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This will be a good week for putting a spook in your sums and a fright in your fractions. Transum still has a collection of Halloween themed maths activities to enjoy with your students. Boo! buff.ly/waLe8BG Dare you enter Tran Towers or are you 2² ? #mathsresources #mathstoday #mathchat

4 million+ linear equations, one click each. Transum's updated eQuation Generator now shows the working line by line, has simple, medium and harder levels, and links students to a self-marking exercise. Free: buff.ly/K5UVHj9 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

A new exercise on the Properties of 2D Shapes requires students to simply move the sliders to describe each shape: number of sides and angles, pairs of parallel sides, lines of symmetry, rotational symmetry etc... 6 levels! buff.ly/c4foc7U #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

I often need graph paper with axes already drawn, ready to paste into BitPaper, PowerPoint or Word. This updated page is my go-to for quick, neatly presented results. You may find it useful too. buff.ly/s3kgoLx I've been plotting something 🙃 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

October is officially here, which means it's time to have a look at the Transum Newsletter or listen to the podcast. buff.ly/j9bzOhY 🎃 Boxes of Tricks and Treats 🎃 Quadratic Gaps 🎃 Conversion Graphs 🎃 Mean of the Twelfths 🎃 Towers and Trams 🎃 Refreshing Revision Pro #maths #mathschat #mathstoday

A classic logic puzzle has been given a Transum home: buff.ly/abnFh58 I've called it "Only One Each". Place the tents so that each tree has one tent next to it and no two tents are next to each other. #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #puzzle #tents

The Sieve of Eratosthenes: still in its prime after more than 2,000 years! buff.ly/YkMWphG I've updated the interactive version on Transum. Students colour in multiples to reveal the prime numbers up to 100. A colourful lesson in elimination! #mathschat #maths #mathstoday #mathsresources

I recommend bookmarking the Refreshing Revision page for quick access. It is designed to be projected as a starter or lesson ending. Scroll down the page to see how you can customise the questions to suit your class. There's a pro version for subscribers too. buff.ly/fbeZGqI #mathstoday #Maths

How fast can you drag the numbered coins to their doubles? There are ten levels of difficulty in this new activity designed for computers and tablets. It makes a quick five-minute mental workout to add variety to your lesson. Can you beat your personal best time? buff.ly/CCNEi7V #mathstoday

Can you work out the value of each letter using the clues in the clouds? Put your ratio skills to the test as you drag the clues around and decide which to use first. Logical thinking required. Have fun! www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=749 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #mathed

Exercises on the Transum website, such as Quadratic Gaps, are tools for teachers to use as and when appropriate, alongside other resources and approaches. Mix and match to suit your pupils. Variety is valuable, and each activity is just part of the bigger picture. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1193

A gentle introduction to parallel and perpendicular lines for younger learners. This new exercise has four self-marking levels to help pupils get a feel for the terms before using them in geometry or graphs. No preparation needed, just send the link. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=229 #mathstoday

Like many well-known films, Transum’s angle exercises now have a prequel! It’s called Angle Names, and all you have to do is identify each angle as acute, obtuse, reflex and so on. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1192 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

New on Transum: Conversion Graphs. Twelve graphs, twelve levels — from miles and kilometres up to extrapolation and reading curves. The currency level uses today's live exchange rate. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1190 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

It's a long way to Tipperary which is the subject of the Puzzle of the Month. Read more in the Newsletter or listen to it in the Podcast www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... 🐢 Pie Chart Creator 🐢 Periodic Graphs 🐢 Calculator Words 🐢 Two-Way Tables 🐢 Elevations and Plans 🐢 Online Logo #mathsresources

Students can earn one trophy for completing each of the ten levels of the updated Elevations and Plans exercise. The 3D model is interactive so that you can see it from all angles. Have a go yourself! www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1189 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #3D

A nice relaxing recreational maths summer holiday pastime. People have been enjoying tangrams for thousands of years and this online version is fully interactive. Enjoy www.transum.org/software/Tan... #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #Puzzle

A 200 Transum trophy winner, replying to the congratulations email, asked for a self-marking Two-Way Tables exercise. Here it is, taking learners from Primary school basics to challenging A-Level and IB probability! www.transum.org/Maths/Exerci... #mathsresources #mathstoday

Do you miss those days when you could type a number on your calculator, turn it upside down, and then be amused by the word it produces? They don't make calculators like they used to but there is an exercise here with a rotating calculator! www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=217 #mathstoday #mathschat

How good is your spatial awareness? The video shows the sticks being picked up one at a time in order to solve the puzzle. Can you solve the puzzle without moving the sticks? www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=741 #MathsPuzzle #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

I had the thought that when a student completes a multiple-choice survey, data is collected, but their thinking may also be influenced as they read through the possible answers. So here is a little experiment: teaching through a survey about calculator use! www.transum.org/Maths/Activi...

