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The MathsBot Countdown timer is one of many excellent GCSE resources, ideal for revision on Jonathan Hall's MathsBot.

On Corbett Maths, new for 2024, you will find John Corbett's "100 Days to Go Revision Sessions" for and Foundation. Each day at 15:00 UK time, a new video of approximately 10 minutes is published, each video works through examples on one or two (related) topics.

Each video has a summary of the content and timings, also provided are links to the practice questions. To look at an example, try the Foundation video on Rounding, the timings and links are below the video. Additionally, it is possible to follow along with the transcript.

Also from Corbett Maths, look at the GCSE Maths revision resources.

Choose your examination board from GCSE Maths revision resources and you will also find Revision checklists, a collection of Practice Papers, and A Bit of Everything Papers; the papers with questions provide very comprehensive syllabus coverage! Each paper includes a contents list with the relevant teaching video. The Ultimate Revision Videos are 10-hour videos covering every topic from the checklists, the accompanying bumper question booklets include a question on everything!

1st Class Maths is excellent for providing practice papers; note the estimated publication dates for 2024. Edexcel Practice Paper 1 for higher tier is already available; the questions are all original and based on high-frequency paper 1 topics.

The points us to recent updates, including past paper topic analyses for and . Reading the notes at the foot of the table, we see that the Past Series Appearance Percentage analysis is for exams up to and including June 23.

On the Edexcel page, you will find the Ultimate Revision Booklets for Foundation (114 questions) and Higher (106 questions) which have one question on every topic and accompanying video solutions.
Eedi GCSE Big Revision Quizzes
From Eedi we have the collection GCSE Big Revision Quizzes, for Foundation, Cross-over and Higher with 20 topics for each.

Sparx Maths Crossover Workbooks are free GCSE resources using content from Sparx Maths; a series of six crossover workbooks is available. Each workbook focuses on a particular Strand of maths, Number, Algebra, Ratio and Proportion, Geometry, Probability or Statistics and contains questions from key crossover topics that appear in both the GCSE Foundation and Higher tier papers. The workbooks feature two question types, "Introduce" questions to practise the key concepts or "Deepen" mixed topic questions which are more challenging reasoning and problem-solving
questions. Answers are provided.
Further revision resources
From Mr Neill, a brilliant resource, all Edexcel, AQA and OCR GCSE maths questions categorised by topic with answers from June 2017 to Nov 2022 (9-1), available all on pdf, PowerPoint or Promethean.

On ExamQ from Mr Watts you can quickly search for Edexcel Maths GCSE and A-Level exam questions. You can choose from GCSE Foundation or Higher, AS or A level, you can also select by exam series, paper, area and topic.

The interface is very clear indeed, easily display the questions or mark schemes.

From DrAustin Maths under Revision note the new revision grids, further grids will follow.

On Maths Genie you can revise , or access exam papers and mark schemes for Edexcel, AQA and OCR. For AQA and OCR these are simply the papers and mark schemes, the Edexcel papers additionally have worked video solutions

On Mr Morely Maths you will find a wonderful collection of GCSE resources, including Video tutorials, worksheets to match, exam question packs with mark schemes, starters, full lessons, revision guides, CPD sessions and methods road maps.

Note the Revision Work Books. These booklets contain at least one past paper question on every topic split into grades 1-3, 4-5 and 6-9. Each has a contents page with QR code links to relevant videos.

I do like these excellent revision guides - notes jotters to accompany the videos.

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"I couldn't believe it," says Lauren Reid. "I read it, but it just didn't sink in at all."

Even 24 hours after opening her GCSE results yesterday, the disbelief is still audible in her voice. The results slip tucked inside her envelope revealed that she had passed her GCSE maths resit. Against all the odds. On her ninth attempt.

It was her first resit at City College Plymouth after years of failed attempts at school and local sixth forms. And, although the 19-year-old felt the exam had gone well this time, she had mixed emotions as she approached the college to pick up the results.

"There was a mix of feelings," she says. "I found it a lot easier at college than I found it at secondary school, but still, I wasn't sure. There had been a grade 3 on the sheet every time, and now there was a 4. I brought my mum, and she was over the moon. I went and found my teacher and we had a hug."
More news: GCSE results: English and maths resits pass rates drop Read on: GCSE resits: 60k students boost English and maths grade
Background: GCSE resits: 'Look how far you have come'

'Only a few marks off'

Last summer, Tes revealed that some students had sat their English and maths GCSE exams on as many as nine occasions. Now, Reid's story shows that - for some, at least - it can be ninth time lucky.

Reid was one of tens of thousands of college students to receive their GCSE resit results yesterday, on a results day that saw the English and maths resit pass rate drop across the country.

"I saw that the rate had dropped - but I did it. I was just thrilled," she says. "I was always on a grade 3 and only a few marks off. I had thought about giving up. After the fourth attempt, I just didn't want to do it any more."

But moving to an FE college made a significant difference, Reid says. "At secondary school, I was really anxious and the teachers had a lot of pressure on them. I felt a lot more supported at college. At school, I really felt that university had to be the next step, but at college, the staff were a lot more relaxed."

@cityplym just wanted to say a huge thankyou for all the support you have given my daughter @LaurenR63668428 over this past year..she got her maths result today after 8 attempts at school and she finally achieved her 4 grade..so happy thanks again ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Ws172Ol55b
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Reid says that it feels like a weight has been lifted from her shoulders. "It was like this giant shadow lurking at every corner, being really annoying. I can see the [maths] textbook from where I am sitting, and I can't believe I am done and don't have to open it any more. Before the exam, I was mainly doing past papers every day and doing the problems I really struggled with. I had a tutor at college who helped me a lot, and also had a private tutor, a family friend, who never gave up on me. "

And Reid is now looking forward to beginning a new chapter: next month she begins a degree in occupational therapy at the University of Plymouth.

