Archives for "December, 2011"
KS2 Maths SAT questions and answers: Paper B 2011
This is the first in a new series looking at SAT papers, the questions, answers and best methods of going about them. This term I am looking at the 2011 Paper B. Calculators are allowed for this paper, but generally I think that paper B tends to be harder than Paper A. The first question [...]
Christmas Offer From URBrainy
Here at the MathsBlog we think URBrainy.com is a great site for some really impressive resources. This Christmas they are running a very special offer. If you subscribe during December for a yearly package you will get 18 months access instead of 12! That’s a whole 6 months extra free on their already discounted yearly rate. [...]
Christmas present buying worksheet
Here we have an open-ended page to keep up the Christmas theme for this week. More Christmas themed worksheets can be found at; http://pages.urbrainy.com/happy-christmas-2011 There are four items with prices; a set of beads for £2, a box of chocolates for £3, a bag for £5 and a bottle of perfume for £7. The task [...]
Resource of the week: Christmas adding puzzle
Looking at my stats I can see that everyone is very busy with Christmas assemblies, shows, shopping, eating, drinking etc so I will shortly be joining you all and have a few days off. I will leave you with a little puzzle in case you have nothing better to do! Put the numbers 1, 2, [...]
Year 4 maths worksheet: Santa’s reindeer
More Christmas worksheets are available at:http://pages.urbrainy.com/happy-christmas-2011 We continue with our seasonal worksheets with some reindeer questions, probably best suited to children in Year 4 upwards. Everyone knows about Rudolf, the red-nosed reindeer, but far fewer people know that there are eight others to go with him! Santa’s reindeer pull the sleigh for Santa and [...]
Year 1 maths worksheet: Christmas halving
From time to time it’s nice to have a topical maths worksheet and here is one for year 1 at Christmas time. The ability to double and halve numbers quickly is a great strategy to have at your fingertips as it can help later with all sorts of calculations. Here we have a year 1 [...]
Calculator ban in Primary Schools
Primary school pupils could face a ban on using calculators according to Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister. Following a government study he has suggested that pupils should only be able to use calculators once they have mastered basic maths, including learning ‘times tables’. This announcement comes as a result of a government study which found [...]
Top children’s reading books to help with maths
Over a period of time I have collected together a great selection of books suitable for young children to help them with counting and number skills. All these books are a great read in themselves, but they also all have a mathematical slant. They are rather hidden away within the Top Maths Books section and [...]
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