Mental arithmetic questions for years 4, 5 and 6

We have just published the latest sets of mental arithmetic questions for Years 4, 5 and 6. The Year 4 questions are a mixed bag, including relating fractions to decimals, doubling numbers with halves in and some addition problems. Children may not have come across doubling a number such as...

Year 3 Counting and Number concepts

Here we have a brief summary of some of the most important maths concepts to be taught in Year 3. More detail is available via the link below and on the urbrainy.com website. 1. Counting Making progress with counting will still be important in year 3, using up to three...

Mental arithmetic worksheets for Years 4, 5 and 6

As we get well into the summer term here are the next sets of mental arithmetic questions for Years 4, 5 and 6. The Year 4 questions concentrate on fractions and decimals, together with a little bit of counting, addition and subtraction. To answer the fraction questions correctly children will...

Division using the 'short' method

This week we are publishing a set of pages which look specifically at dividing 3-digit numbers by single digits, concentrating on the 5, 6, 7 and 8 times tables to do this.  This is to practise the 'short' division method. When I was young I was taught the short method...

Year 3 division concepts

The year 3 work on division builds on the foundations built in year 2. Again, division can be seen in two ways: 1. Sharing equally e.g. 8 bars of chocolate are shared between 2 people. How many does each person get? 2. Grouping, or repeated subtraction In the same way...

More mental arithmetic questions

Here we have the latest batch of mental arithmetic questions for Years 4, 5 and 6. There are two sets of questions for each age group, with ten questions in each set. The Year 4 questions include finding missing numbers in sequences and working out money problems. There is also...