Archives for "October, 2008"
Free maths worksheet: ordinal numbers wordsearch
Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk: ordinal numbers wordsearch
Whilst young children are not expected to know the term ‘ordinal numbers’ they are expected to know and understand terms such as first, second, third etc.
This is a simple wordsearch using these terms. All the words can be found either going across or down – there are no [...]
4 times table worksheets
4 times table worksheets from mathsblog.co.uk
The 4 times table is a ‘middle of the road’ table which many children never get a secure recall of. It is, of course, double the two times table and all the answers are even.
Remember the danger is that some children are taught that they only need to count up [...]
News: Internet access for low income families
News from Mathsblog.co.uk
Internet access for low income families
The Government is beginning to put into practice its scheme to ensure that all school age children have computer access at home. They are piloting the scheme in Suffolk and Oldham in February by providing grants to pay for one computer, software, internet access and 3 years’ technical [...]
Maths vocabulary: Year 2 Counting and Place Value
Maths vocabulary from mathsblog.co.uk
Some quite difficult vocabulary is introduced in Year 2. We shall start with the recommended new vocabulary for Counting and Place Value.
Words to do with Counting and Properties of numbers are:
hundreds thousand
threes fours [...]
Maths worksheet: moving towards standard written methods
Moving towards standard written methods of addition: maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk
Just one page is not enough for children to become confident with a method, so I have included here a second maths worksheet which uses the ‘moving towards standard written methods’ of 2-digit addition.
With this method the units are added and placed below the sum, [...]
Free maths worksheets: 10 x table
10x table maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk
The 10 times table is often the second that is learnt by children, usually after the two times table. The reason for this is that it appears to be easy. Before attempting to learn the table children should have had plenty of practice counting up and down in tens.
However, there [...]
Free Y5 maths worksheet: partitioning large numbers
Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk
A good understanding of place value is needed to partition a number. Always think of large numbers in blocks of 3: hundreds, tens and units: then hundreds, tens and units of thousands: then hundreds, tens and units of millions. So 456 456 456 is four hundred and fifty six million, our [...]
Girls outshine boys at the age of 3!
Don’t be surprised if your daughter seems to be doing better at school than your son!
It has been a fairly well known fact that girls do better than boys at all levels of education from the age of the first SAT tests at 7 up to higher education.
A new report has just come out which [...]
Free maths worksheet: adding 6 to a single digit
Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk
Here is another in our series of simple, single digit addition. This time there are two worksheets for adding 6 to a single digit.
These pages can act as ‘brain training’ exercises, to help children get to know the number bonds from one to ten so that they can answer from memory. [...]
Free Y5 maths worksheet: making shapes game
Free maths worksheet from mathsphere.co.uk
Here is a nice little game that you can play at home with a partner. Make sure that you have got a pile of cubes that interlock. Sit with your back to your partner. You each have the same number of cubes (about 6 – 9 are quite enough) and to [...]
