Posts tagged as "number"

This maths worksheet for Year 5 children introduces the idea of  ‘index’ for writing the square of a number. Children should understand that 42 means ’4 squared’ or 4 times 4. Often it is mistaken for 4 x 2. Remind children that ‘square numbers’ are called ‘square numbers because they can be represented in an [...]

‘Maths is all about patterns!’ said my maths lecturer over 30 years ago and this worksheet on square numbers proves just how right he was. It uses a blank 10×10 square to show the pattern made when producing square numbers. It is interesting to note that the second square number (4) is made by adding [...]

This maths worksheet uses a 10×10 tables square to show the patterns involved with square numbers. All the square numbers lie diagonally from top left to bottom right. Once children have seen the pattern and worked out all the square numbers from 1 to 100 it is a good idea to encourage them to learn [...]

Finding the number which lies half way between two other numbers can be easy or quite tricky, even when using fairly small numbers. When using whole tens or hundreds the questions tend to be quite straightforward, as does finding halfway between two consecutive whole numbers. Most of the questions on this number worksheet are of [...]