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A set of two Tarsia maths jigsaw puzzles for practising the order of operations in calculations. Commonly referred to as BIDMAS, BODMAS, PEMDAS or other similar acronyms, knowing how to use the order of operations is an extremely important skill for all students to learn. The two puzzles are differentiated with the first puzzle just using brackets along with addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, while the second puzzle extends this to use of indices. Excellent as a maths lesson sta

In this Tarsia maths jigsaw puzzle, your students need to use the laws of indices to simplify the expressions and solve the puzzle. The jigsaw involves the use of the index laws for multiplication, division and powers of powers using positive, integer indices only. 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-fuss PDF format with answer sheet i

Two simplifying algebraic expressions Tarsia jigsaw puzzles, perfect for practising this important algebra skill. Each puzzle contains 30 expressions which require simplifying by collecting like terms. Match them up with their simplified versions to join the triangular pieces together and solve the puzzle. Great as a maths lesson starter activity or as a group task for students to discuss their understanding with each other. Maths jigsaw puzzles are also excellent as formative assessment, allowi

A collection of four Tarsia jigsaw puzzles covering the laws of indices, negative indices and fractional indices. Ensure your students know what to do when faced with a negative power or fraction power with these fun maths activities. 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 jigsaws are in ready-to-print, no-fuss PDF format with answer sheets included. All four puzzles ar

The Sequences Question Trail Treasure Hunt pack contains two sequences maths question trails for your class to enjoy. For each treasure hunt trail, pick a question to start at, answer the question and find the next question sheet with that number at the top. Keep going until you get back to the question you started on. The trail is circular so it doesn't matter which question you start with. The questions can be placed on tables or stuck to the walls to make a fun treasure hunt. Great fun as a m

A pack of 5 printable maths worksheets featuring maths mazes on solving algebraic equations. For each maths maze, begin at start and answer the question. Follow the path containing the answer and then move on to the next question. Repeat until you get to the end. For further practice, the other questions on the worksheets can also be answered. This pack includes 5 maths mazes of increasing difficulty ranging from equations such as 2x=8 through to equations such as 3(2x+7)=39 with all answers in

Algebra revision and catch-up workbook aimed at younger high school students who are struggling with basic algebra concepts. Designed to take students back to basics in order to strengthen their algebra foundations, this workbook includes activities on creating and simplifying algebraic expressions and formulae, and substituting into them. Included is the booklet of 13 pages to be used either as a workbook or as individual worksheets and a match-up activity to check understanding of collecting-l

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

In this Tarsia maths jigsaw puzzle, your students need to use the laws of indices to simplify the expressions and solve the puzzle. By using index laws on problems with both positive and negative integer powers / exponents, the triangular pieces can be fitted together into one large hexagon. 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-fuss PDF

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

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 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

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

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