Written method of subtracting money

Several of our members have requested more written subtraction pages and here we have a new set which looks at subtracting money. The key to success here is to lay the question out in a vertical form, making sure that the decimal points line up under each other and that...

Year 3 maths worksheets: addition number sentences

Here is a slightly different way at looking at addition of small numbers, suitable for children in year 3. The answer is 17, what could the two whole numbers be to make this total? Encourage working in a logical, well organised way so that children know whether they have got...

Happy Christmas from URBrainy

I hope you are enjoying the lead up to Christmas this year. To help get into the spirit we are launching a special offer here at URBrainy. You can get 18 months for the price of 12! That's a whole 6 months extra free on our already discounted yearly rate....

Year 4 Pictograms

Year 4 is an important year for children to make progress with collecting, sorting and interpreting data and now is a good time to have a little break from Christmas activities and try a little Handling Data. By the end of Year 4 children should be able to construct pictograms...

Standard method of short multiplication

By the end of year 4 children should be well on the way to using the standard method of short multiplication. Earlier methods are aimed at developing understanding of what is happening, but can, on occasions, lead to confusion. It is important that children learn one standard method and keep...

Multiplying by 5 mentally.

There are all sorts of techniques which children can learn to help them with mental arithmetic. One of them is to able to multiply a 2-digit number by 5. This can be done in the traditional method similar to the written method but holding parts of the answer in your...