"It is quite scary, but coming from a working-class background and going to university, now I can show people that I can cope," she says. "Look at what I did with the little I was given. I have come through this now and I am not going to be stopped by anything."

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Mr Barton's GCSE Maths Quizzes

The following set of free maths quizzes have been designed to use to assess each of the objectives for the new Maths GCSE that students will sit for the first time in June 2017. They are suitable for use with students in Years 7 to 10.

Algebra - Notation, vocabulary and manipulation A1

Use and interpret algebraic notation, including

ab in place of a x b

3y in place of y + y + y and 3 x y

a^2 in place of a x a, a^3 in place of a x a x a, a^2b in place of a x a x b

a/b in place of a ÷ b

coefficients written as fractions rather than decimals

brackets

Algebra - Notation, vocabulary and manipulation A4

Simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions (including those involving surds, and for higher - algebraic fractions) by:

collecting like terms

multiplying a single term over a bracket

taking out common factors

expanding products of two binomials

factorising quadratic expressions of the form x2 + bx + c (higher: ax2 + bx + c), including the difference of two squares (higher - completing the square)

simplifying expressions involving sums, products and powers, including the laws of indices.

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Revision Clocks are taking twitter by storm, I have made and completed many with my students over this past year. So below are the ones I've made without snipping questions from old maths GCSE Papers. I have lots with exam questions snipped onto them but I'm not sure about sharing them with copyright laws etc. Answers are provided in the click here option underneath a picture. I am uploading more resources and answers throughout every week in the lead up to exams.

The idea behind revision clocks is that students ether focus on random topics, a category or one specific skill within a set time frame. Usually the time frame is 60 minutes and students need to be able to pace themselves accrodingly through the GCSE style exam questions. Revision clocks are ideal for revision as it is a directed task for students which can include differentiation. It supports the students in needing to get both the basics and the complexities of examination correct. I find it best to allow students 20 minutes silent focus on the clocks, allowing them to really test their knowledge before communicating and getting help of their peers in the class on the questons they may be unsure of.

I hope you find my take on the GCSE revision clocks useful.

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By Peter Mattock
Published 06 March 2023

Did you know goal-free problems can help develop the skills your students need to gain those all-important method marks?

Peter Mattock - an author, a college assistant principal and leading specialist in maths education, as well as a member of the AQA's maths expert panel - has been championing this teaching technique. With Peter's help, together with our continuous commitment to support your teaching, we've produced a range of goal-free maths problem papers. Read on to hear Peter's fascinating insight into this subject.

Goal-free problems

Goal-free problems are where a specific goal is replaced by a non-specific goal. Explicitly, a student is asked to find multiple pieces of information rather than one. Typically, a question will be "find out anything you can" from a given situation, or using instructions like "compare", which are open to more interpretation.

Why use goal-free problems?

If students are asked to engage in multi-step problem-solving only, they'll focus on the goal, taking whatever step would appear to get them closer to the goal. By doing this, students learn very little about how to solve problems of the type they're being asked in their final exams.

What goal-free problems do is remove the need for means-end analysis so the students' attention can be on the information they are generating rather than whether that information gets them closer to the goal."

The best example of this is probably the sliding tile puzzle where the goal is to slide the tiles around the space to create a picture or to get the numbers in the correct order. Whilst many can solve the puzzle, most won't be able to recall the steps they took in order to solve the puzzle and the act of solving one puzzle won't necessarily help in solving future sliding puzzles.

What makes a good goal-free problem?

Goal-free problems work best when there's a relatively limited amount of information that students can generate from the given information. Not so open-ended that students can continue ad-infinitum, but able to develop and adapt information. The problem prompts the practice of applying specific knowledge and skills when approaching similar goal-specific problems in the future. Often goal-free problems are adapted from goal-specific problems simply by removing the goal.

AQA's new goal-free problem papers

Recognising the importance of this method of teaching, AQA asked me to help develop a resource to support your classroom teaching.

The goal-free problem papers were developed by identifying which specific goal questions would work well as a goal-free question, with each paper matching a topic in the curriculum."

There'll be 10 papers in all, one foundation and one higher tier for each topic area, including algebra, geometry and measures, number, ratio, proportion and rates of change, probability and statistics. Each resource will have teacher notes as a separate document that explains the purpose of each question and how students might explore them.

Using goal-free papers in your lessons

Students can work on the problem either individually or in small groups, and give feedback to the wider class. You can then look at the goal-specific version of the problem and examine whether the problem has already been solved, or if the necessary information has been generated to be able to solve it. Then importantly what you did in order to generate that information. If the problem hasn't been solved completely, then you can examine how many marks have been produced and what is left to do to achieve full marks.

An alternative approach is based on the hit game show 'Pointless™'. Typically in small groups, students will work on the same problem. Then challenge them to find a 'Pointless' piece of (mathematically relevant) information from the problem. Groups then take turns to feedback something they have generated from the problem and score points based on how many other groups have generated the same information. The goal is to score as few points as possible. This sort of activity works well for graphical or diagrammatic problems, such as statistical representations or angle diagrams.

Another possibility is to ask groups to suggest what the goal-specific problem might have been prior to its adaptation to a goal-free problem. Potential questions can then be ranked in order of difficulty and attempted by different groups. We can then share either the goal-specific problem and compare it to the problems students have generated, or another similar goal-free problem for students to then approach in a similar way.

