Tweet This week I have published the next two sets of mental arithmetic questions for Year 3. They concentrate on one-step problems, recalling addition and subtraction facts up to 20,adding and subtracting multiples of ten and knowing 5 and 4 times tables. There are several ways these questions can be used and how children answer them. [...] . . . → Read More: Year 3 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 5 and 6

Tweet Here we have a second page of questions  which are an intermediate step in the progress towards developing an efficient, standard written method of multiplication. It presumes a good knowledge of tables before starting. This method breaks the task down into four parts. For example: when multiplying 538 by 4, the four parts are: 1. [...] . . . → Read More: Year 5 maths: Written multiplication

Tweet One of the most popular parts of the site for parents is our Free Maths Worksheets: Four Rules pages on written addition. Many parents think that the methods they were taught at school (and for many this would be in the mid 1990s) are different from today. This is only partly true. Since the onset [...] . . . → Read More: Maths Resources: Written Addition

Tweet Understanding equivalent fractions is at the heart of understanding how fractions work. Much work needs to be done in earlier years to show that fractions such as 1/2 and 2/4 have the same value. This is usually done by colouring or shading parts of rectangles, circles. Two fractions which are equal in value we say [...] . . . → Read More: Year 6 Maths Worksheet: Equivalent fractions

Tweet Division nearly always requires carrying out more than one process, which makes it harder for children to process. A good knowledge of tables is also needed to complete division questions successfully, and this is especially true when there are remainders. For example: to find the answer to 37 divided by 5: ask how many fives [...] . . . → Read More: Year 4 worksheets: Division with remainders

Tweet Two sets of mental arithmetic questions suitable for Year 2. These sets of 10 questions cover counting on and back in tens, addition, subtraction and place value. I have been asked for more in the way of mental arithmetic questions on many occasions and as the weeks go by this should build into a really [...] . . . → Read More: Year 3 Mental Arithmetic Sets 3 and 4