Maths worksheets for Year 4: problem solving

Here are  a set of tricky questions which will test the skills of year 4 children. The fish are all called by numbers, and the challenge is to work out the number names by solving the clues. There are four types of question: 1. 'If I add 20 to my...

Mental arithmetic questions

Published today are our latest sets of mental arithmetic questions for Years 4, 5 and 6. The Year 4 questions concentrate on time, angle, addition and subtraction. The first two questions are working out days of the week, which is usually done by 'counting on'. The second question is harder...

Quick mental division for year 4

Another couple of snappy pages to give children practice with mental division. The first six questions are all answered by saying whether the number statements are true or false. Whilst addition and multiplication can be done in any order, this is not true of division. Many teachers argue that children...

Mental Arithmetic for Year 4, 5 and 6

Measurement and time provide the focus for the Year 4 mental arithmetic this week. Questions such as, 'What time is 45 minutes after 8.30?' can be answered in several different ways, all of which are correct. They include 9:15, a quarter past 9 and 15 minutes past 9. The measurement...

More division without remainders

Once children have begun to learn the times tables 'off by heart' they need plenty of opportunty to put them into practice, and what better way than answering some quickfire division questions. The time taken to complete these pages accurately will give a big clue as to how well times...

Maths SAT Paper A 2011 Question 3

Pictograms are a favourite topic with the test paper writers and this is a typical example which children should not have too much of a problem with if they have had plenty of practice with interpreting graphs and pictograms. The first part of the question is about a pictogram where...