Tweet By year 4 it is important that children have a good understanding of the units used to measure and what kind of unit would be sensible to estimate or measure length, mass or capacity. They should be able to respond to questions such as; ‘About how heavy is a tennis ball?’ or ‘Would you expect [...] . . . → Read More: Year 4 maths worksheet: suggesting suitable units to measure

Tweet This week we take another look at types of triangle. A lot of work is done on triangles in Primary Schools and by year 5 and 6 most children are familiar with the properties of right angled triangles, equilateral triangles and isosceles triangles. An equilateral triangle has all three sides equal and all three angles [...] . . . → Read More: Resource of the week: scalene triangles

Tweet By year 2 children will be beginning to understand the vocabulary of estimating, which includes other terms such as roughly, guess how many, about the same as, nearly, close to etc. This worksheet looks  at estimating a whole number on a number line from 0 to 10. Probably the best technique to use is to [...] . . . → Read More: Year 2: estimating on a number line 0-10

Tweet This week we are highlighting an important part of year 4 maths which looks at the order of operations. The rule is that multiplication should be worked out before the addition and in most of these questions that is fairly straightforward. However the questions towards the end are quite tricky. Let’s look at 70 + [...] . . . → Read More: Resource of the Week: year 4 multiplication and addition

Tweet By year 6 children should be able to read and understand problems written in prose that include some elements of real life involving money. They should be able to read the problem, understand the situation described, be able to see what processes are needed to solve it and then lay out working and answers clearly. [...] . . . → Read More: Year 6: solve problems involving money

Tweet Time questions are very popular with the SAT test writers and this page shows some typical examples, using tables and charts. Children often get confused by questions which say that an event was earlier or later when looking at a calendar. If it was earlier then the number of days have to be subracted. On [...] . . . → Read More: Key Stage 2 SAT questions on time

Tweet One of the targets for Year 1 children is to solve simple word problems. Of course this can be very tricky for children who have yet to develop sufficient reading skills to work out what questions are being asked! Because of this many children will need help with either reading the questions of having the [...] . . . → Read More: Year 1 maths worksheet: solve simple word problems

Tweet In recent years there has been a call for children to not only learn the times tables but also the equivalent division tables. Of course this is the inverse of the 3x table and for children who know this there should not be much of a problem learning this. There are advantages to be had [...] . . . → Read More: Dividing by 3 table

Tweet In year 2 children should be using 2D shapes to make pictures and patterns by drawing round them, as well as using pin boards and elastic bands. This mini investigation looks at combining four squares to see how many different shapes can be made. The best way to go about this is to have four [...] . . . → Read More: Year 2 Shape worksheet: 4 squares

Tweet It is often assumed that children in year 1 are capable at counting, but this is frequently not the case and they need plenty of practice reciting the number names and counting on and back. Of course number rhymes such as ‘One, two, three, four, five, Once I caught a fish alive’ will help with [...] . . . → Read More: Counting in Year 1