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...

Division in Year 5

Mental arithmetic is still very important in Year 5 with children consolidating dividing by 10 and 100 before going on to divide large numbers by 1,000. In Year 5 it all comes together, as children use the formal written method of short division to divide numbers up to 4-digits by...

Division in Year 4

More multiplication tables are introduced in Year 4, including the 7x and 9x tables. Knowing all multiplication tables will be invaluable when working with division in Year 4. The key being to understand the link between multiplication and division. In Year 4 children are expected to divide using much larger...