Year 6 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 5 and 6

This week our year 6 Mental Arithmetic questions concentrate on multiplying and dividing numbers. The first two questions are quite straightforward division eg share 72 by 9. There is a considerable body of opinion that as well as knowing tables (eg 8 x 9 = 72) children should also know...

5 Digit Addition Investigation

This is a great little investigation which has plenty of extension possibilities for those with enquiring minds. Dom the Dragon is thinking of a number and we are given two rules about the number: 1. The digits add up to 5. 2. None of the digits is a zero. The...

Year 6 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 3 and 4

We have now published the second in our series of sets of mental arithmetic questions, suitable for Year 6 (10/11 yrs old). This week we are looking in particular at doubling, products and multiplying fractions by ten. Being able to double numbers is a very powerful mental strategy and can...

Year 6 maths worksheets: order of operations

When there are several operations in a number sentence (or expression) then there are certain rules that have to apply to ensure that everyone achieves the same correct answer. For example: 2 + 3 x 4 = This could be done in the order shown i.e. 2 + 3 =...

Year 6 Mental Arithmetic: Sets 1 and 2

This is the start of a whole new series of pages for year 6 mental arithmetic. Over the coming weeks we will be publishing 2 sets of 10 mental arithmetic questions each week. The first two sets of questions are basic revision and ideal to use at the start of...

More reading and spelling worksheets

We have begun to extend the range of superb English worksheets to cover some of the sounds used in reading and spelling for the lower primary age range. These sounds are represented by more than one letter and include ‘ai’, ‘ee’, ‘oa’, ‘oo’ and many others, as well as ‘ea’...