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Maths Venns

247 Venn diagram activities that make students think hard about maths, from fractions to functions.

New: interactive Venns on mrbartonmaths.comBrowse by topicWhat are Maths Venns?

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Purposeful Practice and Problem Solving

Venn diagrams let students practise core skills and reason mathematically at the same time. My book is about getting that balance right: practice that makes students better problem solvers. A short, practical workbook from my Tips for Teachers series.

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The best of these Venns, rebuilt, plus loads of new ones

I have rebuilt the best Venn diagrams from this site on mrbartonmaths.com and added lots of new ones: 67 sets in all, from number bonds to quadratic inequalities.

  • Interactive, so they work straight from the board
  • A built-in sorting exercise for students who are stuck
  • Extension questions for students who finish
  • Search by topic, and filter by key stage
Number40Algebra20Geometry4Statistics and probability3
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One of the new Venn diagrams on mrbartonmaths.com: two overlapping circles, each labelled with a property, and an example to place in each region.
Properties of quadrilaterals Straight line graphs Fraction, decimal, percentage equivalence Laws of indices
A Maths Venn on averages and range: three overlapping circles, each with a condition about a set of numbers.
Find a set of numbers for every region. Is any region impossible?

What are Maths Venns?

Each Venn diagram has two or three circles, and each circle is a property, like is a prime number or has a gradient of 2. Students must find an example for every region of the diagram.

To do that, they have to think hard about what each property means and how the properties fit together. Are some regions impossible to fill, or have they simply not found an example yet?

Getting the most from them

  1. Do one together. A student suggests an example, and everyone writes on their mini-whiteboard the region they think it belongs in. Then discuss.
  2. Push for extremes. What is the biggest, smallest or most unusual example you can find for each region?
  3. Make your own. Can students design a Venn with exactly one impossible region?

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Browse the original Venns

All 247 of the original Venns are still here. Pick a topic, or start with the favourites.

New means there is a rebuilt, interactive set on this topic on mrbartonmaths.com.

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Parallel sides, right-angle, equal sides Bigger than 0.15, smaller than 1/4 Percentage of an amount Solving linear equations 1 Recurring decimal and ordering Volume of a cuboid 1

More new resources on mrbartonmaths.com

Venn diagrams are just one of the free resources I’m creating on mrbartonmaths.com to help students think hard about maths. Here are some more to try.

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Open Middle ProblemsPractice and problem solving at the same time, with many routes to an answer. Minimally Different Mega PracticeSequences where each question changes one thing, so students spot what matters. Probing QuestionsQuestions that check whether students really understand an idea. AtomsTopics broken into small steps, taught with examples and non-examples. Shedloads of PracticeUnlimited, self-checking practice on any topic, on screen or printed. Interactive Maths ToolsFree tools to explore and demonstrate ideas on the board.

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