When to use goal-free papers?

Students should already be in the position where they've been taught the necessary mathematical knowledge to solve the original goal-specific problem. This will generally mean that the use of goal-free problems will occur after a period of instruction or after other activities that pupils have used to make sense of a mathematical idea.

They're most commonly used in two different phases, either towards the end of a unit or as part of general revision prior to summative assessments. Typically, if a problem has the capacity to prompt students to bring different areas of maths together, it is marked as suitable for general revision. Whereas if a problem is likely to be focussed on a specific area of maths, then it's marked as suitable for that area. Of course, every maths curriculum is different and so teachers will have to make their own decisions as to when to use each problem based on the mathematical knowledge they want students to apply.

Access goal-free papers on All About Maths

You can find the new goal-free papers on All About Maths. If you've not already registered, please do so to access these and all the teaching resources available to support you in preparing your students for their exams. I hope you find them useful.

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Scheme of Work

The CfEM scheme of work for GCSE maths re-sits was developed by teachers in the CfEM colleges, based on the Five Key Principles of Teaching for Mastery in Further Education (FE).

It provides an outline of a 90-hour sequence of lessons (30 weeks of 2 x 1.5 hours), with links to 36 full mastery lessons (including six written by the University of Nottingham for research purposes) that can be used and adapted by FE teachers.

Download a PDF copy of the scheme of work, including a rationale for its development and links to the lessons here:

The lessons

The 30 lessons written by teachers in CfEM colleges can be found below. Each lesson includes a lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation, plus handouts and activities.

A further 12 GCSE mastery lessons, developed by the University of Nottingham, can be found in the Research Lessons section.

The lessons can also be accessed via links in the scheme of work.

Lesson 1: Attitudes to maths and getting un-stuck

Lesson 2: Mindsets, resilience and number sense

Lesson 3: Direct proportion

Lesson 4: Best buys

Lesson 5: Scales, maps and units

Lesson 6: Speed

Lesson 7: Basic fractions - have your cake and eat it!

Lesson 9: Sharing in a ratio

Lesson 10: Using ratios

Lesson 11: Multiplication and estimation

Lesson 12: Division and Estimation

Lesson 16: Adding and subtracting fractions

Lesson 18: Dividing fractions

Lesson 19: Benchmark percentages and equivalences

Lesson 21: Calculator percentages

Lesson 23: Exchange rates

Lesson 27: Directed numbers

Lesson 28: Notation and collecting like terms

Lesson 29: Substitution and formulae

Lesson 30: Expand and factorise

Lesson 31: Solving equations

Lesson 35: Properties of 2D shapes

Lesson 36: Area and perimeter of rectilinear shapes & compound shapes

Lesson 37: Circles

Lesson 38: Surface area and volume

Lesson 43: Graphs and charts

Lesson 44: Scatter graphs

Lesson 45: Averages and range

Lesson 47: Basic probability

Lesson 49: Arithmetic sequences

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GCSE grade boundaries began to change in 2017. We moved from the familiar A*-G letter grades to the number grades 9-1. Maths, English language and English literature were the first subjects to move over to this new grading system, with more subjects changing over in 2018 and the remaining subjects by 2020.
In this post, we will look at the 9-1 grading system and the reformed GCSEs. We will discuss grade boundaries and how they are set, the proportions of students achieving different overall grades and how the new grades compare to the old grades.

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What's the difference between the new and old grades and how do they compare?

The new grading system runs from 9-1, with 1 being the lowest grade and 9 being the highest grade. The old numerical system ran from A*-G.

The new system is designed to allow more differentiation among the higher grades, with grades 4-6 covering what were grades B and C and grades 7-9 covering what was were the top grades of A and A* in the old grading system. Grade 9 is considered to be higher than an A* and roughly the top 20% of GCSE students who achieve a grade 7 or above will achieve a grade 9.

The new GCSE grading system

Grade 9, Grade 8 and Grade 7 are equivalent to the old Grades A* and A.

Grade 6, Grade 5 and Grade 4 are equivalent to the old Grades B and C.

To pass you need at least a Grade 4 or Grade 5.

Grades 1 to 3 are like the old D to G.

The U grade, meaning "ungraded", remains the same.

A 9 is for a student who has performed exceptionally well - usually in the top 5% of the cohort. A Grade 7 has been matched to the bottom of the old Grade A and Grade 1 aligns with the bottom of the old Grade G. Grade 4 is a standard pass. Grade 5 is known as a strong pass.

The New GCSE Grading System

In order to ensure continuity and fairness, the system has been designed so that the bottom of grade 1 aligns with the bottom of grade G, the bottom of grade 4 aligns with the bottom of grade C and the bottom of grade 7 aligns with the bottom of grade A.

This means that any student who would have achieved at least a grade C under the old system will now achieve at least a grade 4, for example. This makes it easier for educational establishments and employers to draw comparisons between the old and new grades.

Prior to the system changing, a grade C was considered a pass at GCSE. This translates to a grade 4 in the new system, which is considered a 'standard pass'. Where a grade C would previously have been accepted as an entry requirement into further education or employment, a grade 4 should now be accepted.

Grade 5 has been labelled a 'good pass' and it is worth noting that schools are now held to account for the percentage of students achieving grade 5 or higher.

In terms of GCSE exam papers, the current foundation paper covers the grading scale 1-5 and the current higher paper covers the grading scale 3-9.

Why have they changed the GCSE grading system?

GCSEs in England have been reformed. All courses are now linear, meaning that they are examined at the end of the course rather than in modules throughout the course. There is also less coursework than in the old GCSEs. They also contain new and more demanding content, with the aim being to bring English standards up to match those in other high performing countries.

