What's New: Adding without crossing the tens boundary

Here we have a set of worksheets which looks at addition of two 2-digit numbers, but they have been organised so that the tens boundary is not crossed. In other words, the total of the units is always less than ten. This is a good exercise as it highlights the...

What's new: Add 9 to 2-digit numbers

This is a favourite with me as it is such an easy little trick to remember, which also makes addition easier. When I was thinking about how I do calculations in my head I realised that if I had to add nine I usually took two steps. Firstly, I added...

What's New: Multiplication and shopping

Karen, from North London has asked us if we have any further ideas to help with multiplication. Setting up a little shop and buying and selling things has always been a great part of early maths, but usually this activity is limited to adding up and giving change. It can...

Superbrains! Subtracting whole tens

Here we have a set of worksheets which looks at subtraction of whole tens. Once children have become confident with counting forwards and backwards in ones and twos the next step is to be able to count in tens. Be careful, however, as some children can rote learn this with...

What's new: Estimating on a number line

This week we are publishing a quite tricky set of maths worksheets in the Superbrain  section, all about estimating on a number line. The number line is from 0 to 10,  but there are no numbers shown between these, and children have to estimate where numbers would lie. It is...

What's New: Complete addition number sentences

We have had several requests for more pages on addition for children who have gained confidence with adding single digits and want to move on, so for the next week or so we are going to include as much as we can on this area. This set of four worksheets...