Archives for "March, 2011"
Year 4 Counting and Understanding Number
Our year 4 Counting and Understanding Number section is developing well with over 30 separate worksheets. In year 4 children are expected to develop their recognition of number sequences, and count on and back in steps of equal size. Four digit numbers are introduced and children are expected to be able to partition, round and [...]
Ten, nine, eight by Molly Bang
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang To celebrate World Book Day, a few words about one of my favourite books for young children to help them with their maths. Whatever you do, don’t miss this book if you have young children about to enter school. A counting book, in this case counting down from ten [...]
Learning the 4 times table
The normal route through learning tables is to start with the twos and tens as these are probably the tables most familiar to children. The next stage is usually to learn the fives, followed by fours. The four times table has a number of characteristics which can be pointed out to help children. Firstly, all [...]
Year 1 Counting back
One of the most important learning objectives for year 1 is counting objects and beginning to count on and back. This worksheet looks at counting back, using small numbers and should be used after a lot of practical counting back has already been done. Use objects on a tray, taking one off at a time [...]
Year 3 maths worksheet: Halving
Here is a page for checking understanding of halving. The numbers to halve are all multiples of 10 so it is important that children are confident with halving numbers up to 20 before trying this. By Year 3 children should be knowing these halves off by heart. The questions with a whole ten answer are [...]
Know addition and subtraction facts in year 5
By year 5 children are expected to know the basic number facts, including tables up to 10. They should also have rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts. We have some excellent pages to help with this, using known facts to rapidly work out answers. Firstly there are tasks such as ‘making 50′, which include [...]
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Each time the doorbell rings there is less for each child until they are down to only one each.
Written methods of dividing
Today we have a straightforward page of division questions, using the standard method of written division. There are several stages in this process if the correct answer is to be reached. For example: 74 divided by 3 1. Make a rough estimate of the answer; this can be along the lines of, “It will be [...]
Year 3 maths worksheet: Multiples
A multiple is a number produced by multiplying a starting whole number by another whole number. Think of them as the numbers in the multiplication tables. eg 3 x 4 = 12. 12 is a multiple of both 3 and 4. The term ‘multiple’ is introduced much earlier than it used to be 30 or [...]
Year 6 maths SAT questions
It is about this time of year that schools intensify their year 6 revision for the KS2 SATs. The types of question that come up are fairly predictable and follow a similar layout each year. It is well worthwhile, therefore, to let your children have a practice at the style of questions they are likely [...]
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