Maths Resources
Calculator game: 3x table
Similar to the 2x table game published last week, this is a game of strategy for two players to help improve knowledge of the 3x table. The aim of the game is to place counters over the numbers to get four in a row, either across, down or horizontally.
The Player must say which number they are going for before typing in the multiplication on the calculator and can only place a counter if correct. Try it!
Year 2 Time: One minute
Getting a clear concept of amount of time is important for young children. This page challenges children to complete a number of tasks in one minute, such as how tall a tower can be built using blocks/lego etc.
An important part of this is to make sure that they make an estimate/guess before starting which shows how realistic they are about time. This resource can be found in our Year 2 measurement section.
Year 6 Maths: Fractions
Several different sets of skills and knowledge needed for these questions. 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.
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 number and the equals sign and it will show the answer to the number multiplied by 2. Just type in the next number, press equals and so on…
The aim of the game is to make a line of four in a row in any direction.
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 to know that ten tenths make one whole one, as do six sixths etc.
How many fractions make…. (pg 1)
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 same as 5 lots of 4 or 4 x 5 is the same as 5 x 4. Children should have had a lot of experience with arrays which are a great way to show this.
This worksheets asks that the child completes the number sentence by putting in the missing number and then working out the times table.
This can be found as part of our Year 3 worksheets, under Counting and Number.
Multiplication in any order (pg 1)
Year 2: TV programme Times
This worksheet looks at working out the times of TV programmes and how long they last. Working within units of 5 minutes much of this is straightforward. However working out the start times is a little more tricky and children need to be confident with telling the time to 5 minutes.
Newspapers and TV programme listings are a really good source of material for work on time and can also result in a lot of discussion about favourite programmes etc. They can also be used as a data source for graph work.
TV programmes: telling the time
Telling the time: Days of the Week
Here we have two pages on days of the week. The best way to use the first page is to cut the days of the week out and shuffle them. Lay them out in a random order and use them to carry out simple activities or to ask questions, such as:
Pick up the day that says Thursday.
Pick up the day that was yesterday.
What do you do on Saturdays? etc
The second page is a set of anagrams of the days of the week, courtesy of urbrainy.com which has a really good selection of worksheets on telling the time.
Year 2 Calculations: Multiplication and money
A great way to practice the 2x, 5x and 10x tables is with 2p, 5p and 10p coins. If you can gather together a set of ten of each this makes for a really good practical resource with endless questions: e.g. I have six 5p coins, how much do I have? Give me 20p all in 5p coins etc.
As a backup to this kind of work we have a worksheet from urbrainy.com which use coins as a basis for practising tables. At first children may count up in twos, fives or tens, but encourage them to just count the number of coins and multiply. (Although I admit that when I am in a shop with a pocket full of change I tend to count up!) This is just one of a great set of worksheets you can find at urbrainy.com.
More worksheets on multiplication can be found in our Four Rules, Multiplication section.
Multiplication and money (pg 1)
Multiplication worksheet: Multiply by whole tens (2)
This is another multiplication worksheet which helps with the early stages of written multiplication.
Multiplying by 40 is the same as multiplying by 10 and multiplying by 4. To multiply by 10 just move each digit one place to the left and place a zero in the units column.
This method reduces this process by placing the zero in the units and then multiplying by 4, ensuring each digit of the answer is placed one space further to the left. There we go!
Year 4 worksheet: Multiplication with addition
If a question involves both multiplication and addition then the convention is that the multiplication should be carried out first, then the addition.
So for 4 + 5 x 3
Firstly multiply 5 by 3 and then add on 4 to make 19.
Now some calculators do this (Scientific etc) but some work out each part as it is keyed in. This results in two calculators arriving at different answers: always interesting to show children!
Year 1 Maths: 3 in a row addition
urbrainy.com are coming up with some excellent resources for year 1, including this great little board game of strategy and knowledge of addition to play with your child. You will need 2 dice, 2 sets of 5 different coloured counters or cubes plus a calculator and the games sheet.
Decide who is to go first.Player one goes first and rolls the two dice. Add up the total and place a counter on a square showing that number. If the number has already been covered it becomes the next players go. Then player 2 has their turn. The winner is the first person to put three counters in a row, across, down or diagonally.
Dice: 3 in a row addition game
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