

📣 #MathsConf39: The Best That Has Been Taught and Shared with Nathan Day (@nathanday314)

Explore all-time great maths tasks, why they work, and how to adapt or design your own to enrich lessons & inspire learners.

completemaths.com/community/ma...

#UKMathsChat

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Helen Konstantine @giftedhko.bsky.social · 27d

Made this for my year 11. Not the most exciting and not a lot of variety in types but they wanted practice factorsing with quadratics mathshko.com/2019/10/04/alg…

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Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · 27d

In #MathsToday, Year 12 tackled some Underground Maths tasks on inequalities.

Inequality sets: undergroundmathematics.org/polynomials/...

Inequalities for some occasions:
undergroundmathematics.org/quadratics/i...

I always find with their tasks there's more to them than initially meets the eye.

$A three-circle Venn diagram labelled A, B, and C inside a rectangle. Each region represents inequalities with certain properties: • A: the solution set is a subset of x \leq 1. • B: the solution set is of the form a \leq x \leq b. • C: the inequality is satisfied by x = 4. Below the diagram is a set of numbered inequalities in boxes. The task is to place each inequality into the correct region of the Venn diagram according to the properties of its solution set. https://undergroundmathematics.org/quadratics/inequalities-for-some-occasions$

A table with three columns: “Solution set”, “Graph”, and “Inequality”. Each row must be completed so that it contains:
• a solution set written in set notation,
• a graph showing a function or curve to help solve the inequality,
• the inequality itself.

Some rows are partially filled with either a solution set, a graph, or an inequality, and the student must fill in the missing parts to match them consistently.

https://undergroundmathematics.org/polynomials/inequalities

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