The best way to introduce division to children is by sharing. Here we have four worksheets which give practice at sharing between two, three or four. Use these pages as reinforcement for all the practical work which can be done in this area of maths. There are many day to day activities which can involve [...]

This was the very first in our division worksheets, found in the Year 2 section. These four pages look at division as sharing equally. It’s a great idea to do lots of this practically, sharing out sweets, cards, buttons etc and is best done on a ‘one for you, one for me’ basis to begin [...]

You need to be well prepared to carry out this idea, collecting a set of plant pots, compost and seeds before starting. The idea is to plant a different number of seeds in each pot and then see how many come up.Plant one seed in the first pot, two in the second, three in the [...]

We have had several requests for some material on doubling and halving, so, here they are! Four great sets of worksheets, each of four pages, on doubling small numbers (up to 10) suitable for Year 1 and another four on halving. They begin by looking at doubling and halving numbers of shapes (not to be [...]

Here we have a great little board game of strategy and knowledge of addition to play with your child. You will need 2 sets of 5 different coloured counters or cubes plus a calculator and the games sheet. Decide who is to go first. Player 1 chooses two numbers from the list along the top [...]

This is the first set of worksheets we have published which uses multiples of 100.  The questions on the first two pages are straightforward addition of a single digit to a multiple of 100. Just watch for a typical mistake that many children make when first trying this kind of sum when they just tag [...]

Once children are really happy with adding two 1-digit numbers then they can move on to adding three small numbers mentally. There are various strategies that they can use to help them. Probably the best strategy of all is to start with the largest number, and this should be the case for the majority of [...]