Archives for "February, 2009"
Maths vocabulary: year 6 fractions, decimals and percentages
This list contains the key vocabulary for Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio in year 6. Children will have come across all these words in earlier years, but by the end of year 6 (10/11 yr old) they should have a good understanding of all of them Fraction proper fraction improper fraction Numerator denominator Equivalent reduced [...]
Maths worksheet: Subtracting a decimal from a whole number
Subtracting a decimal number from a whole number can be done ‘in your head’ if it only involves tenths, usually by ‘counting on’ . A good knowledge of pairs of numbers which make 10 really helps here. Let’s look at: 1 – 0.3 Probably the easiest way to do this is by ‘counting on’. Step [...]
Maths worksheet: learning tables
Tables grids for 4x, 8x, 5x and 10x tables On the next page is a tables grid for learning the 4x, 8x, 5x and 10x tables. The grid is filled in by taking the numbers across the top with the numbers down the side as shown below. x 4 8 5 20 40 [...]
Year 4 maths worksheet: 100 more than or less than
Maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk in association with MathSphere.co.uk Adding or subtracting 100 from a number is usually straightforward, but can prove tricky if the number crosses the thousand mark. Normally this would be done mentally, without resorting to written methods. For example 100 less than 3 456 is 3 356: only the hundreds digit needs [...]
Metric or imperial?
It is interesting to note that now the snow has been with us for a few days everyone is using Celsius or Centigrade to describe the temperature. ‘It’s been down to minus 7 degrees’ is typical of weather and news broadcasts. Yet in the summer ‘temperatures hit the eighties’ is also heard as we revert [...]
Maths worksheet: adding 9
Here are two maths worksheets of practice at adding 9 to a single digit. The obvious method to do this is to add ten and then take away one. However, this method is only efficient if ten is added mentally and not counted on. (Otherwise you might just as well count on 9!) Once again, [...]
Learning tables: 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables practice
On this maths worksheet is a tables grid for the 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x table. The grid is filled in by taking the numbers across the top with the numbers down the side as shown below. There are many different approaches to this type of problem. Some children fill in the answers in strict [...]
Year 3 Maths worksheet: What sign to use?
Free maths worksheet from mathsblog.co.uk Here is a page with a difference for year 3 children. All the numbers, both questions and answers are supplied, but the signs are missing. Just pop the signs in to make the number sentences correct. This will show whether a child has a good sense of number for the [...]
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