Booklets
If you need specific information on a particular mathematical topic then you will find it here. Most of the booklets are 50 pages or more of concentrated explanations and exercises to practise. Visit this section often as it will be continually updated with booklets being revised and added to each month.
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Simulations Chance and Data
Our exposure to data is increasing at an exponential rate and over the next few years the use of simulations will become a core expertise and skill in helping to make decisions. Being able to analyse data, choose the best model for approximations and being aware of limitations will become increasingly more important skills.
This excellent 60 page book with teacher notes and student handouts guides students through a number of simulation exercises to show that sometimes in real life, situations don’t always come out the way we expect. As well as the teacher notes and student worksheets there is also an explanation on how to use the RND# function on a calculator and how to use Excel for simulations.
Can we predict male/female compositions in different family sizes? How many winning streaks can you expect when playing against a person of equal ability? How many packets of tea do you need to purchase in order to collect a full set of 6 jigsaw pieces? What floor will people get off when setting out in an elevator? Do lie detectors really work? What is the Monty Hall dilemma? Do we need to worry about radioactive decay? What are the chances of having the same birth date as another person in the same room? How fast can an infectious disease spread? Can we predict lambing rates on a farm? What are the chances of not getting on the plane on your next flight? To find out the answer to any or all of these, download Simulations Chance and Data by Kim Freeman. -
Mighty Maths Numeracy Project
This excellent booklet from Kim Freeman contains 16 double sided pages of numeracy work for Year 7 and up. These are not just ordinary pages of mindless addition, subtraction, multiplication and division but a collection of worksheets that help students become more aware of numbers, how they are related as well as little tricks to help make numeracy more interesting and fun. There are: addition pyramids, number hunts, methods of multiplication, beautiful numbers, adding over the tens, adding in parts, number bonds, partitioning, Fibonacci minutes, division tips, 24 challenge, four 4s and consecutive numbers. Use them as homework sheets or during class. -
National Standards Years 1 and 2
The pages in this book are designed to support the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum, the New Zealand Mathematics Standards and the New Zealand Numeracy Programme.
After 1 year at school, students should be achieving at Level 1 of the New Zealand Curriculum. Year 1 of the Mathematics Curriculum is focused mainly on number and the manipulation of small numbers. Students should be able to count to 10 and add, subtract and multiply numbers with totals up to 10. They should also be able to recognise shapes and compare lengths areas and capacities. Finally, they should be able to follow or give directions forward, back, turn left and turn right.
After 2 years at school students will still be achieving at Level 1 however they should be able to count and manipulate numbers to 100. They should be able to continue number patterns based on ones, twos, fives and tens. They should also be able to compare different measures, complete simple transformations and represent simple statistical data in categories.
For a complete learning sequence at Years 1 and 2 then parents and teachers should purchase Mighty Maths Beginner Mathematician for 4-6 year olds and Mighty Maths Developing Mathematician for 5-7 year olds. These books are available from the Mahobe Resources website.
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NCEA Level 2 Mathematics
This booklet contains 170 pages of work for the main Level 2 Achievement Standards. Each chapter starts off with a revision summary of all the main points in the standard. There are then 2 practise assessments that can test whether you are ready for the exernal examinations. Fully worked answers are included in the back section.Download Now Year / Level:
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Videos: Arithmetic and geometric progressions | Completing the Square - By Inspection | Completing the Square - Maxima & Maxima | Differentiating logs and exponents | Differentiating Powers of x | Differentiation from First Principles | Equations of straight lines | Factorising Quadratic Equations | Finding areas by integration | Introduction to functions | Limits of sequences | Logarithms | Properties of straight line segments | The sum of an infinite series
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Graph and Maths Grids
Ever needed some graph paper with different sized grids, a ready made set of axes for drawing lines, parabolas, hyperbolas or trigonometry graphs or some isometric lines or grids for drawing shapes? This booklet is the one for you. It contains all the essential maths graph axes and grids in one handy file. Thanks to Peter Sumpter of Villa Maria College and James Hurring of Hutt Valley High School for their suggestions and contributions to this booklet. -
Numeracy Booklet (1) - Arithmetic
This booklet contains nearly 80 worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. All the answers are also supplied. The sheets can be used for exclusive numeracy and arithmetic sessions, to start off a maths lesson or given as supplementary sheets or homework. -
Numeracy Booklet (2) - Decimals, Fractions and Percentages
This is part 2 of the Numeracy Booklet. It contains 60 more worksheets along with the answers to topics such as Co-ordinates, Decimals, Fractions, and Percentages and Time. As with the first booklet they can be used to start lessons, especially if the topic has been recently taught or they could be used as homework sheets to help reinforce past work.
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Videos: Decimals | Fractions - adding and subtracting | Fractions - basic ideas | Fractions - Multiplying and Dividing | Percentages
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Integers
This booklet covers the topic of Integers - what is an integer, ordering of integers, adding and subtracting integers and integer multiplication and division. All the work is placed into context with many real life examples of how we use integers and integer arithmetic in calculating temperatures, business surpluses and deficits, bank account balances and golf scores. -
Part 1, Introducing Numbers
Part 1 introduces children to the concept of counting and writing the numbers 1 to 10. After completing these sheets children will be able to recognise and write each of these numbers and use them for counting objects. If your child needs extra tuition then they should work through Mahobe’s red ‘Beginner Mathematics’ series: Book 1, “Lets Learn to Count”. The book is from the Mighty Maths Red 4-6 year old series and is available from Whitcoulls. -
Part 2, Introducing More Numbers
Part 2 encourages children to count small numbers of objects and then moves on to bigger numbers up to 20. From these sheets children will recognise how some numbers are larger or smaller than others. Many students enter school without being able to count or recognise numbers. These free sheets will help give your child a head start in mathematics.
