Reasoning in Year 5

Many of our resources in all categories involve mathematical reasoning, but we also have a special area, called Reasoning/Problem Solving for each year group which really concentrates on this important aspect of Mathematics. We would like to highlight just three sets of resources for Year 5 Reasoning on: Ordering decimals...

Reasoning in Year 4

No one would argue against knowing number facts and that being able to calculate efficiently is vitally important. But there is much more to maths than this. It is no use being able to calculate accurately if you do not know what calculation to carry out – most of the...

Reasoning in Year 3

We have more requests for word problems/real life problems than any other area of maths and in response we have published a great collection of pages, including a separate Reasoning category . In Year 3 we have subdivided the topics into: Money problems and challenges Number and calculating problems Real...

Reasoning in Year 2

Reasoning is a key part in the Year 2 curriculum. Whilst many of our resources encourage reasoning and problem solving, we also have a separate category, organized into 6 categories, as follows: Money and shopping ‘How many ways investigations’ Number challenges Further challenges and investigations Word problems Games In Year...

Reasoning in Year 1

We pride ourselves on having a collection of really excellent resources for children in Year 1. There is plenty to challenge children's mathematical thinking and encourage them to work in a logical and methodical way. To make it easier to find the type of resource you are looking for we...

Division in Year 6

At this level the focus should be on reinforcing existing knowledge and skills and building confidence in tackling word problems. Plenty of division can still be done mentally but written division is also very important. There are two main methods in Year 6 in relation to written division: the long...