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Indices

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Adding and Subtracting in Standard form

Students learn how to use non-calculator methods to solve addition and subtraction problems involving standard f...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 1
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Indices with Negative Powers

Students learn how to write indices with negative powers as fractions.  This lesson builds on using the multipli...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 1
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Large Numbers in Standard Form

Students learn how to convert between large numbers written in ordinary and standard form.  As learning progress...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 1
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Revising Calculations with Standard Form

Students revise how to use calculator and non-calculator methods to solve problems involving standard form.  As ...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 4
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Revising Negative and Fractional Indices

Students revise how to apply the rules of index notation evaluate expressions involving fractional and negative ...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 5
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Revising Prime Factors, Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

Students revise how to calculate the prime factors of an integer.  As learning progresses they use prime factors...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 4
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Revising Rules of Indices

Students revise how to use index notation to simplify expressions involving powers and roots.  As learning progr...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 4
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Revising Writing Numbers in Standard Form

Students revise how to convert numbers between ordinary and standard form.  As learning progresses they perform ...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 4
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Simplifying numbers written in index form

Students learn how to use the multiplication and division rules to simplify numbers written in index form.  As l...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 1
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Writing small numbers in Standard Form

Students learn how to convert between ordinary and standard form for numbers less than 1.  More able students ar...
Key Stage 3 / Year 8 Term 1
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Calculations with Surds

By simplifying surds using square factors students learn how to evaluate and simplify expressions, such as, expa...
GCSE / Year 10 Term 3
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Simplifying Surds

Students learn about what a surd is and how it can be simplified using square factors.  To consolidate and exten...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 1
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Number
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Writing Numbers in Standard Index Form

Using place value students learn how to convert ordinary numbers to standard index form.  As learning progresses...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 1
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Calculations With Standard Index Form

To calculate with numbers written in standard form students are taught how to apply the rules of indices to a ba...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 1
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Rules of Indices

Using the multiplication and division rules students learn how to evaluate expressions in index notation.  As le...
GCSE / Year 11 Term 1
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Rationalising Denominators

The start of the lesson reviews simplifying products and quotients involving surds since this is prerequisite kn...
GCSE / Year 10 Term 3
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Getting Ready for a New School Year

August 22, 2019
When getting ready for a new school year I have a list of priorities to work through. Knowing my team have all the information and resources they need to teach their students gives me confidence we will start the term in the best possible way.  Mathematics Teaching and Learning Folder All teachers receive a folder […]

Mathematics OFSTED Inspection – The Deep Dive

July 6, 2019
Earlier this week, my school took part in a trial OFSTED inspection as part of getting ready for the new inspection framework in September 2019. This involved three Lead Inspectors visiting our school over the course of two days. The first day involved a 'deep dive' by each of the Lead Inspectors into Mathematics, English […]

How to Solve Quadratics by Factorising

June 30, 2019
The method of how to solve quadratics by factorising is now part of the foundational knowledge students aiming for higher exam grades are expected to have.   Here is an example of such a question. Solve x2 + 7x – 18 = 0 In my experience of teaching and marking exam papers students often struggle with […]