Resources by Core Maths

Gloucester College

Gloucester College is a large Further Education College with four campuses located in the Cotswolds. This case study is based on the experiences of staff and students at the Gloucester campus. In addition to A Levels and GCSEs, the College offers a range of vocational qualifications, basic skills courses and...

Harrogate Grammar School

Situated in North Yorkshire, Harrogate Grammar School is a large state mixed comprehensive school, with sixth form provision, run by the Red Kite Learning Trust. The school has over 1800 pupils, with around 550 of these studying in sixth form. As well as being one of the first designated teaching schools in the...

Healthy eating design

These problem solving Core Maths resources are suitable for small group work and discussion. The resource contains two modeling tasks which require the use of a spreadsheet.  The tasks are:

• Design a muesli and compare the costs...

Height and speed

This statistical investigation is based on the question: ‘Does the height of a tennis player affect the top speed of their service?’

Students need to decide what information is needed and how this can be obtained. Internet access is essential. This task involves data collection...

Higher Education Academy mathematical transistions report

Published in July 2014, Mathematical transitions investigated the mathematical and statistical requirements of university degrees in Business and Management, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, Geography, and Psychology.

It found that over 80,000 students following these courses struggled to meet the...

Histograms

In this activity students examine real-life data, identify skew, and investigate the relationship between mean, median and mode for distributions with varying skew.

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Horse Manure Crisis

In this task students analyse a key prediction made during an environmental crisis on the streets of London; that they would be nine foot deep with horse manure within 50 years. Students research any required data, make estimates and perform calculations to determine...

Hot shot- a question of consistency

This Core Maths resource is a precursor to the linked tasks of Due dates, Baby boom and Chicken and egg, on the Normal distribution....

Huddersfield New College

Huddersfield New College, is a sixth form college located on the edge of the Pennines.

In the first year of running the Core Maths programme, a strong partnership with the Science Department was established which facilitated the recruitment of students to the programme and high retention rates. This case...

Import/Export

This Core Maths activity explores exchange rates and international commerce. Students are asked to compare five different countries’ manufacturing costs and decide which option would be the cheapest.

Import/Export: Lesson plan
This lesson plan includes suggested scaffolding and...