What's New: Divide by 10

Another area of maths that we have had several requests for is early division. Over the next few days we will be updating this, starting with four pages on dividing by 10. Dividing by 10 is probably the easiest of all mental division. All these questions only have division of...

What's New: Subtracting 2-digits by counting up

Sometimes the easiest way to carry out a subtraction sum is to count up from the lower number. This is especially true if the two numbers are close to each other, but cross the tens boundary. A subtraction such as 41 - 37 could be done in this way. Count...

What's New: Subtracting multiples of 10 from 100

These four worksheets are aimed at giving children practice at subtracting multiples of ten from 100. The aim of this is that they learn the answers off by heart, so they no longer have to count on or back. As there only a short number of possibilities it is important...

What's New: Completing subtraction number sentences

Here we have a set of pages where the subtraction number sentence need to be completed. There are several different strategies which can be used to do this, depending on which number is missing. For example: in the number sentence 16 - ? = 7 the best way to do...

What's new: Find the missing numbers

Children need plenty of practice at counting on and back, not just in ones, but in twos, threes, fives and tens. It is also important to start at different numbers. These four maths worksheets concentrate on counting up and down using number tracks or number lines with missing numbers. The...

What's New: Subtracting 9 from a 2-digit number

One of the easiest ways of subtracting nine from a number is to subtract ten and then add one. This is a simple mental arithmetic 'trick' which many children do not pick up on and is much quicker than counting back nine using fingers etc. Probably the only time this...