Category: Maths news

Our Four Rules section of the site is developing into a very useful resource for those looking to improve calculating skills. Next week we add to it with a 4x table page. The four times table has a number of characteristics which can be pointed out to help children. Firstly, all the answers are even, so must end in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. Secondly it is double the two times tables.

We also 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. great for developing a well organised, systematic approach.

Another excellent addition to the site will be the third in our mini series on square numbers, ideal for year 5 children.

Next week we will have a slightly harder worksheet than the last one published on the three times table. This page does not have a number line to help and the questions are asked in different order eg 6 x 3 or 3 x 6. This could be used as a timed challenge for those who are gaining confidence in learning the table.

Also coming up soon a straightforward set of questions on dividing 2-digit numbers by ten, with remainders. It is aimed at children in Year 2 who are just getting to grips with division and know their ten times table. We will also be publishing a good revision worksheet on place value and the use of thousandths.

How are you saying the new year 2010?
There seems to be some debate about this. Some are saying ‘two thousand and ten’ whilst others are saying ‘twenty ten’.
‘Twenty ten’ is similar to the last century when we said dates such as 1990 as ‘nineteen ninety’ but few people used this way during the first decade of the new century eg 2008 was not often said as ‘twenty eight’.
Of course the children around here in the south will just say’ twenyten’ because as far as they are concerned there is only one t in twenty (tweny)!

Let us know what you think.

Happy New Year everyone and we hope that 2010 is a great year for maths!

Next week we start the year with a worksheet on the three times table which is ideal for those children just beginning to get to grips with learning tables. It includes a number line to help those who are still ‘counting on’. The 3 times table is one of the harder tables to learn, as there is little pattern but answers do alternate between odd and even.

We also have a page on square numbers, suitable for Year 5, which looks at the patterns of square numbers.

For older students we have a page on working out the value of decimal fractions up to thousandths.

Well it looks as if the Binary Age is almost upon us and we’ve been waiting a long time for this tremendous event.

Of course 1st January 2010 can be represented as 01.01.10, but New Year’s Day is just the start of something much bigger.

The 1st second of the 1st minute of the 1st hour of the 1st day of January 2010 can be written:

01.01.01.01.01.10

but perhaps even more interesting is a date later in the month: Continue reading “01.10.01.10.01.10”

By year 4 children are expected to know that:

1 week = 7 days
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds

One of next week’s maths worksheets uses this knowledge to answer  some straightforward questions. It also requires a calculator so more detailed information can be found, such as the number of minutes in a week.

As we all know, practice makes perfect, and we are publishing a page next week which gives loads of practice for the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. This is the first stage in introducing the idea of filling in a multiplication grid, multiplying the numbers across and down to fill in the grid.

The Metric system is so much easier than the old Imperial system, but there are still a few problems which come up when converting larger units to smaller units.Look out for this great worksheet on converting metric units.