Place Value in Year 3

The key target in Year 3 is for children to recognise the place value of each digit in 3-digit numbers. They should know that 10 tens are equivalent to 1 hundred and that 100 is ten times the size of 10 and be able to work out how many 10s...

Place Value in Years 1 and 2

Understanding place value is crucial for children to make progress from Year 1 onwards. When we talk of place value we mean the value of each digit in a number. For example, the 4 in 64 has a value of 4 but the 4 in 46 has a value of...

Year 6: Adding and subtracting with square and cube numbers

Just published: a new set of pages on adding and subtracting with square numbers and cube numbers. These are typical of a question found in this year’s SAT Papers. An easy mark if you know what to do! Download Now

Year 5: Multiples of 2, 4, 5 and 10

To begin with children may well understand that a multiple of a number is any number in its times table. For example, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 are all multiples of 2. From this knowledge they should be able to generate some rules about how to identify multiples, which in...

Year 4: Subtract 4-digit numbers with place value charts

In Year 3 children learn to subtract 2-digit and 3-digit numbers, including exchanges. This is extended in Year 4 to subtracting 4-digit numbers. At first it is well worth looking at 4-digit numbers that do not need any exchanges to complete, which is just what our latest set of pages...

Year 3: Making 100

Our new Year 3 resources concentrate on finding complements to 100. This means, working out the number that needs to be added to another number to make a total of 100. A common error when doing this is to add the ones digits to make 10 and then add the...