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Posted by Peter on 7th March 2010
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Carol Vorderman’s maths

Carol Vorderman’s maths Well, I was hoping to have a look at this but at the moment it is impossible to sign up to Carol Vordeman’s maths site. Too many applicants. Not surprising given that she had a 7 minute free advert on prime time BBC which included talking about her price structure as well [...]

Posted by Peter on 5th March 2010
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Coming soon: Fractions, time and calculator activities

On our year 6 fractions page there are several different sets of skills and knowledge needed. Firstly knowledge of measurements eg that there are 1000 metres in a kilometre, 1000 ml in a litre etc, as well as a couple of Imperial measures thrown in as an extra challenge. Secondly, to be able to write [...]

Posted by Peter on 4th March 2010
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Calculator game: 2x table

A good way to reinforce the 2x table is to play this fun game. All you need is the grid, some counters or cubes and a calculator. Set the calculator up as a 2x table answer machine by keying in 2, x, x, =, 0 and then all you need to do is press a [...]

Posted by Peter on 3rd March 2010
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Resource of the Week: Year 4 Find a difference

Sometimes a simple question can reveal a great deal about how children deal with numbers. This maths worksheet on finding differences is full of such questions. Let’s look at 3005 – 8 which is easier to do mentally than on paper. There are several ways that this can be done. 1. Count down, one at [...]

Posted by Peter on 2nd March 2010
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Year 6 Maths: Fractions

Here we have some quite tricky questions on fractions, suitable for Year 6. The key to these is to think carefully about how many parts or fractions of a number make one whole one and to understand equivalent fractions. Understanding equivalent fractions is the key to understanding fractions generally and it is a good start [...]

Posted by Peter on 1st March 2010
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Year 3: Know that multiplication can be done in any order

It might sound simple, but it is important for children to know that multiplication can be done in any order. This is also true of addition, but not subtraction or division and this knowledge comes into play a great deal later on with ‘BODMAS’ etc. Put at its simplest 4 lots of 5 is the [...]