29th September 2011
Looking for some starter activities for your lessons? Check out flashmaths.co.uk for maths starters, games and activities.
2nd September 2011
Welcome back to the start of a new school year. Hope everyone enjoyed the summer holidays.
To begin the new term all high scores have been reset so now's your chance to get to the top, good luck!
9th July 2011
Try the latest game whack a mole.
Whack the moles to try and reach the target number as fast as you can. This game requires a mixture of strategy and luck.
Don't forget to enter your score in the hall of fame!
Three new worksheets have also been added: finding HCF and LCM (easy),
finding HCF and LCM (hard)
and functional multiplication.
26th June 2011
Try this game to test common maths misconceptions.
Starting with £1000000 you must divide you money between the 'true' and 'false' answers. The more confident you are the more you should risk but try not to go broke!
Also check out the special numbers key topic to practise identifying the various
special numbers you will need to know for your GCSE exam.
13th June 2011
A new game to test your arithmetic is available here: Maths Target. Use all four tiles to make the target number given, you must use each tile exactly once. Choose between 'easy', 'medium' or 'hard' games.
5th June 2011
A new challenge 'race to one million' has started this weekend here at studymaths.co.uk. It is a race to answer one million maths sums correctly. How long will it take us? Can we finish it by the end of the year if we all work together? If you fancy contributing to the challenge and at the same time speed up your maths check it out!
31st May 2011
Thanks for the all suggestions for new worksheets. Lots of topics have been suggested so it will take a while for all of them to be created. The latest worksheets added are:
Also thanks to everyone who has reported an error to the website. It is appreciated and these have now been fixed. If you spot an error please let us know.
22nd May 2011
You can now submit suggestions for new worksheets here.
If you can't find the worksheet you're after then let us know and it will be made as soon as possible.
On a similar note, you can also suggest additions to the maths glossary here.
17th May 2011
A new game to test your estimating skills is available here: Angle Estimator. Use the slider to estimate the angle and see how close you get!
12th May 2011
Six new worksheets are available here: maths workout. Each worksheet is randomly generated each time for unlimited chances to practise! You can request the answers if you get stuck but be warned, this locks the current from further marking.
2nd May 2011
Madball is back! This time in the form of a racing game: Madball Race. Answer questions correctly to boost the speed of your madball. If you make a mistake you will lose speed!. Can you finish in first place?
25th April 2011
How good are your mouse skills? Try this new game here: Maths mission. Fly the spacecraft using the mouse to fire your engines. Decide whether the question is true or false and fly through the correct dock. How long can you last?
17th April 2011
How well do you know your 2D shapes? Try this new game here: Shape shoot. You have 30 seconds to shoot as many correct 2D shapes as you can!
28th March 2011
A new game to practise your arithmetic is available here: Madball. Try to collect the correct answers while avoiding the green blobs. Each question gets harder than the last. Choose a wrong answer and the blobs will grow in size! How many can you score?
19th March 2011
You can now submit your best scores and times on the coffee break games to the new hall of fame. Hall of fames are available for beat the clock, find the primes and maths anagrams. All other games will have this feature in the near future. Can you reach the number one spot?
13th March 2011
A new game to test out your maths vocabulary is available here: Maths Anagrams You have 15 seconds to solve each anagram and type the answer into the box provided. Each anagram solved correctly scores one point. You can submit your best scores to the high score table! The game will help you improve your knowledge and spelling of key mathematical vocabulary.
3rd March 2011
A new page to help you with long multiplication is available here. It shows step by step how to multiply large numbers together using the 'box' or 'grid' method. Work through the examples, then try some on your own!
1st March 2011
A new game to help you recognise your prime numbers is available here: Find the primes A prime number is a number which has only two factors, the number 1 and itself. E.g. 3, 5 and 7 are all prime but 9 is not (because 3 x 3 = 9) See how quickly you can find all the prime numbers, you get 20 seconds to clear each level! My personal record is level 27, can you beat it? P.S. Remember, the number 2 is the first prime number! (It is also the only even prime number.)
24th February 2011
A new key topic has been added here: studymaths.co.uk/keytopics/factorisingquadratics.html It shows a step by step guide to factorising quadratic expressions, even when the coefficient of the x2 term is not equal to 1. The page generates a random example each time so play through it as many times as you like until you fully understand.
21st February 2011
A new game to practise trial and improvement is available here: studymaths.co.uk/games/trialandimprovementgolf.html Try to complete the 9 hole golf course under par by solving inequalities!
17th February 2011
A workout to practise your functionals skill is now available here: studymaths.co.uk/worksheets/functionaltest.html Be sure to try this as the new maths GCSE exam will have lots of questions similar to these!
12th February 2011
A new game to practise your negative numbers is available here: studymaths.co.uk/games/nastynegatives.html Try to cross the board without getting a question wrong!