This came to me in a dream. Oh well!

Here’s a festive puzzle for you to round off the year! A big thank you to all the teachers, students and volunteers who support UKMT — we couldn’t do this without you. The UKMT Team PS - view the solution on our website: ukmt.org.uk/puzzles #mathstoday #UKMT

Had a weird dream about factoring last night... x², 6x and -16 are three terms. You can choose any pair or all three and it will factorise. a) x² + 6x b) 6x - 16 c) x² - 16 d) x² + 6x - 16 #MathsToday

It's done! And ahead of schedule... (for once!) A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from www.risps.co.uk and from Payhip. payhip.com/b/RGKPF An early Ch-risp-mas present? With best wishes of the season, Jonny

Hi all The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm... #MathsToday

Before I take a break for the holidays I wanted to post one last blog for 2025 about a mathematical curiosity. You can read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...

“How many Yorkshire’s can you eat?” “As many as the oven holds.”

🎄🎁⭐For anyone, like me, who happens to be teaching negative and fractional indices in the final week of term, here's a Christmas colouring sheet I've made that you might find useful. www.draustinmaths.com/powers-and-roots #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Hello Secondary maths community, I know that ‘I do, we do, you do’ is a very common classroom structure and am thinking about other ‘named’ lesson structures that people are regularly using? Anyone have any others to add to my list

Festive dot puzzles. A form-time favourite of mine. Thanks to @gareth-metcalfe.bsky.social for the idea a couple of years ago! mathsbot.com/puzzles/dotP...

It was far quicker to do than to explain in a post!

Using only 8's, can you create a sum of 1000? youtu.be/Si41SYdFtbg

Find a prime number one less than a square. Now try and find another.

Y12 started graph transformations today, so to warm up we did these function notation completion table. I had a lot of fun constructing this task, especially making the second table so that as many cells as possible could be filled. #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

NEW: Differentiated questions within the curriculum. youtu.be/kuurXUXmR-E I've opened up this unit for everyone to take a peek: mathsbot.com/unit?id=419

Looks like some really important #MathsToday, but I’m not allowed to know exactly what until she’s finished.

I gave this to Y10 to finish off a lesson on expanding brackets. No calculator allowed. #MathsToday

New resources from recent Year 9 lessons added to the website today: ✨Pythagoras pile up puzzle ✨Multi-step trigonometry practice grid Enjoyed making and working through these! (Hopefully I got the correct answers...) #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

New blog post for maths teachers: "Things I assumed you knew" www.resourceaholic.com/2025/12/thin... Comments welcome! #ukmathschat

Might be fun/useful if you're teaching probability and sample spaces in the run up to Christmas. mathsbot.com/tools/sample...

New resources on congruency added to the website today: ✨Congruent triangles practice strips ✨Congruent triangle proof practice grid Find them here: www.draustinmaths.com/geometry #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Compact, customisable and self-marking versions of the KS2 arithmetic tests. Perfect for projecting, printing or answering on screen. mathsbot.com/primary/ks2M...

UPDATE: Drag-all functionality added to the... Algebra Tiles, Two-Colour Counters, Dienes, PV Counters, Counters, Rods and Fraction Wall. Get them all here: mathsbot.com/manipulatives

A couple of weeks ago I attended a great session on problem solving with Ian Davies @axiommaths.bsky.social I thought this was cool so I made a quick video. youtu.be/Si41SYdFtbg #MathsToday

Update: Drag all added to the Fraction Wall. youtu.be/hfE05tTCfu8 mathsbot.com/manipulative...

Used the wonderful MathsPad tangent drawing tool tool today with Y11. They loved coming up to the board to try and position the perfect tangent! Seeing this immediate, very visible, feedback before they all started drawing independently was so useful. #MathsToday www.mathspad.co.uk/interactives...

I started making some important updates to the manipulatives today. Hope you find it useful. mathsbot.com/manipulatives youtu.be/48RKbPSllhU

Two triangles with the same area. Which has the greater perimeter? How do you know? No calculators. Thanks to @studymaths.bsky.social for the geoboard software on mathsbot.com

** Announcing ** Our first main speaker in the Maths Strand for TTR Connect 2026 - it's the brilliant Dave Taylor! More Maths strand speakers to be announced soon, join us in Manchester on Saturday 14th March 2026 here (for free): ttradio.org/connect2026

Finally added to my Misconceptions collection, thank you @studymaths.bsky.social colleenyoung.org/lesson-plann...

He lives! And so marks the official start of the Christmas season @bennewmark.bsky.social

This years Rudolph ingredients.

My students liked these arithmetic sequence number puzzles when we were trying to learn something similar. mathequalslove.net/step-puzzles/

Small Numbers, Big Ideas is turning 1! 🎂1⃣🎉🥳🍾 To celebrate, we've got another free copy to give away! Give this a like and repost, then we'll pick a winner at random on Sunday 30th November. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #EYFS #earlyyears #keystage1 #maths

I was rubbing this off the board as Y7 came in for the next lesson, and two of them asked why I was teaching discrimination in maths. (I told them they’d have to do A Level to find out!)

#Mathstoday Got to start expressions with my other year 8 group today.

Me: Are you sure that staircase is right? 4yo: Yep, I’m making the picture in the book. @simon-gregg.bsky.social

I used this yesterday with Y7. The number line helped them get their heads around the idea that there is one more "jump" than blanks to fill. #MathsToday

In #MathsToday with Y10 we did this set of questions. I let them choose their preferred method for each question. My model solutions were a ratio table with 100% in the top-left for consistency.

It's been a few weeks since any updates, but here are some new resources from this week's teaching of solving equations: ✨Linear equations with fractional coefficients practice grid ✨Solving quadratics by factorising sort it out www.draustinmaths.com/algebra #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #MathsResources

Every time I visit my mum I’m always reminded of these mathematical placemats.

Just over a week until publication of my new book on the joys and power of curiosity - the perfect gift for someone interested in maths or politics or archaeology or physics or art or poetry - also ideal for anyone not yet interested in those things who should be.

A great total to have if you want to split a bill evenly in a restaurant.

New! My 193rd gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2025/10/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #mathstoday #ukmathschat

Enjoyed Q25 from the SMC and in particular liked that my own solution isnt one that is demonstrated in their videos #mathschat #maths #alevelmaths

*Teachers Talk Connect is back* TTR Connect will return to Manchester on Saturday 14th of March 2026! Are you a teacher/leader who has something to share? Do you teach English, Maths, Science, MFL, RS, Politics or History? Apply to speak now here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026 Tickets out soon!

A silly bit of interweaving or a useful task? @nathanday.bsky.social

A brain dump of mathematical misconceptions. Which of these might be avoided through careful teaching?

Left: Requires triangle-interior-angle-sum and straight-angle-sum. 3 steps. Slower? Right: Exterior Angle Theorem (Euclid 1–32). Requires corresponding and alternate angles. 1 step. Faster? Right feels cleaner to me ... I wonder what pupils would think? #UKMathsChat #iTeachMaths

My thoughts and reflections after an excellent #MathsConf39 by @lasalleed.bsky.social www.atulranatutors.co.uk/uncategorize...