How many ways can you make 10 by adding 3 numbers? Are there more ways of making 20? Two of these pages have a number line to help whilst two don’t. These mini investigations are all about logical thinking, trying things out, working in a systematic way, recording information and checking that results have not [...]

Here we have 4 worksheets on adding three numbers to make 20. On the first page, one of the numbers is always 10, making it very similar to adding two numbers to make 10. The third and fourth pages only have one number given so that there are a range of possible answers. Don’t forget [...]

An abacus is a counting frame and has been used extensively throughout Asia and Africa to help with calculating. It is an excellent resource for helping your child understand 2-digit numbers up to 99. These maths worksheets show clearly the two columns, the units and the tens. In other words the 2 yellow balls in [...]

The second set of worksheets on dividing with remainders looks at dividing by 5. There is a number line to help, although children should have a good knowledge of the 5 times table before trying these. Because these division questions require more than one process to complete, many children find them difficult. Work out the [...]

So far all our division pages have not had any remainders to deal with. But here we have a first introduction to division with remainders. An example shows that 10 cakes divided between 3 children will leave one left over and that this is called a remainder. The questions keep to the 3x table and [...]

Vicky, from Bolton has asked us if we have anything for her son who has been learning his 3 times table, so, just in the nick of time we have one of our sets of ‘star’ division, on dividing by 3. Just divide each of the numbers around the star by 3 and write the [...]

These four pages are a gentle introduction to using knowledge of the two times table to answer division questions. Just the job for those children who are beginning to understand division. There are 8 numbers round the octagon. Each number needs to be divided by 2 and the answer written in the outer octagon. Only [...]

This set of four maths worksheets is unusual and it is not easy to find anything similar elsewhere. It looks at finding numbers between two other numbers and covers several important concepts. The hardest part of the worksheets is finding numbers half way between two other whole numbers and it is worth thinking about the [...]

To continue with our series on division we have a set of pages of dividing multiples of 5 by 5, up to 50. Using the ‘star’ these four pages could be used as assessment tools to see just how well children have learnt their 5 times table and can use it to answer division questions. [...]

These boys are hopelessly out of order when counting up. Can your child sort them out so that they call out the numbers in order. We start off by just ordering three small numbers up to 5. This is just one of a fantastic range of fun  maths activities which will quickly help your child [...]