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Maths resources for secondary

Maths at secondary school is such an important subject for your students to understand and master. It allows them to use their logic and reasoning skills to understand everyday tasks from shopping to sports and everything in between! In addition, mathematical knowledge plays a crucial role in understanding the contents of other school subjects such as science, social studies, and even music and art.

To make it easier for you to find some of our most popular maths resources we have grouped them here so that you can choose from your favourites or simply bookmark this page for the future. 

Don’t forget that our resources are free and easy to use and customise within your lesson plans.

If you are looking for our primary maths resources please click here.

Please note, these resources and experiments have been specifically designed to be carried out with adult supervision or direction as appropriate, and it is recommended that the instructions are followed in a safe manner. All resources and experiments are carried out at your own risk.

Teaching resources

Counting stars using estimation

Decide on a systematic way to estimate the number of objects in an image.

Go to Counting stars using estimation

Wind turbine calculations

Solve problems on wind turbines using equations and systematic listing.

Go to https://education.theiet.org/secondary/teaching-resources/wind-turbine-revolutions/

Create a tessellation pattern

Formulate a rule that can be used to create tessellated patterns.

Go to Tessellation

Speedometer calibration

Calculate the speed of a bicycle and percentage errors in speedometer readings.

Go to Speedometer calibration

Queueing theory

Use queuing theory to determine which queue to join at the checkout.

Go to Queueing systems

Motorsport data analysis

Interpret a graph to answer questions on speed and distance.

Go to Analysing motor race performance

Posters

Core maths for designers

Learn about the core maths principles and equations essential in design.

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Maths for DT

Find out about the equations and formulae needed for D&T.

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Maths for engineering

Find out about the equations and formulae needed for engineering.

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Videos

IET Education maths resources

Join David Lakin, the IET’s Head of Education to find out more about the range of teaching resources and programmes suitable for teachers of mathematics to use with their students.

Explore and discover quadratic equations

Investigate how Quadratic Equations are used in a real Engineering situation with Philip Moffitt, an IET Education Officer (EO) and Lecturer for MKC Training, at the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham.

Mass, volume and density

Find out how mass, volume and density are used at work by real engineers with Philip Moffitt, an IET Education Officer (EO) and Lecturer for MKC Training, at the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham.

Trigonometric ratios tutorial

Investigate how Trigonometric ratios are used in real Engineering situations with Philip Moffitt, an IET Education Officer (EO) and Lecturer for MKC Training, at the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham.