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        • Edexcel GCSE Maths 2023 Paper 2: The Final Question
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        • What Do the Angles in a Polygon Add Up To?
        • How to Integrate by Parts: Calculus Help
        • How to Use Pythagoras' Theorem
        • How to Calculate Compound Percentage Changes
        • How to Find Equivalent Fractions
        • How to Find the Averages and Range From Grouped Data
        • How to Factorise a Quadratic Algebraic Equation
        • How to Expand a Pair of Brackets
        • How to Complete the Square
        • How to Find the Average of a Group of Numbers
        • Hannah's Sweets - Tricky GCSE Question
        • Why Do We Rationalise the Denominator?
        • How to Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Fractions
        • How to Answer the 'Impossible' Question on the Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 2022
        • How to Draw Pie Charts
        • How to Differentiate From First Principles
        • How to Solve Direct Proportion Questions
        • How to Calculate a Percentage of an Amount Using a Decimal Multiplier
        • How to Find the Lowest Common Multiple and Highest Common Factor of Two Numbers
        • How to Write a Number as a Product of Its Prime Factors
        • How to Solve a Quadratic Equation: 3 Methods
        • How To Solve the GCSE Maths Question That's Leaving Parents Stumped
        • How to Multiply Decimal Numbers Without a Calculator
        • Rationalizing the Denominator
      • How Many Gifts Do I Get Over the Twelve Days of Christmas?
      • How to Find the Sum of a Geometric Sequence
      • The Maths Behind A4 Paper
      • The Monty Hall Problem
      • How Do Binary Numbers Work?
      • Rice on a Chessboard
      • How to Prove Pi Equals 2
      • What is the Maximum Score in Ten-Pin Bowling?
      • The Prisoner's Dilemma
      • How Many Socks Make a Pair?
      • Four Interesting Types of Mathematical Numbers
      • How to Add the Numbers 1-100 Quickly
      • What Is the Sum of the Sequence 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, ...?
      • Find the Answer to 8×9×10×11×12 Without Using a Calculator
      • How to Prove that the Square root of 2 is Irrational
      • Three Interesting Fractals From Koch, Sierpinski and Cantor
      • How Many Squares Are on a Chessboard?
      • Different Kinds of Prime Numbers
      • How to Do Long Multiplication Using Napier's Method
      • The Handshake Problem
      • Why You Should Always Order the Large Pizza
      • Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
      • Speed Arithmetic - How to Multiply by 11 Without a Calculator
      • Speed Arithmetic - How to Multiply and Divide by 5 Without a Calculator
      • Pythagoras' Theorem - A Proof
      • How Large Is Infinity?
      • Interesting Facts About Pascal's Triangle
      • Why Does Time Slow Down as You Approach the Speed of Light?
      • Five of History's Most Influential Women in STEM
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      • Find Four Primes Smaller Than 100 Which Are Factors Of 3^32 − 2^32
      • Bertrand's Paradox: A Problem in Probability Theory
      • What Is an Erdős Number?
      • Three of Isaac Newton's Most Important Contributions to the World
      • Mathematical Numbers: What Is 'e'?
      • Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel: Another Look at Infinity
      • Decreasing the Circumference of Differently Sized Circles: A Counterintuitive Cricket Problem
      • Zeno's Paradox: Achilles and the Tortoise
      • What Are Hexadecimal Numbers?
      • Why Do We Split a Circle Into 360 Degrees?
      • N-bonacci Sequences - Taking Fibonacci Further
      • Being Careful When You Average an Average: A Basketball Problem
      • What Is a Dudeney Number?
      • Every Prime Number Larger Than 3 Is 1 Away From a Multiple of 6: A Proof
      • Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
      • A Quick Way to Solve 1000^2 − 999^2: The Difference of Two Squares
      • What Are Triangular Numbers?
      • What Is the Collatz Conjecture?
      • How to Make a Mathematical Paper Snowflake
      • What Is the Unexpected Hanging Paradox?
      • What Is Pi?
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Algebraic expressions and formulae - worksheets and other resources

A collection of basic algebra worksheets and activities to get pupils started on algebra.
Algebra introduction worksheet

Algebra introduction worksheet

A great worksheet to help introduce the use of letters in maths.
Starting with simple number rules, this worksheet then leads into using basic algebra with the letter n representing the number.
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An improved version of this worksheet is included as part of an Algebra catch-up booklet, available below for just £1.99. The algebra booklet contains 13 worksheets and a match-up activity, all designed to improve basic algebra for students struggling with confidence. Answers to all questions are also included in the download.

