New: Year 6 SAT Booster

The 2024 maths SAT papers were very similar to previous years but they did include some surprises. One of these was a tricky question involving money. Four items were shown but only three of them had a price. Change received from purchasing all four items was also given and the...

New: Year 5: Subtraction problems

We have more requests for pages involving word problems than any other topic. Whilst we have a large selection of these they can be harder to find than other topics. Often they are in the Reasoning/Problem Solving category, but many can also be found in the Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division categories. Our latest...

New: Year 4: Rounding

Rounding numbers can cause some confusion for children, especially when they are asked to round the same number to different degrees of accuracy. For example, the number 2,985 rounded to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 is 2,990, 3,000 and 3,000. Children can find it hard to understand that two...

New: Year 3: Addition

Three new sets of worksheets have just been published on the subject of adding and subtracting ones to and from 3-digit numbers. In Year 2 children will have added and subtracted ones from 2-digit numbers so this is a small step in their ability to calculate mentally. These pages will...

New: Year 2: Counting in threes

Counting in ones, twos, fives and tens have long been part of Year 2 work but children are now expected to be able to count on and back in threes as well. Concrete resources are a great way to start this, leading to using number tracks and number lines. The...

New: Year 1: ‘More than’

Counting on with numbers up to ten is a key part of maths work in Year 1. Look out for children who are not confident with counting on; they may well go back to starting with zero, or one, rather than the number given. As confidence grows children can be...