Today’s mental arithmetic questions for year 4 have some pretty tricky addition, subtraction and money questions. Some children will misinterpret a question such as, ‘What must be added to 45 to make 100?’ as adding 45 to 100, rather than adding on from 45 to 100. Money questions can prove difficult when the units are [...]
This is a brief summary of some of the most important maths concepts to be taught in Year 3 by way of challenges and investigations. 1. Choosing appropriate number operations An important aspect of Using and Applying Maths is concerned with children choosing and using the most appropriate number operations to answer questions and solve [...]
We continue publishing our weekly mental arithmetic questions for years 4, 5 and 6 with sets 59 and 60. The Year 4 questions are all on subtraction. The first few are relatively easy, subtracting, 11, 21 or 41 from 2-digit numbers where no adjustment is needed. The later questions are harder, including subtracting 19 and [...]
Questions 9 is quite straightforward as long as children have had plenty of practice with number sequences. The numbers 650 and 900 should be circled.One mark for circling both the correct numbers. Other unambiguous answers can be accepted, such as ticking, underlining or incorrect numbers crossed out. Suggested method: The clue for this question is [...]
Here is a real mixture of addition and subtraction questions which can all be answered mentally without resorting to written methods. The questions include adding 2-digit multiples of 10 to 3-digit numbers and subtracting 2-digit multiples of 10 from 3-digit numbers. Interestingly, some of the addition statements can be answered by subtraction and some of [...]
A brief summary of some of the most important maths concepts to be taught in Year 3. 1. 3-D and 2-D shape Children should understand and begin to write, the following words: shape, pattern, flat, solid, hollow, side, edge, face, straight, curved, round, circular, triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, octagonal, right-angled, vertex, vertices, layer, diagram, surface, [...]
We have just begun a brand new section of the site called Wet Break/Holiday Activities which will contain short, fun activities with a mathematical slant. They are aimed at those odd quarters of an hour when there’s nothing else to do, such as a wet playtime or all other work has been finished early. We [...]
We are well into the summer term now and it’s time for the latest sets of mental arithmetic questions for years 4, 5 and 6. The year 4 questions should prove popular with children as they are a nice and easy set of addition of 2-digit questions. 64 + 29 might at first glance look [...]
The four sums have to be completed using only the numbers 1 to 8 once each. The answer is: 3 + 7 1 + 8 2 + 4 Award two marks for all three pairs of numbers correct as shown above. The numbers within the pairs may be given in either order. Award one mark [...]
By the end of year 3 children are expected to know that: 1 kilometre = 1 000 metres 1 metre = 100 centimetres 1 kilogram = 1 000 grams 1 litre = 1 000 millilitres They are also expected to recognise half units, such as half a kilometre and that this can be written as [...]