Archive for the ‘Maths Quizzes’ Category

More quick number questions

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Download a pdf file with 40 (more) quick fire number questions.

Focus on equivalent fractions, rounding, and some questions embedding the four functions including with whole numbers and one or two decimal number questions in familiar contexts. No answers as yet but I might write a set out.

Quick fire number questions

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Download a one side pdf worksheet with 30 quick fire non calculator number questions and numerical answers.

Questions include the four functions with whole numbers and decimal numbers, a few fractions questions including adding related ‘family’ fractions, percentages and fraction conversion, some ratio and rounding and a few problem questions. Designed as a sort of ‘speed [...]

20 number question quiz

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Download a JQZ file with 20 question MCQ on four functions, number words, and place notation.

Link to Web page that displays a random selection of 10 of the 20 questions.

There is a time limit of 20 minutes on the 10 questions just so my Numeracy students can get used to working against the clock. They [...]

Metric Units starter

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Download a metric units quiz. One side of A4 with a question where students match a measurement of an object (weight of new born baby, height of typical door) with the corresponding value (3Kg, 2 metres). Then the students have to find objects in the room that are various sizes. Finally some questions involving simple [...]

Number questions: four functions

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Download PDF file containing a one side worksheet with 28 questions covering the four functions, writing numbers from words and rounding. Numerical answers on the sheet.

The graphic above (taken on my little Fuji compact digital camera in macro mode) shows my check answer for the long multiplication. I had to actually calculate the answer as [...]

Numeracy: Quiz on rounding

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Download a JQZ quiz file with 10 questions on rounding whole numbers of various sizes. You can also download a Web page with the quiz ready for use.

Part of the 20 minutes project, written on the way in on the train.

Number: place value quiz

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Hot Potatoes quiz on place value in whole numbers up to the tens of millions

Numeracy: words to figures

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Download a HotPotatoes quiz JQZ file for writing numbers in figures and back again. You can also save a copy of the Web page export of the words to figures and back again quiz.

An example of 20 minutes a day e-learning but actually took 35 minutes because of the need to help a colleague switch [...]

BODMAS quick quiz

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Download a PDF of a BODMAS quick quiz. Print it out and use in the first ten minutes of the lesson to test how much was absorbed in the last lesson!

The reverse questions help understanding I find. Adult students want to know the reasoning behind the methods.

Data vocabulary crossword

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Quick quiz for students to check their understanding of the words used in the book

Bodmas quiz

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

10 questions in hot potatoes

Mean, median and mode

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Single sided worksheet on the three averages and probability

Percentage questions

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Calculator based exercises

Fractions and decimals

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

More questions to keep the learning going

LCM and HCF

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Quick worksheet on an abstract topic

Whole number questions

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Quiz sheet with answers

Decimal multiplication

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

More Hot Potatoes quiz questions with feedback

Decimal subtraction

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Another 10 multiple choice quiz questions

Adding decimals

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Hot Potatoes quiz for decimal addition

Area and volume quick quiz

Friday, April 20th, 2007

More questions about area and volume of easy shapes.

Perimeter, area, volume questions

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

32 old chestnuts with answers on two sides of A4. Easter exercise.

Quadratics

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Multiplying out practice with feedback in hot potatoes

Probability questions

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

A maths quick quiz for the first 15 minutes of the lesson. I usually kick off the data handling module with the probability topic as it sits on its own and links back to fractions so nicely.

How much can you remember?

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Half term break provides a gap long enough to forget some bits of Maths, and this worksheet is designed to jog memories.

Quick Quiz 5: Fractions

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Word file with fractions quiz. I use a 10 minute quiz at the start of each lesson to soak up later arrivals and to consolidate the work from the last session. The students get used to working under test conditions

Maths Quiz on decimals

Friday, August 25th, 2006

The last one before I have to start using PDFs because of fractions

A quiz a day helps the grades…

Friday, August 25th, 2006

...boost the mark by 5 or 10 and that could mean a whole grade

Another maths quiz

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Just 10 minutes at the start of each lesson

Quick maths quizzes

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Quick quiz (on paper) at the start of each lesson…