Changing the grading system is a clear way of indicating that the GCSE courses have changed. It is also hoped that the new system will give sixth forms, colleges, universities and employers a better idea of what level someone is working at, allowing them the opportunity to micro-distinguish between the various grades, such as 7, 8 and 9.

Ofqual rules regarding design of exam papers

As part of the redesigned maths course, Ofqual set some rules regarding the design of exam papers to ensure exam boards are consistent in the way they are setting their papers.

These rules state that:

In a higher tier paper, half of the marks should be targeted at grades 9, 8 and 7 and the other half of the marks should be targeted at grades 6, 5 and 4.

In a foundation tier paper, half of the marks should be targeted at grades 5, 4 and the top of grade 3 and the other half of the marks should be targeted at the bottom of grade 3 and grades 2 and 1.

When setting these rules, it was Ofqual's aim to ensure that there is sufficient challenge across the ability range. It does mean that higher papers now contain more demanding questions and that only around 20% of the questions on the paper are designed for grade 4. This helps to explain the low grade boundaries for a grade 4 on higher papers.

What are the GCSE grade boundaries?

The GCSE grade boundaries tell us the minimum marks a student is required to achieve in order to receive a certain grade. The grade boundaries are different for each subject and vary slightly each year in order to ensure the system is fair for students.

Each year the grade boundaries are set by senior examiners and these grade boundaries will determine whether a student achieves a grade 1, 2, 3, ... etc.

How are the GCSE grade boundaries worked out?

Exam boards strive to ensure that it is no easier or harder to achieve a particular grade from one year to the next. This means that if one year's paper is harder than a previous year's paper, the grade boundaries are lowered to reflect this. This principle is called Comparable Outcomes.

Grade boundaries for a subject are decided after the exams have been sat and all of the marking has been completed.

Senior examiners take into account a number of factors when deciding on grade boundaries.

These include:

Feedback from examiners about the particular paper;

Question papers from previous years;

Data about the previous achievements of the cohort of students taking the exam;

Previous statistics.

Examiners look especially carefully at the work of students around the grade boundaries to decide where the grade boundaries should be set.

When are the GCSE grade boundaries released?

Grade boundaries are released on GCSE results day. Much like A-Levels, they used to be released prior to results day, but this was changed to try and reduce stress amongst students who were trying to predict their grades. The grade boundaries from previous years can be found on the websites of each exam board.

What were the GCSE grade boundaries in 2022?

Grade boundaries are set by each exam board based on the papers they have set. We are going to look at the grade boundaries for each exam board for 2022. It is worth noting that this was the first exam sitting following the Covid-19 pandemic. GCSE exams were not sat in 2020 and 2021 and grades were given through teacher assessment.

Learners taking exams in 2022 had suffered severe disruption to their learning and so Ofqual decided that advanced information on topics that would appear on the exams would be given out. Grade boundaries were adapted appropriately to give a halfway point between the results in 2019 and the higher, teacher assessed results in 2020.

Edexcel GCSE maths grade boundaries

AQA GCSE maths grade boundaries

OCR GCSE maths grade boundaries

WJEC Eduqas GCSE maths grade boundaries

All marks are out of 240, except OCR where the marks are out of 300. For comparison, the numbers in brackets for OCR represent the scaled grade boundary had it been out of 240.

GCSE grade boundaries for 2018-2022

What proportion of students achieve each GCSE grade?

This will vary between different year groups and different subjects. The grade boundaries are not decided so that a certain proportion achieve each grade but by the difficulty of the paper and the prior data of the cohort taking the paper.

We can, however, look at data from previous years to give us an idea of the proportion of students who achieve each grade.

Let's look at the data for 2019 and 2022, since GCSE exams were not held in 2020 or 2021. The following percentages of students achieved each grade:

You can see from both tables that the percentage of students achieving grades 9-4 in Maths is lower than the percentage receiving grades 9-4 across all subjects.

The results for GCSE English language are similar to those for Maths, and one factor in this could be that every student has to take Maths and English, whereas other subjects are chosen by the student.

Centre assessed grades in 2020 and 2021

It is interesting to compare the results in 2018 and 2019 to those in 2020 and 2021 when results were decided by teacher assessment and 2022 when we were all dealing with the impact of the pandemic.

The following chart shows the proportion of students achieving each grade in maths over the years 2018-2022:

We can see that in 2020 and 2021 the percentages achieving the lower grades noticeably decreased compared to 2018 and 2019, whilst the percentages achieving the higher grades increased. This is particularly noticeable in the percentage achieving grades 9-4.

Examining previous data, we can see that this is an anomaly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is one that does not just affect the maths results.

The following table shows the percentages gaining 9-4, or the equivalent A*-C, over the past 8 years:

The percentages remained fairly consistent, even during the crossover to the new grading system, until 2020.

In fact, maths was one of the subjects that was affected least. If we look at computer science, for example, the percentage achieving 9-4 jumped from 62.6% in 2018 to 80.1% in 2020.

In 2022, Ofqual's aim was to provide a transition period, with the aim of ultimately returning to pre pandemic levels in 2023. We can see that the distribution of maths results did not really fit the pattern in 2022, although the overall percentage achieving grades 9-4 in maths was in between the percentage who achieved 9-4 in 2018/2019 compared with 2020/2021. This disparity in results may have been caused by a number of factors, for example, the previous achievements of this particular year group or the effects of disrupted learning due to the pandemic on different cohorts of students.

Going forward, we should use the grade boundaries for 2022 with caution.

What about other GCSE subjects?

