Archives for "December, 2008"

Posted by Peter on 2nd December 2008

5 times table worksheets

Free maths worksheets from mathsblog.co.uk The 5 times table is often thought of as one of the easier tables to learn and there are a couple of hints that can make it easier for children. The first is that all the answers must end in either 5 or zero. The second is that the five [...]

Posted by Peter on 1st December 2008

Number Day 2008

Mathsblog supports the NSPCC on Number Day 2008. The sad fact is that 32,000 children in the UK are on child protection registers and are known to be at risk of abuse right now. They need your support. Help continue the valuable work of the NSPCC and take part in Number Day 2008. It is [...]

Posted by Peter on 27th November 2008

News: urbrainy launches maths games

If you are looking for bright, colourful worksheets and resources for very young children then urbrainy.com is one site you must visit. They have launched the first of their interactive maths games this week. The site is developing into an excellent resource with plenty of free stuff for young children beginning their understanding of maths. [...]

Posted by Peter on 26th November 2008

Free Y5 maths worksheet: very large numbers

Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk Once again we have a maths worksheet which needs a very good understanding of place value to answer correctly. Dealing with numbers up to millions is not easy for children: many never succeed in being able to read them correctly. Whilst the second part of the worksheet requires a calculator, [...]

Posted by Peter on 25th November 2008

mychild

Review of mychild from mathsblog.co.uk Mychild is a website for parents. It offers a huge amount of help including parenting advice, worksheets and resources. Some of these are free but they also offer a subscription service. Whilst this isn’t cheap it does come with some excellent resources across the curriculum and includes magazines and CDs. [...]

Posted by Peter on 24th November 2008

Free maths worksheet: standard written method of addition of 2-digits

Free maths worksheet from mathsblog. This is the first maths worksheet on addition using the standard method. It must be pointed out that usually 2-digit addition should be tackled ‘in your head’. The example on the first page can be done by adding 50 to 76, making 126 and then subtracting 1 making 125. However, [...]

Posted by Peter on 21st November 2008

Teddybears Go Shopping by S Gretz and A Sage

Teddybears Go Shopping (Picture Hippo) Storybooks that are great for maths from mathsblog.co.uk Making lists is an important part of the data handling strand of the Primary Framework for Maths and there is hardly a better example of list making than Teddybears Go Shopping by Susanna Gretz and  Alison Sage. The shopping list is very [...]

Posted by Peter on 19th November 2008

Free Y3 maths worksheet: properties of quadrilaterals

Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk: properties of quadrilaterals. The term quadrilateral is often  misunderstood and confused with the term rectangle. A quadrilateral is any flat shape which has four straight sides. The angles do not have to be right angles. Rectangles and squares are special cases of quadrilateral. Look out for quadrilaterals all around you [...]

Posted by Peter on 18th November 2008

Free maths worksheet: subtracting 9 from 2-digit numbers

Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk Here is another worksheet for subtraction; this time subtracting 9 from 2-digit numbers. The usual method to do this in your head is to take 10 and then add 1. So 56 – 9 is done in two steps: 56 – 10 = 46 46 + 1 = 47 56 [...]

Posted by Peter on 17th November 2008

Free Y3 maths worksheet: counting on (teens)

Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk Counting on is a very powerful tool when using mental methods of calculating. This worksheet concentrates on counting on a teen number to a number in the hundreds and can be seen as an addition problem (143 + 16). The usual method of doing this requires the ability to partition [...]