Year 5 Finding The Difference – Maths Game

Finding the difference between two numbers either side of a whole thousand is the subject of one of our maths games for Year 5 and similar practice can also be found in the Year 5 Subtraction worksheets.Remember all that counting on children have done in earlier years; it comes into...

Hanukkah

Hanukkah, which means ‘dedication’ in Hebrew, is a Jewish festival that is also known as Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, the Feast of Dedication and the Feast of the Maccabees. It begins on the 25th of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar which is usually in November or...

Year 5

 It can be a real challenge for children to work with large numbers, ‘in their heads’. In Year 5 calculating with numbers in the thousands and even in ten thousands requires having confidence working with smaller numbers and plenty of practice. Decimals and negative numbers are also an important part...

Year 6

 Subtracting with 4-digit numbers, ‘in your head’, sounds like a pretty tough task, but questions such as 6,004 – 5,999 can be done more quickly mentally than using written methods. You will find questions like this on a regular basis in our Daily Challenge as well as other skills such...

Year 3

In Year 3 children will be expected to work with 3-digit numbers and it is important that they become confident with counting on and back as well as understanding the value of digits in the hundreds, tens and ones. Our Daily Challenge concentrates on these skills and we have new...

Year 4

We have just published more practice to help with the Daily Challenge for Year 4, including counting in multiples of 6 or 7 and rounding 3-digit numbers. Take a look at:* counting on and back in multiples of 6* counting on and back in multiples of 7* rounding 3-digit numbers...