Roman Numerals

The Roman number system is very different from ours. To start with they use letters rather than numbers and there is no zero. The system still used today is based on 7 letters: I = 1 V = 5 X = 10 L = 50 C = 100 X =...

KS2 Maths SAT Papers

Next May our Year 6 children will be taking the Maths SAT Papers and now is the perfect time to start thinking about how they can achieve the best possible result. To help with this we have just published the Maths SAT Papers A and B for the last two...

Year 6 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 19 and 20

Our latest set of mental arithmetic questions for Year 6. This week we concentrate on keeping those addition and subtraction skills up to scratch. Children who are quick and successful with mental arithmetic have many different strategies at their fingertips. Which strategy they use will depend on a quick assessment...

Multiplying by 10 and 100

We have just published another set of maths worksheets on multiplying 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by ten or one hundred. Multiplying by ten moves each digit one place to the left, whilst multiplying by one hundred moves each digit two places to the left. Zeros are placed in the empty...

Standard written method for subtraction

One of the hardest things that children have to learn is to be able to carry out a written subtraction in the standard form. One of the main problems for children is the adjustment from tens to units, or hundreds to tens and when to do it. Our great subtraction...

Year 6 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 17 and 18

This week's sets of mental arithmetic questions for Year 6 are all about measurement. These questions highlight some key concepts, including the difference between finding the perimeter and the area of rectangles. The perimeter is the total distance around the rectangle. Because a rectangle has two pairs of parallel sides...