Month: October 2009

Maths worksheet: Days in Months of the Year

days-and-monthsRemembering how many days there are in any particular month is a challenge for many adults, yet alone children. There is of course the rhyme, ’30 days hath September’ etc, which is included in full on the worksheet but I prefer the ‘knuckle version’ where you can use the knuckles and dips on your hands to work out the number of days.

Starting with the left hand, little finger knuckle as January, move to the dip between knuckles for February, next knuckle for March and so on until you reach July as the last knuckle (don’t use thumbs!) on the left hand and then continue with the first finger knuckle on the right hand for August, next dip for September etc. Which months have 31 days? All those that are on a knuckle! Easy!!

This page can be found in the Year 4 Measures section of the site.

Days and months

Coming soon: time and times tables

boy4It’s all about time next week and, of course, times tables’.

Remembering how many days there are in any particular month is a challenge for many adults, yet alone children. There is of course the rhyme, ’30 days hath September’ etc, which is included in full on the worksheet but I prefer the ‘knuckle version’ where you can use the knuckles and dips on your hands to work out the number of days. Find out more on Monday!

We also have a time worksheet on reading the time to the nearest half hour or quarter hour, suitable for those just getting to grips with reading the time and clock faces.

Also a tables worksheet where the second set of questions looks at square numbers, which, of course, give a diagonal pattern on a tables square.

Mental arithmetic: divide by 6

divide-by-6Being successful with mental arithmetic is all about making use of the knowledge you have. For example, once the 6 times table has been learned it needs to be put to good use. This worksheet looks at how the six times table can be used to answer division questions.

Because division is the inverse of multiplication knowing tables means that the inverse can be quickly worked out eg knowing that 6 x 10 = 60 means that 60 divided by 6 is 10 and 60 divided by 10 is 6 can be quickly worked out.

This page could be tackled in a variety of ways. A child might ask themselves what 60 divided by 6 is, or they might ask what number times 6 makes 60? Either way, responses should be quick!

Divide by 6