Contextual Problems

AQA have produced 30 exemplar tasks listed in alphabetical order from their pilot of the Functional Skills examination which can be obtained by clicking here

NCETM - up2d8 Magazines provide a topical context for a Maths problem with supporting resources:  NCETM

Thanks go to Mark Dawes (AST Comberton Village College) for composing/compiling the following resources [except for those named]

This is an example of a number of openers that can be used to stimulate discussion - click here for the document

Helicopter

The wings of a US Army Helicopter have a diameter of 44ft.
They rotate at 5.4 revolutions per second.

What is the speed of the tip of the blades?
How long does one revolution take?
What is the angular speed?

 

The following problems refer to items of news and in some cases require questions to be posed from the news story!  [Latest additions in orange]

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Car Tax What Scale Matches
Ice Collecting Coppers  
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Wrapping Paper Turkmenistan - ppt Turkmenistan - word
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Fuses Happiness Formula John Cage
Queen's Legal Bills Square Peg - Round Hole Tsunami v Iraq
DVD Opener World's Oldest Person Banana Art
100m Controversy Cotton Music Quotes
Smarties - ppt
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Sports Day Mastermind - ppt Mastermind - Teacher Notes