Collaborative network scheme of work
Melanie Muldowney, Trinity High School
List of resources
1.
Reverse percentages number grid
Worksheet – find the answers to the questions in the number grid
2.
Standard form connect 4
Worksheet – tackle the standard form questions to connect four answers on the grid
3.
Standard form follow me
Worksheet – use standard and ordinary form to complete the sentence
4.
Trigonometry dominos
Worksheet – solve the trig problems to play dominos
5.
Functional skills strategies and revision table mat
Problem-solving strategies for multi-step functional questions
6.
Revision table mat or poster
Tips for effective revision
Melanie has taught at her current school, Trinity High School for five years. She is currently
second in department and one-to-one coordinator, having retrained as a teacher after a
corporate career in industries as varied as parcel distribution through to electrical contracting.
She writes a blog for her collaborative network, and is the creator of many imaginative and
creative Maths resources for students. Along with Christian, Melanie has set up JustMaths,
the fantastic support for fellow maths teachers, with loads of resources available on
www.justmaths.co.uk.
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Work out the answers to the questions then search for the answers in the grid
(Ignore any decimal points e.g. 42.7 becomes 427)
1.
In a sale, all prices are reduced by 30%. The sale price of a jacket is £33.60
Work out the original price of the jacket.
2.
The price of a new washing machine is £376 which includes Value Added Tax
(VAT) at 17.5% Work out the cost of the washing machine before VAT was
added.
3.
Employees at a firm get a pay increase of 4% After the pay increase, Mel earns
£24,960 How much did Mel earn before the pay increase?
4.
Top Shop is having a 20% off sale and I have treated myself to a new handbag
– it cost £40, how much was it before the sale?
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5.
A limited edition version of perfume contains 10% more than the normal bottle.
The special bottle contains 88 ml. How much does the normal bottle contain?
6.
The recent advert for Jaffa cakes makes the claim that the boxes are 24%
bigger. The new boxes contain 31 biscuits, how many did it have before?
7.
I want to sell vegetable boxes at a farmers market - the vegetables will cost me
£7.60. How much would I need to sell them for to get 15% profit?
8.
Christian invests some money in a bank account. Interest is paid at a rate of
8% per annum. After 1 year, there is £291.60 in the bank account. How much
did Christian invest?
9.
A new car drops in value by 30% in its first year. After a year, it is worth
£8,400 what was the cost of the car?
10. Christian has bought some shares. The value of the shares fell by 4% since he
purchased them and they are now worth £5200. What was their original value?
11. Fize has just reduced his personal best for the 100 m by 25% to 12.9 seconds.
What was his previous personal best?
THINK YOU’VE NAILED IT? .....
How can you check your answers?
1. In a class there are 9 people out on a school trip to the Museum of Maths. This
is 20% of the class.
o How many are there in the class when no one is off ill?
o How many are in the class today?
2. If 35% of an amount is £70 what is 100%?
3. On the 1st May the Museum of Maths increased it prices by 25% to £9 and
visitors in May dropped by 8% to 55,476
o What was the price in April?
o How many visitors were there in April?
o Their costs haven’t changed but the museum made 30% profit in May.
How much profit did they make in May?
o How much profit did they make in April?
o Was it a good idea to raise the prices?
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STANDARD FORM (1) - Connect 4
Working in pairs – each person takes it in turns to choose a question from the question grid to answer. The correct solution will be found in the answer grid (if your solution is not
in the grid, you need to reconsider your answer), and you can colour that box on the answer grid. To win, you need to connect four answers in a line (horizontally, vertically or
diagonally) on the answer grid.
Question Grid
Answer Grid
Write 47,500,000 in Write 4.56 x 104 as Write 8.43 x 10-4 as
standard form.
an ordinary number an ordinary number
0.000803
4.56 x 10
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1.6 x 10
Write 5.6 x 10 as an
ordinary number
Write 16 x 106 in
standard form
Write 45,600 in
standard form.
0.002047
45,600
Write 0.0047 in
standard form
Write 50,000,000 in
standard form.
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Write 5 x 107 as an
ordinary number
Write 160 x 106 in Write 2.047 x 10-3 as
an ordinary number
standard form
Write 4.56 x 10 as
an ordinary number
Write 4.56 x 10 as
an ordinary number
Write 0.0023 in
standard form
Write
0.0016x10-1 in
standard form
Write
0.016x10-3 in
standard form
Write 0.987 in
standard form
Write 456,000 in
standard form.
Write 4.75 x 10 as
an ordinary number
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1.6 x 10
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50,000,000
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2.3 x 10
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9.87 x 10
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4.7 x 10
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4.56 x 10
0.000843
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8.03 x 10
1.6 x 10
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456,000
5 x 10
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... ever wondered why?
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1.44 x 104
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144
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FINISH
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Work must be organised
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Link your working
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Problem-solving
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Check your answer
Korrect units used?
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Allow for different maths skills Re-read the question
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