Division in Year 4

More multiplication tables are introduced in Year 4, including the 7x and 9x tables. Knowing all multiplication tables will be invaluable when working with division in Year 4. The key being to understand the link between multiplication and division. In Year 4 children are expected to divide using much larger...

Division in Year 3

Activities similar to those in Year 2, such as dividing objects into groups, sharing out snacks, or solving real-life word problems, can make division more meaningful and relatable for children. Regular practice with division facts and reinforcement of the relationship between multiplication and division is essential for building fluency and...

Division in Year 2

Teaching division in Year 2 continues with the idea of sharing equally. It is important to use hands-on materials to provide concrete examples for children to visualise division problems; for example, sharing numbers of objects (counters, cubes etc) into equal groups. We have plenty of pages to encourage this before...

Division in Year 1

The work done on division in Year 1 is mainly of a practical nature, making equal groups from a given number of objects and sharing using 1:1 correspondence. Later pictorial representations can be used, and this is where our Year 1 division activities are really useful. Sharing into equal groups...

KS2 SATs Booster

Another new resource to help with SATs is a set of worksheets on multiplying large numbers by 1,000 (5C6b). This is also a regular topic on the SAT Papers and well worth revising. These are just a small part of an amazing collection of resources to ensure children reach the...

Year 6: Percentages

We also look further at percentages in our latest Year 6 pages. Always a popular topic in the KS2 SATs, the questions can be quite tricky. Last year’s paper had a question where percentages of different products are given, together with the total number of products and children are asked...