KS4 Foundation
80 Powerpoint Mental Starters
for Numeracy and Mathematics Lessons
Key Stage 4 Foundation Mental Starters Presentations (With Screenshots). Please Note: Our Key Stage 4 Higher Starters will be available soon. We know a number of you have been waiting a while for these. They will be priced at £80, but anyone who has already purchased the Foundation Pack (or orders this before the end of June will be able to obtain a discount on the Higher Pack when they are ready). Addition Grid Angles - Lines and 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 Substitution 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
Each presentation contains 20 questions, with the answer appearing after each question.
































The Key Stage 4 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