Year 2 maths worksheets: Giving directions

You will find plenty of sites which provide maths worksheets on number, but few have resources on other areas of maths, such as giving directions. One of the key National Strategy Learning Objectives in Year 2 is, 'Follow and give instructions involving position, direction and movement.' Whilst a great deal...

Year 2 Challenge: Terrific twenty

Here is another maths investigation for young children. Using only 3, 2, +, and - can you make all the numbers up to 20? Each number and each sign can be used as often as you like. The aim is to work in a systematic way, but of course, in...

Year 2 mental arithmetic: timed questions

An awful lot is expected of children by the end of year 2, including a good basic knowledge of addition and subtraction as well as multiplication and division using the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. With this mental arithmetic knowledge they should be able to answer questions quickly. Sometimes children...

Recognising right angles

You can find plenty of pages on the internet on addition, subtraction, multiplication etc but it is much harder to find good quality worksheets on shape and measures. Here we have sets which provide activities to help with recognising right angles. There are plenty of examples of right angles around...

Year 2 Handling data: Pictograms

Pictograms are an ancient way of presenting information, but are still popular today. Images associated with the subject are used to show information. At this stage there is a one to one correspondence eg one sun represents one sunny day, although they can get much harder (eg one sun represents...

Money: Buying train tickets worksheets

This set of worksheets looks at the cost of getting to the seaside! A chart of train fares is shown and questions are asked about the cost of various groups going on journeys. Children may well have not come across a chart like this before and may need help showing...