Tweet Continuing with my series of tables space challenges, we reach the 9x table. because there is a regular pattern to the answers to the 9x table it is one of the easier tables to learn. Of course, the digits of the answers always add up to 9 and the tens go up one at a [...] . . . → Read More: 9x table space challenge

Tweet In year 3 children are expected to be able to solve problems involving numbers, follow a line of enquiry, identify patterns and organise information. Investigations are a great way to do this as well as developing logical thinking. This is a fun investigation for children from Year 3 upwards (7+ yrs) which encourages children to [...] . . . → Read More: Resource of the Week: Year 3 maths investigation

Tweet This week the mental arithmetic for Year 3 concentrates on writing whole numbers in digits, counting on and back, addition, subtraction and place value. These questions can either be done quite quickly, taking up just a few minutes or in more detail, depending on the time available. By more detail I mean talking through each [...] . . . → Read More: Year 3 mental arithmetic: Sets 9 and 10

Tweet Probability, or chance,  is one of the more misunderstood areas of maths and one which has only crept into the Primary curriculum in the last 20 years or so. It brings with it a whole new set of vocabulary and concepts which are very precise in their meaning. By the end of year 5 children [...] . . . → Read More: Year 5 probability

Tweet This is the first of a series which will look more closely at the KS2 Maths SAT papers for 2010. Taking one or two questions at a time I will show  suggested methods for answering and what is accepted as an answer. This should build into a very useful resource over the following weeks. If [...] . . . → Read More: 2010 Maths SAT Paper A: answers questions 1 and 2

Tweet This is a simple 2 player game suitable for children who are learning single figure addition facts. Two sets of coloured counters and a calculator are needed. Player 1 chooses two numbers from the list below. Add the two numbers on the calculator. If the answer is on the grid place a red counter on [...] . . . → Read More: Maths game: Criss Cross 3 Addition (1)

Tweet Here is the second page which looks at Year 5 division problems that can be answered by using mental skills. The questions cover a range of concepts involving division, including: remainders divisibility rule for 9 and factors. Watch out for errors that occur in questions such as number 9, where the number of whole lengths [...] . . . → Read More: Year 5 division problems: calculating mentally

Tweet There is quite a lot of work done in Year 6 on symmetry and the subject often comes up in the Key Stage 2 SATs. Some of this involves important vocabulary and by the end of year 6 children should know and be able to read, write and use the following quite tricky words: Mirror [...] . . . → Read More: Resource of the Week: Reflective symmetry

Tweet A good way of working with decimals is to use shapes which are divided into ten equal parts. The shape is one whole unit and each part is one tenth, which can be written as 0.1. This page has a selection of shapes and asks the child to write down the amount that has been [...] . . . → Read More: Year 4 maths worksheet: Tenths of rectangles

Tweet If a child does not respond to a mathematical question it may be because they do not understand the words or instructions used. Another difficulty can arise when a mathematical term has a different meaning in everyday English eg ‘table’. In the Year 1 maths category there is an excellent list of the vocabulary children [...] . . . → Read More: Year 1 maths vocabulary