Tweet Using written methods of subtraction can prove quite tricky with money as it involves decimals. It is important to lay the question out in the standard way, even if it is shown horizontally or just as a written problem and most importantly, to keep the decimal points in a line. Watch out when there is a [...] . . . → Read More: Maths worksheet: Subtraction of money

Tweet It is a sad state of affairs that schools are still having to teach children to convert imperial to metric units, even when we have been metric for over 40 years. Many adults still use feet and inches to measure their height, use miles per gallon in their cars and stones and pounds to measure [...] . . . → Read More: Year 6 maths worksheet: Imperial and metric units

Tweet Here we have another page to help with counting on in tens from a 2-digit numbers. A little care needs to be taken with these as the question asks, “How many tens did you count?” So, when counting in tens from 23 to 43 the answer is 2 (tens), not twenty. Many children (and adults) [...] . . . → Read More: Year 2 maths worksheet: counting on in tens

Tweet This page is an excellent illustration of how knowing ‘tables’ and understanding place value can make other maths much simpler. These questions are all multiplying multiples of ten by a single digit. If you know that 7 x 8 = 56 then 70 x 8 can be done ‘in your head’ very quickly. probably the hardest questions [...] . . . → Read More: Year 4 maths worksheet: Multiply multiples of 10

Tweet New worksheets for comparing fractions have been posted at the link below, or available in the ‘Worksheets’ menu on the side of the page. Hope everyone’s summer vacation is going great! Keep practicing! Comparing Fractions get the math worksheets here . . . → Read More: Fraction Comparison Worksheets Posted

Tweet A straightforward mental arithmetic page on adding decimals. The process is very much the same as adding two 2-digit whole numbers. When adding in our heads we usually start with the largest numbers, which, of course, is the opposite of the way we do it on paper. This needs pointing out to children as many, [...] . . . → Read More: Year 6 worksheet: Add decimals mentally

Tweet Children are used to reading scales where the divisions go up in ones, but they find it much harder when either they go up in larger numbers or when not all the divisions are numbered. This worksheet does both of these. The ruler shown is a scale drawing and each division is 10 cm, but [...] . . . → Read More: Year 3 maths worksheet: Reading scales