These activities, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘What kind of game is algebra?...

Students are presented with a 3 by 3 grid and a series of cards each containing an algebraic statement. Students are required to place the cards on the grid in such a fashion that each row, each column and each diagonal add to give the magic 'number' of 12a + 15b.

Students are then challenged to make up...

This resource from SMILE contains twenty activities focusing on algebra. The activities address different aspects of algebra and are appropriate for a range of learning styles and abilities. The activities in order of difficulty are:

Mapping jigsaws - laws of arithmetic and inverse...

This resource written by Shirley Fall has thirteen cards each with a statement about algebraic expressions and how they lie on a 3 by 3 grid. The rationale is for students to discuss possible options and work towards a solution of which algebraic expression lies in each...

These National Strategies study units are for individuals or groups of teachers who are considering their teaching of algebra at Key Stage Three.

Unit 1: Using a grid method to multiply expressions - This unit discusses ways of using a grid method to help students to multiply a single term over brackets and...

This collection of Nuffield Maths resources explores Algebra and Maths. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in Higher Level GCSE and Level 2 Functional Mathematics.

The bestselling author of "Math" and "Punctuation" now turns his attention to the fun and funky characters in "Geometry and algebra." Discover the secrets of their world and how they like to throw their numbers about. 

This workbook provides ample practice for...

The book consists of 6 tasks which may involve solving an intriguing problem, finding a strategy for winning a game or writing an explanation for someone else of how or why something works. By working on tasks which have a clear purpose pupils have the opportunity to understand why algebra is useful. The six tasks...

This resource from SMILE contains twenty activities focusing on algebra. The activities address different aspects of algebra and are appropriate for a range of learning styles and abilities. 

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 8A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 8.

Algebra: brackets covers: expansion of single brackets, solving linear equations with brackets, finding common factors leading to simple factorisation and expansion of two...

This sub-collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book collection contains nine resources designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of topics in ‘Algebra: Expressing Relationships'. Each resource is an interactive Excel worksheet to encourage teacher-student...

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7B which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the second half of year 7. Algebra: linear equations covers fundamental algebraic skills such as substituting numbers in expressions, the use of function machines and solving simple linear equations. The initial...