In general, the proportions achieving each grade in each subject does vary. Let's have a look at the proportion achieving 9-4 in 2022 across a few subjects:

Whilst all of these results are a higher level than pre-pandemic levels, the comparison between different subjects reveals a regular pattern. Maths and English results both sit lower than many other subjects. As previously mentioned, all students are expected to take English and Maths, whereas other subjects are chosen due to preference. It is worth considering the situation with Science. In general, higher ability students are entered for separate sciences, whilst lower ability students are entered for combined science. This could explain the differences between the grades awarded in these subjects.

Some of the subjects with the highest achievements are modern foreign languages such as Urdu, Punjabi and Polish. This is likely because those taking these GCSEs are native speakers of the languages in question. 93.4% of those taking modern foreign languages in 2022 received a grade 9-4.

Grading in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland

The grading system is different in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Wales reformed their GCSEs in 2015 but still use the A*-G grading system. Northern Ireland has introduced a new grade, C*, and so now also has a 9 point grading system. Students taking exams under English exam boards will receive grades 9-1. Scotland has a separate exam system, Scottish Highers. Scottish National 5 certificates grade A to C are equivalent to GCSEs grade 4 to 9.

Further reading:

Read more:

What GCSE grade is 75%?

What are the grade boundaries for GCSE maths?

AQA mathematics grade boundaries

OCR mathematics grade boundaries

Are GCSE grade boundaries in 2023 lower than in 2022?

What is a passing grade for GCSE maths?

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We can represent a group of friends by drawing a graph.
Each node represents a person.
An edge joins two nodes if and only if those two people are friends.

Here is a graph showing a group of friends.
Can you work out who's who using the clues below?

1. Alan has 3 friends, Barney, Charlie, and Daniel.

2. Barney and Ed are both friends with Charlie.

3. Ed is Frank's only friend.

Here is a second network of friends.
Again, can you use the clues below to figure out who's who?

1. Bella and Ciara are friends

2. Emily and Ciara are not friends

3. Bella is Fiona's only friend

4. Anna has more friends than anyone else

5. Daphne has three friends

6. Gill and Daphne are not friends

7. Emily has two friends

Once you've solved the two puzzles, here are some questions to consider:

Did each problem have a unique solution?
Were there any clues you didn't need to use?

If you label each node with the number of friends the person has, and add together all the numbers, what can you say about the answer? Can you explain why?

Can you design a puzzle which has a unique solution?
Can you design a puzzle which has two possible solutions?

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These materials exemplify the ideas and approaches adopted in the Standards Unit pilot. To get best value from them, we recommend that you use them in association with the guidance and other materials in the resource. The following are some specific hints and guidance:

These sessions are offered as examples of the approaches to teaching and learning that we have developed in our pilot. They have all been revised and developed in the light of the trials but you should still regard them as examples and suggestions that you can build on.

They are not prescriptive nor is there any attempt to 'cover' any particular syllabus or specification.

Levels of challenge

1. Adult Numeracy, Key Skills Application of Number Level 1, FSMQ Level 1, GCSE E-G

2. Adult Numeracy, Key Skills Application of Number Level 2, GCSE D-F

3. Key Skills Application of Number Level 3, FSMQ Level 2, GCSE A-D D: AS, A2, FSMQ Level 3

Remember that these are only indications. Every session includes suggestions for differentiating within your group. Many sessions can be adapted for use at higher or lower levels of challenge.
Categories
The sessions have been grouped into categories such as 'Mostly number' or 'Mostly algebra'. These categories are provided for guidance only; many of the sessions contain rich activities that explore a range of mathematical topics.
Structure of the materials

The first page of each session describes the starting points and learning goals and the materials that should be prepared in advance.

The next two pages describe the process and activities of the session.

The remaining pages are photocopiable resources for you to use in the session. The underpinning rationale of all these materials is that they encourage discussion, reflection and active learning. We have not repeated this point in every session; it is up to you to make the most of the opportunities created by the materials.

The section 'Reviewing and extending learning' includes suggestions which could be followed up either in the same session or at a later session.

The section 'What learners might do next' describes learning activities that are probably best suited to a later session.

The section 'Further ideas', which appears in most sessions, includes suggestions for other learning activities based on the session and, particularly, cross-references to other sessions.

Professional development materials
The professional development materials provide session plans and resources to enable groups of teachers, trainers and managers to explore the implications of the teaching and learning approaches described in the rest of the resource. It can also be used to contribute to a continuing professional development programme for teachers and trainers.

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Revision Material that is being uploaded as and when I make them for my year 11's up to their GCSE this year.

There are 8 subtopics on each worksheet. The 'easier' questions start on the inner ring and build up as students reach the outside ring. Aimed at (9-1) Foundation but could be used as fluency revision for higher students also. These print really nicely onto A3! You can find more of these on www.tes.com by @Rimmer_Maths

Just another way of approaching revision of the larger problem solving questions. Students tackle the 5 key skills round the outside of the 'Big Question'. Once students are confident on each of the 5 areas they should be equipped with everything they need to tackle the center problem.

A few posters just aimed at making sure students are fluent in those 'opening page' questions. That confidence starts to build the second they start to confidently get some marks in the bag, and practice makes permanent!

Cut out and build the tetrahedrons and use them during revision sessions or just chuck them around your room and on your shelves for an extra bit of maths! Focused on helping to remember the formulas that have now been taken away for the new 9-1 GCSE.

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&nbsp&nbspClassic Mistake Podcasts and Posters

How on earth can posters of mistakes help with teaching maths? The full series of Classic Mistake posters have been on display in the Maths classrooms and corridors of my school since 1997. At the time, some staff had concerns about them "sending out the wrong message" by showcasing incorrect maths, but such worries have proven unfounded.

