Maths help for parents of children aged 5 to 11
If you have not got a pin board then I would highly recommend making one – not only will it be really useful for shape work right through the primary years it could be a great project to do with your child.
This maths worksheet suggests making a four sided shape on the pinboard with an elastic band and then copying the shape onto the worksheet – not that easy for young children.
Free Y2 maths worksheet: making shapes using a pinboard (pg 2)
Another quick speed test to see how well children have learnt their number bonds. Most children will probably still be working the answers out, probably by counting on from the smaller number to the larger number. This is fine, but we are also hoping that they will begin to learn some of the answers off by heart, especially when taking away a number from 10.
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The questions on this page all relate to counting on to the next whole ten. To begin with children will start at the number and count on in ones (often using fingers to help). As confidence grows they might notice that to count on 5 from a 2-digit number with 5 in the units will always take them to the next whole ten.
The patterns of numbers:
1 and 9
2 and 8
3 and 7
4 and 6
5 and 5
This maths worksheet helps to show whether a child has understood division
Another worksheet for our ‘Using and Applying Maths’ strand. Most children have more difficulty with division than any of the other operations. At this early stage it is important to try and get across the idea of division as sharing. This can be done in a practical way with sweets, coins etc. This maths worksheet helps to show whether a child has understood division by asking them to make up their own sentences having been given the numbers. Continue reading “Free Y2 maths worksheet: Making number stories: division”
This maths worksheet gives a little bit of practice with subtracting a single digit from a 2-digit number, keeping below 30. There is a number line to help.
There are a range of mental arithmetic strategies that can be used for these, depending on the numbers. For example 25 – 5 is straightforward, however 23 -6 could prove much trickier and the number line could be used in several ways.
Some children will just count back 6 to reach 17. Others might recognise that 6 is 3 + 3 so they take 3 to make 20 and then take another 3 to make 17.
A pinboard is very useful for exploring all the possible four and five sided shapes.
A pinboard is very useful for exploring all the possible four and five sided shapes. This may be simply made by nailing panel pins or small nails into a piece of plywood approximately 24cm × 24cm.
Cut out the plywood and mark a grid of lines at 2cm intervals in both directions across the plywood. Tap in the pins at the points where the lines of the grid meet. Leave enough of the pins protruding to accommodate elastic bands.
When exploring 2D shapes made up of squares , it is worth discussing what counts as a shape eg does joining two squares at the corner make a shape? What would happen if you cut it out?….. etc
Free Y2 maths worksheet: Making shapes using a pinboard (pg 1)
a number line is really useful for helping children gain confidence with subtraction.
Here we have our first two free maths worksheets on subtraction for Year 2. Both these pages are about subtracting whole tens, with a number line to help. As stated in the Year 1 subtraction worksheets, a number line is really useful for helping children gain confidence with subtraction.
Make sure that they are competent and confident with counting up and down in tens, up to 100, before trying these, as success depends on this ability.
With young children the best way to explain multiplication is as repeated addition.
More making number stories, this time with multiplication. With young children the best way to explain multiplication is as repeated addition. In other words 3 x 5 is the same as 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 or 5 lots of 3.
Try to reflect this when making the number sentences. Unlike year 1 these sentences should be written down as well as said orally.
Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making multiplication number stories (pg 1)
Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making multiplication number stories (pg 2)
There are quite a number of different ways that an addition question can be asked. By Year 2 children are expected to be able to recognise these:
There are quite a number of different ways that an addition question can be asked. By Year 2 children are expected to be able to recognise these:
Add 20 to 30
20 add 30
What is the sum of 20 and 30 ?
What is the total of 20 and 30 ?
How many are 20 and 30 altogether?
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There is no help with these free maths pages but some children might need a number line of number square.
By year 2 children should be more able to count on from larger numbers, up to 100. There is no help with these maths pages but some children might need a number line or number square.
When counting on make sure that they do not include the starting number. For example: count on 5 from 32. Continue reading “Free Y2 maths worksheets: Count on”