Resources by Core Maths

The cost of credit

This Core Maths tasks aims to help students appreciate the cost of credit and the implications of choosing to use credit. It is based on a Your Financial Future activity, by the Tower Hamlets Business Education Partnership.

The lesson plan includes required prior knowledge, suggested approaches and possible...

The cost of study

This Core Maths tasks invites students to explore the costs associated with studying at university. It is based on a Your Financial Future activity, by the Tower Hamlets Business Education Partnership.

The lesson plan includes required prior knowledge, suggested approaches and possible extension tasks. There...

The Dunston School

The Duston school was one of one of twenty initial Lead Schools for Core Maths, providing support to a network of other schools as they look to deliver mathematics to all post 16 pupils.

Discover more about how Core Maths was delivered by a team of three teachers, working in close collaboration to develop...

The Jellyblubber colony

In this Core Maths task students are introduced to a new species of jellyfish that has been found off the Sussex coast and nicknamed ‘jellyblubbers’ by local people. It impossible to count how many ‘jellyblubbers’ are present, but some data has been collected and is being analysed for the purpose of answering the...

The Princess's Problem

In this resource students deal with an optimisation problem involving perimeter and area based on a Greek mythological story about a princess. She wants to maximise the area contained in a given perimeter and decides on a circle. The concept of the Isoperimetric...

The secret of winning

In this Core Maths activity students are invited to explore a range of casino based games to understand the probability, and likelihood of winning, when gambling.

The secret of winning: Teacher Guide
This teacher guidance introduces the reasoning behind the task, features of the...

Throwing a six

In this Core Maths task students explore the question ‘On average, how many throws does it take to throw a six?’ Through this activity students can gain an understanding of ‘expectation’ as well as learning how to calculate summary statistics when the data is given in a frequency table.

Throwing a...

Top tips for teaching Core Maths

This video contains advice from teachers and trainers on successful strategies for the teaching of Core Maths.

Teaching tips include:

Experiment- don't be discouraged if things go wrong. Include real world problems to help students engage with their mathematics. Make sure your teaching is different to...

Types of data

This Core Maths task consists of a presentation that explains and reviews the distinctions between different types of data. It explains the difference between the following categories of data:

• qualitative and quantitative
• discrete and continuous
• primary and secondary

The...

University endorsement statements

This resource is a collection of statements from over 40 universities and higher education groups in support of Core Maths. University...