What's New: Pairs that make 100

Children should be very familiar with counting up and down in fives before attempting these worksheets. All the numbers on the pages are multiples of 5. Join them in pairs so that each pair adds up to 100. Watch out for a common error with this type of work whereby...

Resource of the Week: Maths Worksheets on Change from 10p

10p will buy you a sweet. But how much change will you get? I am sure that your child enjoys playing 'shop' at home and these four worksheets provide extra re-inforcement for them at giving change from 10p. These days you tend to get your change plonked into your hand...

What's New: Add a 2-digit number to a multiple of 10

The next in our rapidly developing series of addition worksheets for children who are getting more confident with mental arithmetic and can handle 2-digit numbers. These pages look at adding a 2-digit number to a multiple of 10, again all answers keep to below 100. This is also good reinforcement...

What's New: Adding without crossing the tens boundary

Here we have a set of worksheets which looks at addition of two 2-digit numbers, but they have been organised so that the tens boundary is not crossed. In other words, the total of the units is always less than ten. This is a good exercise as it highlights the...

What's new: Add 9 to 2-digit numbers

This is a favourite with me as it is such an easy little trick to remember, which also makes addition easier. When I was thinking about how I do calculations in my head I realised that if I had to add nine I usually took two steps. Firstly, I added...

What's New: Multiplication and shopping

Karen, from North London has asked us if we have any further ideas to help with multiplication. Setting up a little shop and buying and selling things has always been a great part of early maths, but usually this activity is limited to adding up and giving change. It can...