Free Year 5 Maths Worksheets

Here is the second in a mini-series of maths worksheets that look at using knowledge of multiplication and tables to complete number sentences.

Again, the most important aspect of this page is to illicit what processes children use to answer the questions, and it is a worthwhile experience to ask yourself exactly how you went about it in your mind to reach the answer – it is not necessarily the way we would explain to children, yet it could well be a very effective way. Let’s look at a couple of the questions;

Question 3: ? x 4 = 44.

This I can answer without doing any kind of calculation in my head because I know, off by heart, that 4 x 11 = 44.

Question 7: ? x 5 = 110

A harder question which can be tackled several ways. I actually worked from knowing that 20 fives make 100 and then adding two more fives for the ten, making the answer 22. I probably wouldn’t suggest this to children. What I would suggest is double the 110 to make 220 and then divide by ten to make 22 (and explaining why this method works).

Complete multiplication number sentences (2)

This is the third worksheet in the mini series looking at using different strategies to work out missing numbers in multiplication number sentences. Again, it is worth pointing out that people who say they, ‘can’t do maths’, probably don’t have a wide range of mental strategies to tackle questions. All the questions on this worksheet look very similar but if you analyse how the brain works to answer them you will see what I mean.

Let’s look at a couple of examples:

1. Question: ? x 6 = 360

I instantly recognise the relationship between 6 and 36, knowing that 6 x 6 = 36. it then becomes very easy to multiply by 10 to reach the answer 60. This is all done in less than a second.

2. Question: 26 x ? = 104

This takes a little longer and at first glance I’m not certain. I then realised that 25 is a quarter of 100, so 25 x 4 is 100,therefore 26 x 4 would be 104.

In the first question I am making use of knowing the 6x table. In the second question I am rounding a number, working out the answer and adjusting.

Of course, there are other ways, probably just as good  and don’t forget to ask the children how they worked out the answers. You might be surprised!

Complete multiplication number sentences (3)

This maths worksheet is suitable for Year 5 children who have a good knowledge of the times tables and can manipulate numbers ‘in their heads’.

It is surprising the number of different strategies we use to calculate mentally. The same type of question can be processed several different ways, often depending on the numbers being use. If we look at some of the questions on this worksheet it will become clearer as to what I mean, as I try to explain how I go about answering them, although you may well have different (and better) alternatives.

Question 1: ? x 2 = 120

Looking at the question I immediately think that I have to halve 120 to get the answer. I do this by halving 12, which is 6 and multiplying by 10, making 60. This is all done in a split second, and I might be tempted to think I did it in one, but it is important to stop and think of the steps that you go through.

Question 3: ? x 4 = 48

I could have halved and halved, or divided by 4, but, in fact, I learned my 12 times table many years ago and I know, instantly,  that 12 x 4 = 48 so the answer of 12 came immediately.

Question 4: 41 x ? = 205

The answer was not immediately obvious. I looked at the unit (1) and the unit in the answer (5) and it struck me that I need to multiply by 5. A quick check that4 x 5 will give me 20 confirmed this.

These are just a few of the ways of working out the answers and it is well worth asking children how they go about finding the answers.

Complete multiplication number sentences (1)