Weekly maths programme for year 3: week 5

We have just published Week 5 of our programme for Year 3. If you are unsure of what to give your children week by week this is a great way to stay on track and ensure that all areas of the curriculum are covered during the year. Selecting from our...

Year 5 Multiplication

By the end of year 5 children should have a very good understanding of what multiplication is. They should be able to understand the operation of multiplication as the same process as repeated addition. In other words, eight fifteens is the same as adding fifteen eight times. They should understand...

Maths SAT Paper A 2011 question 16

This page is trickier than it might first appear. Question 16a asks, ‘How many snacks were chosen by more girls than boys?’ which is a clumsily worded question which could be misinterpreted. It requires looking at the columns to see which have more of the light shading than the dark...

Year 3 weekly maths programme

In the fourth week of our year 3 weekly planning we are aiming to: 1. Learn the 3 times table 2. Revise the 2x, 5x and 10x tables 3. Understand division is the inverse of multiplication 4. Divide by 3 6. Solve division word problems 7. Make 2D shapes from...

Written methods of subtraction in Year 5

In Year 5 the children can build upon the different ways that the Mathematics Framework suggests for subtraction problems on paper. Each of these ways should build on their knowledge of mental strategies. All are equally good, but the ‘decomposition’ method is considered to be the most efficient. A key...

More caterpillar counting

This investigation is aimed at younger children, probably years one or two, although it can be used with older children to explore all possible combinations and reflections. There are many routes through the caterpillar, the shortest possible going through 5 circles. How many different ways of going through 5 circles...