Algebra Booklet - GCSE Maths Revision and Practice Worksheets

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Algebra revision and catch-up workbook aimed at younger secondary school students who are having difficulties with the basics of algebra.

The algebra booklet is designed to take students back to basics and reinforce the foundations of algebra in order to give them more confidence on later algebra topics.

The 13 page booklet includes worksheets on creating and simplifying algebraic expressions and substituting into them. Also included is a match-up activity for students to practise collecting like terms.

The booklet is in printable PDF format with answers included.

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Writing formulae worksheet
Writing formulae worksheet

Writing formulae worksheet

A worksheet to practise converting a worded statement into a formula.
e.g. 'The total length of a 4m car with a boat trailer' gives t = 4 + b
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Writing formulae extension worksheet
Writing Formulae Extension Worksheet

Writing formulae extension worksheet

A further worksheet for practising the writing of formulae.
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  • Home
  • Algebra
    • Algebraic expressions
    • Algebraic equations
    • Expanding brackets
    • Index notation
    • Inequalities
    • Quadratic equations
    • Sequences
    • Simultaneous equations
    • Straight line graphs
    • Substitution
  • Shapes, space and measures
    • Angles
    • Circles
    • Circle theorems
    • Compound measures
    • Construction
    • Distance/speed-time graphs
    • Length, area and volume
    • Metric and Imperial conversions
    • Metric units of measurement
    • Proof
    • Pythagoras' Theorem
    • Scale factors, similarity and congruence
    • Symmetry and reflection
    • Time
    • Trigonometry
  • Number
    • Primary Addition and Subtraction
    • Addition and subtraction
    • Basic number work
    • BODMAS/PEMDAS/BIDMAS
    • Compound percentage change
    • Decimals
    • Factors and Multiples
    • Fractions
    • Fractions, decimals and percentages
    • Money
    • Multiplication and division
    • Percentages
    • Ratio and Proportion
    • Rounding and estimating
    • Standard form
  • Statistics and Probability
    • Averages and the Range
    • Box plots
    • Collecting data
    • Pie charts
    • Probability
  • More
    • Starters >
      • Puzzles and riddles
      • Maths Wordsearches
      • More Maths Lesson Starter Ideas
    • Christmas Maths Activities
    • Maths Articles >
      • Revision and How-To Guides >
        • How do Scale Factors Work for Area and Volume?
        • Edexcel GCSE Maths 2023 Paper 2: The Final Question
        • How to Find the Average From a Frequency Table
        • What Do the Angles in a Polygon Add Up To?
        • How to Integrate by Parts: Calculus Help
        • How to Use Pythagoras' Theorem
        • How to Calculate Compound Percentage Changes
        • How to Find Equivalent Fractions
        • How to Find the Averages and Range From Grouped Data
        • How to Factorise a Quadratic Algebraic Equation
        • How to Expand a Pair of Brackets
        • How to Complete the Square
        • How to Find the Average of a Group of Numbers
        • Hannah's Sweets - Tricky GCSE Question
        • Why Do We Rationalise the Denominator?
        • How to Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Fractions
        • How to Answer the 'Impossible' Question on the Edexcel GCSE Maths Paper 2022
        • How to Draw Pie Charts
        • How to Differentiate From First Principles
        • How to Solve Direct Proportion Questions
        • How to Calculate a Percentage of an Amount Using a Decimal Multiplier
        • How to Find the Lowest Common Multiple and Highest Common Factor of Two Numbers
        • How to Write a Number as a Product of Its Prime Factors
        • How to Solve a Quadratic Equation: 3 Methods
        • How To Solve the GCSE Maths Question That's Leaving Parents Stumped