I forgot to say in my previous post that the Transum Maths Newsletter is also available as a podcast. So if you like listening and figuring out the answers to puzzles while you're doing other things, you might want to give this a try www.transum.org/Podcast/ #mathsresources #mathstoday #Puzzles

Another eclectic mix of items that I hope will interest Maths teachers can be found in the August Newsletter: 🍦 Master of the House 🍦 Pair of Pictures 🍦 Stem-and-Leaf 🍦 Constructions 🍦 Cheating 🍦 Holiday Activities www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... #mathschat #mathstoday #MathsBlog #mathsresources

The new Stem and Leaf Diagrams exercise includes the classic, textbook-style practice of reading, interpreting and constructing diagrams, but includes a Japanese railway timetable and solving stem-and-leaf puzzles. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1180 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

Mixed media learning (sounds good). Students complete construction exercises using a pencil, ruler and compasses, then measure a length on their construction. They type it online, which awards the mark if within a given tolerance. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=403 #mathsresources #mathstoday

If you need to know more about... 🎂 Birthday Maths 🎂 Apples for Pickles Puzzle 🎂 End of Year Activities 🎂 Comparing Data 🎂 Ostrich Shadows 🎂 Similar Triangles ... then have a look at the Transum Newsletter for July that has just dropped (there's a podcast too). #mathsresources #mathstoday

Level 9 of the Mixed Medians exercises is now a hot puzzle (to match the current UK heat wave). I hope you can use it with your students. www.transum.org/Maths/Exerci... #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

One hundred trophies have been earned in the past ten days by students from as far afield as New Zealand, the UK and Australia. This activity is excellent for reinforcing and deepening students’ understanding of these statistical terms. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1073 #mathstoday #mathchat

I really do believe that the final Maths lesson of the academic year should be something special: a puzzle, quiz, game or craft activity all with a mathematical essence. I’ve collected lots of great ideas over the years and brought them together here: www.transum.org/Software/Fun... #MathsToday

GCSE Maths questions on comparing data often ask pupils to write comparisons in sentences. That’s tricky for self-marking, so I thought to do it differently: decide whether each statement is True, False or Cannot be determined. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1179 #mathsresources #mathstoday

I can’t remember the last time the intersecting chords theorem appeared in a syllabus I was teaching, but it is still very much around. So, of course, it deserves its own Transum exercise. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1178 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

A new set of self-marking exercises called Similar Triangles has been created. It builds on the practice already offered by the Similar Shapes exercise, exploring triangle similarity in more detail. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1175 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

The June Transum Newsletter and Podcast are ready for you at: www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... 🧩 Solvitude Festival 🧩 Mrs Perkins' Quilt 🧩 Pandigital Puzzles 🧩 Frustums 🧩 Unit Circle 🧩 Hard Tables Fact Plus an amazing American answer to last month's puzzle. #mathschat #mathstoday

Well every day is a school day! It was while preparing this online exercise on frustums that I learned that there is more than one formula or method that can be used to find the volume. I live and learn. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1172 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

There are now 22 Pandigital (using the digits to 9) Puzzles on Transum for you to have a go at solving. Drag the numbers into place and earn a trophy! www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1173 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

If you are having trouble with the May Puzzle of the Month, I have produced this interactive version to help you. There is also an opportunity to extend the puzzle and turn it into an investigation, so pull up a chair at the circular table and have a go. www.transum.org/Maths/Invest...

Hang the treasure sacks on the balance beam. The objective is to get the beam to balance (multiplying weights by distances). Mental Maths and problem solving. Have a look: www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1169 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

Introducing "Squareas" (square areas) - a new take on Mrs Perkins' Quilt. Have a go, you might enjoy the challenge of working out the marked, unknown areas. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1168 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #Puzzle

🛡️ Knights of the Circular Table 🛡️ Hidden Quadratics 🛡️ Snake Sort 🛡️ Transum on Netflix 🛡️ Don's Expressions 🛡️ Pyramidenstumpf The Transum Maths May 2026 Newsletter and Podcast are here: www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #Newsletter #Podcast

A new online, self-marking exercise on algebraic expressions. Based on some papers I found from my time working with the late Don Steward. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1166 #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #GoneTooSoon

Revising? You can each for exam-style questions in the Transum collection containing a particular word. www.transum.org/Maths/Exam/ I hope your revision is productive - keep up the good work. #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

Another new month, another newsletter and another podcast. Don't be fooled though! www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... ✏️ Quazmere Quadrant puzzle ✏️ Angles in Digits ✏️ Changing Times ✏️ Term-to-Term ✏️ Using AI well ✏️ Clicking Bubbles #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat

Planning GCSE Higher Maths revision for the Easter holidays? Transum has free exam-style questions collected into printable practice papers and 20-question collections, perfect for building a steady holiday study plan. www.transum.org/Maths/Exam/p... #GCSEMaths #MathsRevision #EasterHolidays

Some Maths for the Easter holiday anyone? anyone? www.transum.org/Maths/Activi... Some Easter-themed puzzles, challenges and trivia. #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter #nodtoFerrisBueller

Tomorrow is #PiDay, the perfect excuse to celebrate the most famous number in Maths! If you're looking for a quick classroom starter, puzzle or activity for 14 March, take a look at my Pi Day page: www.transum.org/Intro/Starte... #Maths #MathChat #Teachers #PiDay2026

Maths lesson + World Book Day? Sorted. Here are a range of activities that nod to books while keeping the maths learning moving. www.transum.org/Maths/Activi... [Dressing up optional 🙂] #EclecticCollection #mathsresources #mathschat #mathstoday #mathchat #lessonstarter

Changing Times is a new activity on Transum that gives students plenty of practise converting between units of time (100 questions in 8 Levels). It’s self-marking of course, and many of the questions have optional tips on Post-it-style notes. www.transum.org/Intro/?ID=1163

It's Newsletter time again with the latest news, views and resources from the Transum Mathematics world. www.transum.org/Newsletter/?... 🦀 A Penguin and a Crab 🦀 Speed Skills 🦀 Crossing Bridges 🦀 Murmuration 🦀 Graph Transformations 🦀 Largest Product There's a podcast too! #mathstoday #mathchat