In fact, the whole concept appears to have been embraced by everyone and students often joke with one another about avoiding "the Classics". It's okay to make these mistakes once, but they shouldn't keep making them. Awarding them a "I made a Classic Mistake today" sticker also helps to reinforce in their minds each of these avoidable errors (see the 'Freebies' tab to download these stickers).

And how many posters do you currently have up in your classroom that actually require the reader to think about what they are looking at? Many a visitor to my classroom has either been intrigued to find out what was wrong with the poster they were looking at, or they have taken great pride in having spotted what was wrong with it.

On a more anecdotal level, there has been a school five-a-side football team who called themselves "Classic Mistake Number 5", some of our students leaving for University asked for their own copies of the posters, and in 2006 the Sixth Form Revue even contained a short movie sketch whose punchline included the phrase "Classic Mistake Number 1". Proof of the impact that they could also make in your school?

A mistake in Maths earns "Classic Mistake" status if it is regularly made year in, year out, by successive classes of pupils or students, in classrooms.
What are Classic Mistakes?

They even get to the point where teachers will often incorporate Classic Mistakes into their lessons as teaching points.
If the students know where the pitfalls are, then they have a better chance of avoiding them - well, that's the theory at least!

Where have they come from? Mainly from marking exam scripts, and observing which errors were most prevalent.

Some have been suggested by students.
Others have arisen from sheer teacher frustration!

What's the Gallery all about? In the Gallery you can see at a glance each of the Classic Mistake posters and download a single copy of either a colour or black and white poster.

Also you can listen to the mp3 audio file that accompanies it, or download it for listening to later.

What are the mp3 files? They are mainly the verbal explanations that might be given to students who can't spot what the mistake in each poster is.

They are presented here in the style similar to many podcasts that are already available on the Internet - bit of music, bit of chat and ending with a bit of music.
The 41 audio files that accompany the original 41 posters were created over a period of 8 months, from November 2006 to July 2007. That's an average of one every 6 days!
If you're a teacher, why not use the posters and audio files in your lessons - it's one way of changing the pace of revision lessons.

Wow, there's tonnes of stuff here! Yes there is.

There are currently over 170 posters on this website that you can download, print off and decorate your maths classroom, maths corridor or whole school with!
Encourage your students to visit the website, check out if they can spot the mistakes in each poster, listening to the mp3 commentary if they can't.

How did you create this website, and all the stuff on it? All the posters were created in Microsoft Publisher and converted to pdf format using Adobe Acrobat. via Sennheiser PC155 headphones with microphone. whilst links to the music artists' websites are on my Podcasts tab....

The .mp3 audio files were created using Audacity
The sound effects used in the podcasts were found here and here here
I've also recently been notified of a great new website for even more sound effects, at Sound Snap.
Various websites were trawled to find the javascripts required to make this website work the way it does.
The pop-up window that displays large images whilst also playing the mp3 came from
A Quicktime Player Plugin detector in javascript came from
A tutorial on how to use Cascading Style Sheets was found here
Helpful websites about creating podcast feeds were here here and here.

Who are you? My name is Nevil Hopley and I am currently Head of Maths at a large independent school in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I've been teaching Maths in classrooms since 1993, creating websites since 2003 and maths podcasting since 2006.

Who plays the background music?
There are various artists' work featured in these podcasts.
Listed below, in order of their featured Classic Mistake number, are the ones used

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Face the Facts" by Bergin, a school band recorded in June 2006.

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"Answers" by Debz, a school band recorded in June 2006.

Here's what's been said about the Posters and Podcasts...

I have just stuck your 'Classic Mistake' posters up in our corridor. They have created fantastic interest amongst our students of all ages and abilities.
Thank you very much!
Ian Classey, Maths Teacher, Istanbul International Community School, Turkey.

In the first month of this website going live, there were over 1750 visitors and between them they downloaded over 12400 poster files - that's a mean of 7 files each!

Hi, I think your classic mistakes posters are great. Have just printed them to SMART Notebook so I can display them on the SMARTBoard to talk about them with Year 11 in revision time. [To download this Notebook file, or click here]
The website is fantastic - only just discovered it but there is loads that I will use - many thanks
Liz Wallace, Maths Teacher, Fallibroome High School, UK.

We have just started podcasting and have a few episodes up now. I was just browsing around for other maths podcasts, found yours and think it's great!
We're going to do some plugging of other maths podcasts in our newsletter rather soon so we'll certainly give it a mention.
Marc West, editor of "Plus" - an online Maths magazine, UK.

I love the posters. What is going on with the decimal point though? You show 3.1 with the decimal point in midair looking like a multiplication operator. Is this a UK thing or a formatting issue? Ellen Hansen, by email.

My reply: In the UK we'd write 3x4x5 in shorthand exactly as "3.4.5" Hence a full stop does mean multiplication. The "midair" dot is a decimal point in the UK, not a multiplication sign. So things are the opposite way round from how it's done in the USA, for example.

I love the classic mistakes posters. I find that the students read them, identify with them, take comfort in the fact that they're not the 'only' one to have got it wrong.
They get students talking about maths - which is what a display is for - isn't it?
'suef11', from TES Mathematics Staffroom

I have several of these posters on display and have found they promote excellent discussion. Many students are keen to understand the mistake and make sure that they don't make the same ones.
I hope that an awareness of the classic mistakes means students will make them less.
'Casy', from TES Mathematics Staffroom

I'm an NQT just going into my third term in a Year 6 class and I just had to say thank you very much for all the work you have put into these and for making them free! Although I can not use everything on here there is certainly loads of it that I can, especially with SATs coming up. You have just saved me hours in thinking up a display!
Eleanor Prescott, NQT, Hampshire

I am compelled to write to say what a great idea this is! Can't wait to try these out with my GCSE classes this coming year.
Ruth Christopher, Maths Teacher, Cramlington Learning Village, UK.

