About This Lesson
A Tarsia activity on simplifying Irrational Numbers. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.
I am a great Tarsia fan and use it regularly with classes. Simplifying surds is an excellent example of its use. There are many Tarsia puzzles available - before you start creating one check to see if somebody else has done it for you!