Key Stage 4 Foundation

80 Powerpoint Mental Starters

for Numeracy and Mathematics Lessons

A colourful and exciting way
to start your numeracy and maths lessons

 

Screen Shots from the Key Stage 4 Foundation Mental Starters Pack

Addition Grid

Angles - Lines & Full Turns

Angles - Parallel Lines

Angles in Triangles

Area Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram

Bearings

BODMAS Calculations

Bus Timetables

Changing the Subject of a Formula

Choosing the Correct Units

Circle Areas

Circle Circumferences

Collecting Terms

Converting between Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

Co-ordinate Rules

Cuboid Volumes

Dimensions

Easy Equations

Enlargements

Equation Balances

Equations with Brackets

Equivalent Fractions

Expanding Single Brackets

Factorising

Finding Half Way

Formula Substitition

Fraction Calculations:  Add and Take

Fraction Calculations: Multiply and Divide

Fractions of Amounts

Highest Common Factors

Horizontal and Vertical Graphs

Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Mean Calculations

Mental Division

Mental Multiplication

Mid Points

Missing Co-ordinates

Missing Numbers

Mode and Range

Multiplying and Dividing by 10 100 1000

Near Roots

Negative Numbers (Add and Take)

Negative Numbers (Multiply and Divide)

Number Scales

Numbers as Words

One Sided Inequalities

Parallel Line Graphs

Percentage Increase and Decrease

Percentages of Amounts

Powers and Reciprocals

Probabilities from Events

Probabilities from Pictures

Proportional Prices

Proportional Weights

Pythagoras Areas

Pythagoras Sides

Quick Subtraction

Ratio Divisions

Reading Statistical Diagrams

Rectangle Perimeters

Reflections

Rounding Numbers

Sequence Terms

Shaded Fractions

Similar Shapes

Simplifying Ratios

Simplifying Algebra - Powers

Speed Distance and Time

Squares, Cubes and Roots

Standard Form Conversions

Standard Form Corrections

Stem and Leaf Diagrams

Straight Line Graphs

Terms from Sequence Rules

Translation Vectors

Translations

Two Sided Inequalities

Two Step Functions

Two Way Tables

Unit Conversions

 

The KS4 Foundation presentations are:

NUMBER (34 Starters)

Addition Grid     *     BODMAS Calculations     *     Bus Timetables
Converting between Decimals, Fractions and Percentages    *     Equivalent Fractions     *     Finding Half Way
Fraction Calculations - Add & Take   *   Fraction Calculations - Multiply & Divide   *   Fractions of Amounts
Highest Common Factors     *     Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers     *     Mental Division
Mental Multiplication     *     Missing Numbers     *     Multiplying and Dividing by 10 100 100
Near Roots     *     Negative Numbers (Add and Take)     *     Negative Numbers (Multiply and Divide)
Number Scales     *     Numbers as Words     *     Percentage Increase and Decrease
Percentages of Amounts     *     Powers and Reciprocals     *     Proportional Prices
Proportional Weights      *     Quick Subtraction      *     Ratio Divisions
Rounding Numbers      *     Shaded Fractions      *     Simplifying Ratios
Speed Distance and Time      *     Squares, Cubes and Roots      *     Standard Form Calculations
Standard Form Corrections


ALGEBRA (19 Starters)


Changing the Subject of a Formula    *     Collecting Terms    *     Co-ordinate Rules
Easy Equations     *     Equation Balances     *     Equations with Brackets
Expanding Single Brackets     *     Factorising   *   Formula Substitution
Horizontal and Vertical Graphs    *     Missing Co-ordinates     *     One Sided Inequalities
Parallel Line Graphs   *   Sequence Terms   *   Simplifying Algebra - Powers
Straight Line Graphs     *     Terms from Sequence Rules      *     Two Sided Inequalities
Two Step Functions


SHAPE, SPACE AND MEASURES (20 Starters)


Angles - Lines and Full Turns    *     Angles - Parallel Lines     *     Angles in Triangles
Area Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram     *     Bearings     *     Choosing the Correct Units
Circle Areas     *     Circle Circumferences     *     Cuboid Volumes

Dimensions   *   Enlargements   *   Mid-Points   *   Pythagoras Areas
Pythagoras Sides      *     Rectangle Perimeters      *     Reflections
Similar Shapes      *     Translation Vectors      *     Translations      *     Unit Conversions


HANDLING DATA (7 Starters)


Mean Calculations     *     Mode and Range   *   Probabilities from Events
Probabilities from Pictures     *     Reading Statistical Diagrams   *   Stem and Leaf Diagrams   *   Two Way Tables