Partitioning 2-digit numbers

The Primary Framework for Mathematics makes quite a thing of partitioning numbers. Partitioning means splitting into smaller parts. It is important, for example, to realise that 40 is made up of 10 + 10 + 10 + 10. The ability to partition numbers helps enormously with mental arithmetic and these...

Year 2 addition:make the next whole ten

Sometimes it's really good to give children a straightforward task that can be easily achieved if they approach it in the right way. These addition by counting on pages do just that. They ask what is needed to make the next whole ten eg 36 + ? = 40. These...

Year 2 maths worksheets: reading 3-digit numbers

An abacus is an excellent way to help children realise the importance of place value. This week we have published two sets of year 2 maths worksheets on the abacus. The first asks children to read the numbers from the abacus and the second asks for an abacus to be...

Year 2 Maths Challenge: Four darts

Here is a nice little maths challenge for Year 2 (aged 6/7) which also gives practice with adding fives and tens. You can only score 5 or 10 on the dartboard, but how many different totals can you get by throwing 4 darts? To begin with the rule states that...

Year 2 maths resources: Week 6

Some excellent stuff coming over the next two weeks as we concentrate on Measurement and Handling Data.  In week 6 we have some great ideas for sorting using dominoes. There are a huge range of ways of using dominoes to count, sort, match etc and are well worth having as...

Year 2 maths resources: Subtract multiples of ten

Here we have some great pages for practising subtracting multiples of 10. Children who have learnt their addition of single digit facts should find these straightforward. It is interesting to ask ourselves how we actually go about answering questions such as these in our heads. Some we just seem to...