This collection from Teachers TV features videos that are intended to be shown to students in primary mathematics lessons. Many of the videos are ideal as lesson starters, often posing a problem for students to consider.

Algebra - What's the Pattern? - an number sequence investigation which involves tables and chairs.

Algebra in Action - solve the formula which links apples, scarves and coats.

Angles - Pirate's Lost Treasure - use a series of directions to draw a treasure map.

Decimals Forever - an interactive lesson which includes recurring decimals.

Division Volume and Other Topics - eight dramatised lesson starters highlighting different problems.

Fractions Out Shopping - prompts discussion of the fractions and decimals found on the packaging of every day products.

Pizza Fractions - a prompt for discussion about fractions.

Polygons - an interactive lesson which explores the interior angles of hexagons and tessellation of shapes.

Problem Solving - Football Problems - students follow clues to find out where each player should stand for a team photo.

Problem Solving - Is It a Bargain? - students have to decide whether Dodgy Dave's offers are good.

Problem Solving and Other Topics - a selection of dramatised situations for students to solve.

The Shape Show - properties of triangles, quadrilaterals and their use in the environment.

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Fractions Out Shopping

As part of the series Primary Lesson Starters, this short Teachers TV film clip is suitable for use as a starter for Key Stage Two mathematics. Set in a supermarket, it shows a selection of the fractions and decimals found on the packaging of every day products and asks the students to discuss what they mean. The...

Problem Solving - Is It a Bargain?

As part of the series Primary Lesson Starters, this Teachers TV film clip shows fictional Chief Inspector Hector Nector investigating a local conman. Dodgy Dave is offering five pairs of socks for £4 instead of one pair at 75p, a 20 per cent discount on t-shirts, and a free pair of sunglasses with every three...

Problem Solving - Football Problems

This Teachers TV lesson starter video presents a problem based on a football team. It is time for the seven-a-side football team to have their photograph taken. Unfortunately, the photographer only knows the goalkeeper's name, so he uses number clues to position the players so he can take the best team photograph...

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

As part of the series Primary Lesson Starters, this Teachers TV video consists of six mathematical problems for use in class with an interactive whiteboard. A suitable year group is suggested at the beginning of each starter. The scenarios focus on incorporating mathematics into real-life situations and include...

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