        • How to Multiply Decimal Numbers Without a Calculator
        • Rationalizing the Denominator
      • How Many Gifts Do I Get Over the Twelve Days of Christmas?
      • How to Find the Sum of a Geometric Sequence
      • The Maths Behind A4 Paper
      • The Monty Hall Problem
      • How Do Binary Numbers Work?
      • Rice on a Chessboard
      • How to Prove Pi Equals 2
      • What is the Maximum Score in Ten-Pin Bowling?
      • The Prisoner's Dilemma
      • How Many Socks Make a Pair?
      • Four Interesting Types of Mathematical Numbers
      • How to Add the Numbers 1-100 Quickly
      • What Is the Sum of the Sequence 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, ...?
      • Find the Answer to 8×9×10×11×12 Without Using a Calculator
      • How to Prove that the Square root of 2 is Irrational
      • Three Interesting Fractals From Koch, Sierpinski and Cantor
      • How Many Squares Are on a Chessboard?
      • Different Kinds of Prime Numbers
      • How to Do Long Multiplication Using Napier's Method
      • The Handshake Problem
      • Why You Should Always Order the Large Pizza
      • Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
      • Speed Arithmetic - How to Multiply by 11 Without a Calculator
      • Speed Arithmetic - How to Multiply and Divide by 5 Without a Calculator
      • Pythagoras' Theorem - A Proof
      • How Large Is Infinity?
      • Interesting Facts About Pascal's Triangle
      • Why Does Time Slow Down as You Approach the Speed of Light?
      • Five of History's Most Influential Women in STEM
      • Five More of History's Most Influential Women in STEM
      • How Likely Are You to Hit the Centre of the Archery Target?
      • Find Four Primes Smaller Than 100 Which Are Factors Of 3^32 − 2^32
      • Bertrand's Paradox: A Problem in Probability Theory
      • What Is an Erdős Number?
      • Three of Isaac Newton's Most Important Contributions to the World
      • Mathematical Numbers: What Is 'e'?
      • Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel: Another Look at Infinity
      • Decreasing the Circumference of Differently Sized Circles: A Counterintuitive Cricket Problem
      • Zeno's Paradox: Achilles and the Tortoise
      • What Are Hexadecimal Numbers?
      • Why Do We Split a Circle Into 360 Degrees?
      • N-bonacci Sequences - Taking Fibonacci Further
      • Being Careful When You Average an Average: A Basketball Problem
      • What Is a Dudeney Number?
      • Every Prime Number Larger Than 3 Is 1 Away From a Multiple of 6: A Proof
      • Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
      • A Quick Way to Solve 1000^2 − 999^2: The Difference of Two Squares
      • What Are Triangular Numbers?
      • What Is the Collatz Conjecture?
      • How to Make a Mathematical Paper Snowflake
      • What Is the Unexpected Hanging Paradox?
      • What Is Pi?
      • Is There a Biggest Prime Number or Do They Continue Infinitely?
    • A-Level Maths Paper Walkthroughs >
      • A-Level Maths, Edexcel, June 2018, Paper Walkthroughs >
        • A-Level Maths, June 2018, Pure Paper 1 Question Walkthroughs
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        • A-Level Maths, June 2018, Statistics and Mechanics, Question Walkthroughs
      • A-Level Maths, Edexcel, June 2019, Paper Walkthroughs >
        • A-Level Maths, June 2019, Pure Paper 1, Question Walkthroughs
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        • A-Level Maths, June 2019, Statistics and Mechanics, Walkthrough answers
      • A-Level Maths, Edexcel, October 2020, Paper Walkthroughs >
        • A-Level Maths, October 2020, Pure Mathematics Paper 1, Question Walkthroughs
        • A-Level Maths, October 2020, Pure Mathematics Paper 2, Question Walkthroughs
        • A-Level Maths, October 2020, Statistics and Mechanics, Walkthrough answers
      • A-Level Maths, Edexcel, October 2021, Paper Walkthroughs >
        • A-Level Maths, October 2021, Pure Mathematics, Paper 1 Walkthroughs
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