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Ancient Egyptian maths resources

Best suited for First Level

These ancient Egyptian maths worksheets are designed to explore maths and ancient Egypt.

  • Count Like An Ancient Egyptian: Explore how ancient Egyptians wrote and used numbers.
  • Pyramid stones: Discover how huge stones were moved across Egypt to build the pyramids.
  • The Rhind papyrus: Try to crack this real ancient Egyptian maths problem.

Created by National Museums Scotland

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How to Play Sevens

Sevens is a fun dice game for two or more players, that you can play anywhere, any time. It encourages number and quantity recognition, and basic addition skills.

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BBC Rainbow Quizzes

Best suited for First Level

The Rainbow Quiz is a set of audio quizzes for First Level classes, presented by BBC Scotland's Catriona Shearer.

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Path Finding Challenge

Best suited for First Level

Can you find your way along the seashore by following the repeating pattern from START to END? Colour each square in the repeating pattern to mark out the correct path.

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Dots & Boxes

Whether you’re travelling and need something to keep the kids busy on the road, or looking for a boredom buster back at home, you can’t go wrong with this quick and easy pen and paper game.

Dots & Boxes Tutorial
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Lego Pentomino Puzzle

A pentomino puzzle is a tiling puzzle with lots of different solutions, that helps build problem solving skills and strategic thinking. Dig out your Lego to create your own puzzle!

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Maths in Motion

Best suited for Second Level

This series of five videos focuses on motion in mathematics, with a focus on sports covering various topics.

Each video is accompanied by a brief description, any web-links referred to in the video and a list of key vocabulary to support planning and preparation.

Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council for Maths Week Scotland 2023

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Maths in Motion Sports Quiz

Best suited for Second Level

Measurements, times, scores...numbers are everywhere in sport. Our sporty maths quiz challenges pupils to explore the maths behind different sports.

Maths in Motion Sports Quiz
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How to Play Dara

Learn how to play Dara - a row building game from Northwest Africa, that encourages number sense, logical thinking and spacial perception.

Dara Tutorial
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Intergalactic Adventure

Best suited for Second Level

Are you ready for a mathematical space adventure? Prepare for a journey to the Planet Turasmara. Download and complete your passport application ready for boarding, then solve the six space maths challenges!

Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council

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Maths Games & Activities for the Beach

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside... Keep up your maths over the summer holidays, with our fun games and activities to do at the beach.

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Maths on Flags: Mindset Maths through Golf

Best Suited for Second Level

Developed for Maths Week Scotland 2021 these, resources are a fun way to explore maths through golf. From pars to handicaps, wind speed to distance, ball trajectory to the slant of the green, almost every aspect of golf relies on numerical calculation.

Developed by Winning Scotland and Aberdeen Standard Investments in support of the Making Maths Count ambition to engage more pupils in maths in real-life contexts

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Maths Outdoors: 30 Days Wild

We love taking our maths outdoors, so we've come up with 30 fun ideas to do together as a family, that will get you active in nature and incorporate some maths along the way. Complete with downloadable calendar of ideas, and a set of 30 activity 'cards'.

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Castle Quest at Edinburgh Castle

Best suited for Second Level

How did maths build the castle? How did division help people survive a seige? Explore Edinburgh Castle and your local area through maths eyes with our activities aimed at P5-7 pupils, or use the adapted 'for home' version for some Castle maths in the classroom.

Produced by National Museums Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and The Regimental Museums in Edinburgh Castle

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Spring & Easter Puzzles

We've put together a selection of Spring and Easter puzzles covering a range of different maths skills including counting, pattern recognition, logical thinking, code breaking, and using tessellation or symmetry to create designs.

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Irn Bru Data Collection

Best suited for Second Level

Created by the Royal Statistical Society, this activity get learners thinking about how information is collected and introduces some simple approaches to visualise the data that they have collected.

Using a data collection app, students will be be introduced to bar charts, dot plots and pie charts. They can get creative and produce their own data visualisations to find out how their class really feels about Irn Bru.

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