Maths help for parents of children aged 5 to 11
Whilst children get used to counting on in tens and hundreds, sometimes it can be useful to count on in 25s and 50s, especially when using money or measurement. This is the second page published on counting in 25s and 50s, concentrating on money and is probably most suited to year 4 children.
This page can also be used to check that children use the correct method of writing money – some are very keen on adding a p, making £6.90 become £6.90p, which of course is incorrect.
It has been reported today that parents are willing to pay up to £8 670 more for a home in the catchment area of a school that they consider goodat maths and English, so that their children can be educated there. The figures come from the Nationwide Building Society, just before the latest set of Key Stage 2 results are published.
The Building Society states that buying a home near a school which has 10% better results in SATs in Maths and English added an extra 3.3% to house prices.
Catchment areas have been a major factor in parents choosing their new home for some years now and there have been several cases reported of parents lying on application forms and pretending to live within the catchment area as well as Poole local council spying on parents to see if they do actually live where they say. What a strange world we live in!
Whilst the Primary Framework for Mathematics has little to say about addition of whole numbers in Year 6 it is still worth revising skills and developing fast technique, especially with mental arithmetic.
Here we have a consolidation page of adding three 2-digit numbers, using all the techniques developed so far.If children find this difficult it could be that they are unsure of their basic number bonds, in other words how quickly can they add two single digit numbers. This should be almost instantaneous, if not it might be worth practising over the summer holiday!!