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Get your students practising how to solve algebraic inequalities with this two pack of algebra jigsaw puzzles. Each jigsaw features 30 inequalities which need solving in order to fit the 24 pieces together and solve the puzzle. Puzzle 1 (beginners): Solve inequalities involving one simple function such as x+6 <11 and 6x <60. Puzzle 2 (advanced): Solve inequalities involving multiple functions or more complicated functions such as 2(3x+1) <4x+26 and 5x/2>-5. Jigsaw puzzles make excell

Get your students practising their manipulation of algebraic formulae with this algebra practice jigsaw puzzle about making x the subject of the formula. The puzzle features 30 formulae of the form y=... which each require rearranging into the form x=... and matching up with their answers in order to fit the 24 jigsaw pieces together and complete the puzzle. Great practice for that important skill of changing the subject of a formula. Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity to

Given that a=2, b=3 and c=5, students need to substitute into the 30 algebraic expressions in order to match together the triangular pieces into one large hexagon. This activity makes a great maths lesson starter/settling activity or alternatively can be used as a group activity to test students’ understanding of algebraic substitution using basic integers. The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included. This puzzle is also available as part of a great value bundle pack with four other p

Two Tarsia maths puzzles each containing 16 quadratic expressions which require factorising in order to connect the pieces together into one continuous chain. Puzzle 1: Factorise algebraic expressions of the form x^2 + bx + c Puzzle 2 (advanced): Factorise algebraic expressions of the form ax^2 + bx +c. Great as a lesson starter or as a group activity for formative assessment of your students. The puzzles are in ready-to-print, no-fuss PDF format with answer sheets included. More DoingMaths acti

Five puzzles each consisting of 30 algebraic expressions for students to substitute the given values into. The puzzles gradually increase in difficulty in terms of both numbers and expressions: Puzzle 1 - Two positive values into simple expressions. Puzzle 2 - Three positive values into simple expressions. Puzzle 3 - Two positive values and one negative value into slightly more challenging expressions. Puzzle 4 - Three positive values into expressions involving squares and cubes. Puzzle 5 - Thre

Solve the algebraic equations and use the results to answer the given riddles on these two codebreaker worksheets. The algebra riddle codebreakers make great maths lesson starters or fun revision activities. The pack includes two algebra riddles in no-fuss, ready-to-print pdf format with full answers included. More DoingMaths activities and infoSubstituting into algebraic expressions Tarsia jigsaw puzzle bundleAlgebra booklet - Practice and revision for GCSE algebraIndices practice Tarsia jigsaw

Two Tarsia maths puzzles each containing 16 quadratic equations which require solving in order to fit the pieces together into one continuous chain. Puzzle 1: Simpler equations of the form x^2 + bx + c = 0 Puzzle 2: More challenging equations of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0. This activity makes a great lesson starter and also works well as a group activity for checking understanding of solving quadratic equations. The puzzles are in ready-to-print, no-fuss PDF format with answer sheets included. M

A collection of five Tarsia maths puzzles based on factorising and solving quadratic equations and expressions. File 1: Completing the square domino puzzle File 2: Two factorising quadratic expressions domino puzzles (puzzle 1 features expressions of the form x^2 + ax + b, while puzzle 2 features expressions of the form ax^2 + bx + c). File 3: Two solving quadratic equations domino puzzles (puzzle 1 features equations of the form x^2 + ax + b = 0, while puzzle 2 features equations of the form ax

In this Tarsia maths jigsaw, your students need to calculate the answers using fractional and negative indices to match the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon. This puzzle features 30 questions all with powers that are either negative, a fraction or both, which require simplifying. Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as a group task for students to discuss their understanding with each other, promoting collaboration and critical thinking. The jigsaw is in ready-to-print, no-fus

Given that a=3, b=-2 and c=4, students need to substitute into the 30 given algebraic expressions in order to fit the triangular pieces together into one large hexagon. This makes an excellent starter activity for maths lessons and is equally useful as a group exercise to test understanding of substitution of positive and negative numbers into algebraic expressions. The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included. This puzzle is also available as part of a great value bundle pack with fou

Given that a=5, b=2 and c=4, students need to substitute into the 30 algebraic expressions in order to piece the triangles together into one large hexagon. This makes an excellent maths lesson starter and works equally well as a group activity to test understanding of substitution into expressions involving squares and cubes. The Tarsia puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included. This puzzle is also available as part of a great value bundle pack with four other puzzles of varying difficu

Given that a=2 and b=5, students need to substitute into the 30 algebraic expressions in order to match together the triangular jigsaw pieces into one large hexagon. This activity makes a great lesson starter and also works well as a group activity for checking understanding of substitution of positive integers into simple algebraic expressions. The puzzle is in ready-to-print, no-fuss PDF format with answer sheet included. This puzzle is also available as part of a great value bundle pack with

Get your students practising the use of basic functions with this algebra practice jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw features 30 functions of the form f(x) = ... which require the given value of x to be substituted in to find the answer. Match each question up with its answer in order to fit the 24 jigsaw pieces together and complete the puzzle. Great as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity to get your students discussing their understanding and promoting collaboration and critical thinking. An

Get your students practising how to complete the square with algebraic expressions with this algebra jigsaw puzzle. Featuring 30 algebraic expressions, the puzzle requires your students to complete the square on each in order to fit the 24 pieces together and complete the puzzle. Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity to get your students discussing their understanding, promoting collaboration and critical thinking. The jigsaw is in PDF format with answer sheet included. More

Get your students practising how to find the formula for the nth term of a sequence with this Tarsia jigsaw puzzle. The 24 piece puzzle features 30 pairs of sequences and their nth term formulae to match up in order to complete the puzzle. From simple examples such as 2n, through to more complicated examples such as 2n^2+1 or the Fibonacci sequence, there's plenty of nth term practice to be had. Excellent as a maths lesson starter or as a group task for students to discuss their understanding wi

Get your students practising the use of more complicated algebraic functions and substitution with this algebra practice Tarsia jigsaw puzzle. Containing 30 functions featuring brackets, indices/powers, square roots, fractions and more, simply evaluate each function f(x) = ... for the given value of x by substituting it in, match to its answer and fit the jigsaw pieces together to solve the puzzle. Great as a maths lesson starter or as a group activity to get your students discussing their under

Given that a=3, b=-1, c=5 and d=2, students need to substitute into the 30 algebraic expressions to help them fit the triangular pieces together to make one large hexagon. This Tarsia maths jigsaw makes an excellent starter activity for maths lessons and is equally useful as a group exercise to test understanding of substitution of positive and negative numbers into algebraic expressions involving brackets, squares and cubes. The puzzle is in PDF format with answer sheet included. This puzzle is

Get your students practising how to solve quadratic inequalities with this jigsaw chain puzzle. Simply solve the algebraic inequality on each tile and match each question with its answers in order to match the tiles together into a circular chain. Great as a maths lesson starter activity or equally effective as a group task for assessment for learning. The file is in PDF format with answer sheet included. Find more jigsaw based maths practice activities in the DoingMaths store. More DoingMaths