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Product/Sum puzzles for expanding and factorising quadratic expressions

21/9/2018

Working forwards...
These puzzles are useful as a starter or quick introductory activity for expanding standard quadratic expressions.

The new sudoku

31/7/2015

Another quick post today as I am/will be busy preparing for part two of the wedding celebrations and again am/will be nowhere near a computer (I'm still struggling with tenses - see yesterday's post!).

I'm aware that there have been a few "thoughts and musings" posts lately, rather than anything particularly useful, but I'm happy to say that Beehive Hidato transfers well to the classroom and makes for a nice five-minute puzzle.

The link takes you to an article Alex Bellos wrote on the Guardian about a month ago. After reading that, I printed off the puzzles as a four-per-page worksheet and used as a time-filler towards the end of term. The pupils seemed to find it much more engaging than Sudoku, and I quite enjoy doing them myself!

You can get loads to solve online or print out at Hidato.com. Happy puzzling!

Maths puzzles galore!

5/3/2015

Just a quickie tonight to share the love for a few maths puzzle booklets I've found kicking around on the Internet. I'm not sure where they've come from originally, but here are the links:

Maths Practice Puzzles : Fractions and Decimals
Includes:

Equivalent fractions
Comparing and ordering fractions
LCD and simplifying fractions
Addition and subtraction (like denominators)
Addition and subtraction (unlike denominators)
Multiplication and division of fractions
Decimal addition and subtraction
Decimal multiplication and division

Product/Sum puzzles for expanding and factorising quadratic expressions

The new sudoku

Maths puzzles galore!

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