1. Indices & Surds – Mixed – Messenger!
In this competitive activity, one student at a time acts as a messenger for their team of 2 or more students. Without running (!), they relay information about questions
(posted around the room) to their teammates who then answer them.
Students need to record the question letter and the answer so they can mark their work using the answer slide at the end of the activity. With the points system, students can attempt appropriate questions.
You could choose posters/questions to include and delete others.
(Clear plastic wallets around your classroom
make it quick and easy to display posters.)

2. Printing To print handouts from slides -
Select the slide from the left. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’
To print multiple slides -
Click on a section title to highlight all those slides,
or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to
highlight more than one. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Selection’

3. Messenger!
Title Slide

4. 10 In teams pick a messenger! It’s their job to collect questions
for the rest of the team to answer.
You can change who is the messenger but
only one person is allowed to stand up at once and
they can’t carry a pen or paper to the question!
Each question is worth a different number of points!
Record the question letter and your
answer on a single piece of paper.
After marking,
the team that scores the most points wins! 10
Optional rules slide to show the class.

5. 3 2 7 0 + 6 0 2 −2 Find the value of Find the value of Question B
Question A
Question B 2 3
Find the value of
Find the value of
2 −2

6. 4 3 4 1 2 + 9 1 2 8 2 3 Find the value of Find the value of Question D
Question C
Question D 3 4
Find the value of
Find the value of
8 2 3

7. 3 4 2 3 2 27 − 2 3 Find the value of Find the value of Question F
Question E
Question F 4 3
Find the value of
Find the value of
27 − 2 3

8. 3 3 2 2 × 2 4 = 2 𝑎 4 7 × 4 −4 = 4 𝑏 Find the value of 𝑎.
Question G
Question H 3 3
Find the value of 𝑎.
Find the value of 𝑏.
2 2 × 2 4 = 2 𝑎
4 7 × 4 −4 = 4 𝑏

9. 4 3 3 −6 3 −2 = 3 𝑑 5 4 ÷ 5 2 = 5 𝑐 Find the value of 𝑐.
Question I
Question J 3 4
Find the value of 𝑐.
Find the value of 𝑑.
5 4 ÷ 5 2 = 5 𝑐
3 −6 3 −2 = 3 𝑑

10. 4 4 ( 5 2 ) −3 = 5 𝑓 ( 3 2 ) 3 = 3 𝑒 Find the value of 𝑒.
Question K
Question L 4 4
Find the value of 𝑒.
Find the value of 𝑓.
( 3 2 ) 3 = 3 𝑒
( 5 2 ) −3 = 5 𝑓

11. 5 5 3 2 × 3 2 3 −3 = 3 𝑔 4 2 × 4 2 2 = 4 ℎ Find the value of 𝑔.
Question M
Question N 5 5
Find the value of 𝑔.
Find the value of ℎ.
3 2 × −3 = 3 𝑔
4 2 × = 4 ℎ

12. 5 4 8 1000 − 2 3 2 3 −2 Find the value of Find the value of Question P
Question O
Question P 4 5
Find the value of
Find the value of
− 2 3
2 3 −2

13. Question Q
Question R 2 2
Simplify
Simplify 18 75

14. Question S
Question T 3 3
Simplify
Simplify
2 × 24

15. Question U
Question V 3 4
Evaluate
Simplify
16 25
2 5 ×3 10

16. Question W
Question X 4 5
Simplify
Simplify
64 ÷3 2

17. Question Y
Question Z 5 5
Simplify
Simplify
32 − 8

18. Question AA
Question BB 5 7
Simplify
Simplify

19. 8 6 Question DD Question CC Express the area Express the area
of this shape using surds.
Express the area
of this shape using surds.
3+ 2
4+ 5
5− 2 5

20. Question EE
Question FF 5 6
Rationalise:
Rationalise:
3 2

21. Question GG
Question HH 7 9
Rationalise:
Rationalise: 4−
3− −4

22. Qu.
Answer
Pts A 2 B
0.25, 1 4 3 C 5 D 4 E
1 9 F
4 9 G
𝑎 = 6 H
𝑏 = 3 I
𝑐 = 2
Qu.
Answer
Pts J
𝑑 = −4 4 K
𝑒 = 6 L
𝑓 = −6 M
𝑔 = 10 5 N
ℎ = 8 O
9 4 P 25 Q
3 2 2 R
5 3
Qu.
Answer
Pts S
4 3 3 T
2 5 U
4 5 V
30 2 4 W
4 7 X 5 Y
5 3 Z
2 2 AA
Qu.
Answer
Pts BB 7 CC 6 DD 8 EE 5 FF GG
2 2 −1 HH
9− 3 −13 9
Answers to display so students can mark their own or another team’s work.

23. Answers to display so students can mark their own or another team’s work.

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