Printing Troubleshooting When printing pdf files of posters to certain printers, some problems have been found to occur.

One remedy is to locate any "Advanced Printing" options and select "Print as Image" if you can.
Also, do not have your pdf viewing software reduce the image to fit printer margins - there is already sufficient blank space around the edges for this not to be a concern.

Classic Mistake Posters You can download the full collection of posters using the above links, or you can download individual posters from the Gallery. Both Colour and Black and White versions are available.
Download all Posters in Colour [4.6Mb]
Download all Posters in Black & White [6.2Mb]
Download the first 41 Posters as SMARTBoard Notebook [1.6Mb]

One way to use them is to print them off A4 size, enlarge photocopy to A3 coloured card, laminate and then display them on walls. If you can colour print to A3 coloured paper or card, then that is even better.
Have your students try and find the mistake in each poster - a great form of pre-exam revision!

Classic Mistake Stickers A Mistake's not worth making unless you gain recognition for it!
Download Stickers [1.8Mb]

Why not download this pdf file, acquire some sheets of labels for your printer (either 21 or 24 to a sheet) and have them available in class to give to students who make the mistakes. Some of the pages in the pdf file can generate 42 or 48 stickers per sheet of 21/24 stickers, by cutting the sheet along the lines shown.
You'll be surprised how much pleasure students get from receiving one of these stickers.
Be careful not to encourage them to make mistakes though....!

Classic Mistake Website Advertising Poster
Download Poster [209Kb]
Download this poster to adorn your classroom and corridor walls to direct students to log onto the website and hear the podcasts for themselves.
Suggestion: print off A4 size, chop and trim to get two posters from each A4 sheet, laminate and display.

Maths Facts Posters These 59 posters form a collection of facts that students of Mathematics just need to know.
Download Posters [2.5Mb]
Download Posters as SMARTBoard Notebook [1.1Mb]

Suggestion: print off A4 size, enlarge photocopy to A3 coloured card, laminate and display.
Why not change them around every week and see if students notice?!
Why not play the game of show 10 of them to a class, change one when they are looking away, and then see if they can name which one has been changed.

The REAL Maths Problems Posters These 23 posters form a collection of tongue-in-cheek posters, designed to be displayed at a jaunty angle. Each poster starts off in the same style as a typical question from a maths textbook or exam paper. However, instead of the traditional ending question, these offer an alternative issue to consider.
Download Posters [1.8Mb]

Suggestion: print off A4 size, photocopy to A4 coloured card, laminate and display.
Warning: not everyone understands these at first reading ... but that's often the best bit!

Random Dot Stereogram Posters These 5 posters are based upon the same principal as the "Magic Eye" posters that have been around for many years. The images were generated on a TI-92 graphic calculator.
Download Posters [230Kb]

Stare at them long enough and you'll claim to see anything!
Suggestion: print off A4 size, enlarge photocopy to A3 card, laminate and display. It's not known whether copying them to coloured card makes them any easier to see!

Pictures of Prime Numbers Posters A single colour poster that shows all the prime numbers up to about 8500 in an innovate way that reveals some hidden patterns in their regularity.
Download Poster [40Kb]

Suggestion: print off A3 size in colour, laminate and display.

Math Mistakes
"Real Mistakes from Real Students' Work". Find the mistakes in the Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus examples on this website and read plain language explanations so you can avoid making these same mistakes.

Classic Mistakes in Real Life
Read about some really quite alarming mistakes that have taken place in the real world!

Movie Mistakes
View pictures and video footage of production and continuity mistakes that have been spotted in Films and TV Programs. There are even more to be found at You Tube as well.

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In February 2020, Craig Barton announced me as 'the master of fluency practice' for these resources.
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We must start by saying congratulations and Happy Birthday to MathsBot! Jonathan Hall has been providing us with this amazing site for 10 years, thank you so much, Jonathan!

In week 2 we have Maths AS Paper 2 Statistics and Mechanics and A Level Further Maths Paper 1, looking ahead to Week 3 after half term, we have Further Maths Paper 2, A Level Maths Paper 1, Core Maths Paper 1 and GCSE Maths Paper 2.

For many further resources see G CSE Revision 2023

Recent Practice Papers, warm-ups and Checklists given that paper 1 is complete:

Adam Mercer - Starting Strong - Edexcel foundation

CorbettMaths AQA, Edexcel, OCR

Jo Morgan - Calculator Revision Mats

1st Class Maths AQA, Edexcel

1st Class Maths Edexcel Paper 2 Analysis & resources from Mr White & Jenny Hill-Parker

Mr Morley Maths - Edexcel Foundation, also Higher Paper 2 High Priority Revision topics

PixiMaths - Edexcel

Hannah Kettle Maths Edexcel

GCSE Maths Tutor Topic Checklists for Edexcel, AQA, OCR, IGCSE and WJEC

IMathsPlanner Edexcel, AQA

Mr Neill OCR P2 Practice Questions

Dave Taylor - OCR Revision Mat

OnMaths online paper and video solutions, one question at a time, AQA, Edexcel, and OCR

Matt Woodfine's Maths White Board AQA Revision mats & two 15-question online tests - AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC

Pete Mattock - AQA - big practice papers

Casio free webinars for GCSE Higher and A Level

AddvanceMaths IGCSE practice papers

Dani Quinn blog - thinking about what to send students home with

From Christine Norledge on Third Space Learning blog: Edexcel Paper 1 analysis with recommended revision list for papers 2 and 3.

