Just started: Our weekly series of mental arithmetic questions for year 6 children. Sets of ten questions. Keep an eye out for weekly updates.
Beginning our year 6 mental arithmetic with questions on reading and writing large numbers, place value and multiplying and dividing by 10.
Lots of doubles, products and multiplying by ten today.
It's multiplication and division this week. How do you multiply by 99 in your head? Easy if you think about it!
It's all about fractions this week, including finding tenths of amounts of money.
More on working out fractions and writing decimals as fractions.
Probability, multiplying decimals and negative numbers are all part of these sets of questions.
Lots of problems this week, all to do with measuring.
This week the questions are all about time, including days of the month, years and centuries.
Area, perimeter, estimating and angle all come into today's questions.
Two sets of questions to keep those addition and subtraction skills up to scrath.
Multiples, square numbers and prime numbers all feature in these sets of mental arithmetic.
Fractions, addition and subtraction are all on the menu today.
Place value, rounding and some pretty chilly negative numbers start the spring term off!
Doubling and halving, multiplication and division all feature in today's great challenge.
Some tough addition and subtraction, including working with 3-digit numbers mentally.
Lots of fractions questions this week.
Subtracting from thousands, taking away decimals as well as some pretty tricky addition all come into this week's questions.
Money, money, money problems this week.
Mental Arithmetic Sets 37 and 38
Mental Arithmetic Sets 39 and 40
A range of mental arithmetic skills are needed to answer these addition and subtraction questions.
Mental Arithmetic Sets 43 and 44
Mental Arithmetic Sets 45 and 46
Mental Arithmetic Sets 47 and 48
Mental Arithmetic Sets 49 and 50
Doubling, halving and some tricky multiplications this week.
Use your expert knowledge of tables to work out these tricky multiplications and divisions.
Nearly all fraction questions this week, with a couple of decimals as well.
Fractions, percentages and rounding today.
Plenty of work with decimal fractions as well as a couple of multiplying 2-digit numbers by 4 questions.
Properties of shapes and measurement take the stage today.
Time and measurement involving some quite small numbers.
Area, negative numbers and prime numbers make up most of this week's questions.
Addition and subtraction today, but they are quite tricky.
It's all decimals, plus a couple of product questions today!
Dividing and doubling today, together with some fractions to finish the year off!