Year 6: Algebra

This week we have published a set of pages linked to a question found on the 2024 Maths SAT Papers. This is an interesting question as not only does it require knowledge of the order of operations but also an understanding of the way the box has been set out....

Year 4: Comparing area

One of the best ways to help children understand area is to use shapes made up of the same sized squares. In our latest pages we have many small, rectilinear shapes made up of squares and children are asked to compare them using <, > and =. These are not...

Year 3: Understanding inverse operations

Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction is a vital part of maths in Year 3. Our latest sets of worksheets look at this in detail, with the help of part-whole models and bar models. An important part of this to point out to children is that there are two...

Year 2: Missing number problems

Some tricky number problems are the subject of our new Year 2 worksheets. These will test children’s comprehension, as well as their addition and subtraction skills. To reach a correct answer each question involves a subtraction followed by an addition. Finding what to do is probably the hardest part of...

Year 1: Subtraction

Our new resources for Year 1 concentrate on early subtraction; in particular taking away with the help of diagrams and pictures. The questions are in the form of short stories and do not use the subtraction symbol. Later children will be able to write these as number sentences. These pages...

Place Value in Year 6

By Year 6 the targets are challenging, with children needing to be able to read and write numbers from 1 hundredth to 10 million in both words and digits. That’s 0.01 to 10,000,000. Thousandths may also be introduced (0.001). They should be able to recognise the value of digits within...