IFrom Adam Mercer, "Starting Strong" for Edexcel foundation pupils.

See Corbettmaths GCSE Maths Summer 2023,we now have , paper 2 and 3 preparation materials and OCR papers 2, 3, 5, and 6. The material includes interactive revision checklists, (select a topic for an explanation on that topic) and Foundation and Higher Preparation Papers.

The interactive lists link directly to the appropriate video, note the video number and then find that in the list of contents on the videos and worksheets page for practice questions.

As there are 3 papers, it is almost certain that topics from paper 1 may appear again, so definitely make sure you revise everything.
John Corbett

Calculator revision mats from Jo Morgan:

IFrom First Class Maths a practice paper for Edexcel Paper 2H is now available. I do like the disclaimer on the front page, we cannot know what content will be examined - the best strategy is to revise everything! The paper has been created "with a careful analysis of the most common paper 2/3 topics from previous years and also careful analysis of what topics have already appeared in paper 1."

Note the timetable for the estimated dates for release of the practice papers and the Paper 2 key topics documents.

Mr White has used the Edexcel analysis from 1st Class Maths (Key Topics for Paper 2 based on Paper 1 Analysis and previous trends) to create this list of Maths Genie links for the top 20 topics in Edexcel. Note the tabs on the spreadsheet - we have a list for Higher and also for Foundation.

And using that analysis, Jenny Hill-Parker has created these resources for Edexcel Foundation and Higher:

and here we have Jenny's higher questions and .

The lovely @KerryDunton has completed a set of solutions for the high frequency Paper 2 topic questions that I created, so I'm going to tweet the whole lot out again - many thanks to Kerry and of course @1stclassmaths
First the Foundation Tier questions https://t.co/rtjGiMTNN8
- Jenny Hill-Parker (@JennyHillParker) May 25, 2023

PixiMaths Practice Papers "to help you revise for papers 2 and 3 Edexcel Maths GCSE for summer 2023 based on topics that we have seen in paper 1."

With that important reminder for students on the front page:

So I made a Predicted Paper for Wednesday's Edexcel Paper 2. Full Solutions on YouTube as always! (@hannahkettlemaths) https://t.co/GXNWWbAl3r Will get cracking with Foundation tomorrow!
- Hannah Kettle Maths (@hkettlemaths) June 3, 2023

GCSE Maths Tutor - 2023 Paper 2 Checklist - choose Get the free checklist, then you can choose your exam board, Edexcel, AQA, OCR, IGCSE and WJEC.

iAQA and Edexcel Practice Papers from @mathsplanner, Foundation solutions are available, higher will follow.

For OCR, see Mr Neill's suggested practice questions for Foundations and Higher for Paper 2.

For anyone teaching OCR these are what I think will be on P2. Using my heatmaps. Created as there is not too much out there for OCR.
Hope they are helpful. Just used the heatmaps and past questions. All non calc. https://t.co/YZjHpPEz4m
- Mr Neill MATHS GCSE Exam Questions By Topic (@gcse_math) May 26, 2023

Remember that Mr Neill has this brilliant resource, all Edexcel, AQA and OCR GCSE maths questions by topic with answers from June 2017 to Nov 2020 (9-1), available all on pdf, PowerPoint or Promethean.

Dave Taylor has used his list of topics to create a revision mat for OCR.

We also have papers and video solutions from @onmathsuk.

Very helpfully, onmaths has an online paper and video solutions for Foundation and Higher AQA, Edexcel, and OCR (downloads are available for subscribers)

From Matt Woodfine a collection of resources for AQA Paper 2

Also available are online 15-question online tests which assess different skills from the various checklists that have been shared that aim to tackle high-frequency topics or key skills. Tests are available for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and WJEC; it is also possible to get a pdf copy of the test and answers. Goto this page, if you have the number for your chosen test choose click here from the statement "If you happen to know the MWB task number already (ideal if you have already set a homework to one group and would like to set it to a second group), please click here." You will then be invited to enter the code for the test you want.

The link to the tests and a full list of available tests are available here.

🚨 GCSE 2023 Maths teachers🚨

OCR H now added using @Corbettmaths checklist (THANK YOU!!).

So that the mini tests don't get lost in threads, here is the link and a full list of tests I've now produced to help target key skills for specific papers this summer:... pic.twitter.com/Khwx6JIWe9
- Matt Woodfine (@MattTheApp) May 25, 2023

has created some Foundation "Lessons" focussed on the 4 and 5 star topics. from @1stclassmaths's predicted topics on MWB, @MattTheApp.

Pete Mattock has created two AQA practice calculator papers, based on his analysis of paper 1.

Casio have free webinars for GCSE Higher on 30th May and for A Level on 1st June, the webinars will have a focus on the correct use of the calculator, for A Level the calculator will be the CG50.

For IGCSE - See AddvanceMaths.com

IGCSE Edexcel Maths Paper 2 predictions! https://t.co/cL2REKGVxK

Includes revision videos, practice questions and more useful resources.

Well done for surviving paper 1, you're half way there 😊 Good luck everyone!
- AddvanceMaths ➕ (@AddvanceMaths) May 20, 2023

Thinking about half term ahead, I do like this thoughtful blog post from Dani Quinn, that is a very important point about being careful what we send our students home with. Overwhelming them with too much work for which they can't get feedback is not helpful for students studying alone.

For A Level, see A Level Maths & Further Maths 2023.

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