Posts tagged as "addition"

Posted by Peter on 11th February 2010

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 [...]

Posted by Peter on 4th February 2010

Maths worksheet: Add decimals mentally (2)

This is a follow up page to an earlier worksheet on adding decimals mentally. The approach is probably the same as adding 2-digit numbers, in that most people seem to do these ‘in their head’ by adding the units first and then adding on the decimals.
So, with 4.6 + 3.5 my thinking would probably go [...]

Posted by Peter on 26th January 2010

Year 2 maths worksheet: Addition investigation

Here we have a maths investigation on addition, suitable for year 2. There are four numbers shown. The task is to choose any three numbers and add them up. Each number can be used up to 3 times, but the total sum must not include more than 3 numbers. So the sum could be 2 [...]

Posted by Peter on 3rd November 2009

Maths Worksheet: Standard written method of addition with 2-digit numbers.

Maths Worksheet: Standard written method of addition with 2-digit numbers.

Posted by Peter on 2nd November 2009

Year 2 Maths Worksheet: adding 3 small numbers (pg 2)

Year 2 Maths Worksheet: adding 3 small numbers

Posted by Peter on 29th September 2009

Year 2 Maths Worksheet: know pairs that make 20

Year 2 Maths Worksheet: know pairs that make 20

Posted by Peter on 21st September 2009

Standard written addition with money 2

The second of our worksheets on using the standard written method to add money. Remember to keep the decimal points in a straight column when writing these out. it is also important to write down any zeros that occur in the answer – don’t just leave that column blank. Encourage neat setting out of these [...]

Posted by Peter on 10th August 2009

Standard written addition of 4-digits

Addition of two 4-digit numbers is usually done on paper, using the following standard method:
The method is to add the units first, put the units in the answer, and ‘carry’ the ten into the tens column. Then add the tens and continue in the same way into the hundreds and finally the thousands.
A clearer explanation [...]

Posted by Peter on 27th July 2009

Mental arithmetic: Know by Heart Pairs that Make 20

This maths worksheet for year 2 children looks at pairs of numbers which make 20. Before doing this children should be confident with, and know by heart, all pairs of numbers which make 10. Once they know these, pairs that make 20 becomes easy; just one of each pair is ten more e.g. 6 and [...]

Posted by Peter on 22nd July 2009

Maths Worksheet: Add 9 Mentally

Being successful with mental arithmetic is all about having a ‘feel for numbers’ and being able to manipulate them to suit the way you like to calculate. Knowing a few basic ‘tricks’ helps enormously with this and gives children confidence.
Adding 9 might sound a little dull, but knowing that you can do it in your [...]