Search Results For “year 6 mental length”

Can you say which of these are true and which are false? A quick test of the relationship between addition and subtraction and what effect zero has.

Problems in words. Not too tricky, but ask how they were done as this reveals a great deal about children's thinking.

More mental arithmetic, doubling and halving multiples of 5. Should be a whizz if you are good at doubling!

Revision pages on adding to make multiples of 10 and subtraction of multiples of 10.

Quick timed challenge adding three or more small numbers as quickly as possible.

Without doing any working out on paper answer these adding several numbers questions.

Work out the addition questions in your head and just write down the answers.

Applying knowledge to add and subtract decimals mentally.

Adding tenths and hundredths. These are just like adding tens and units, but watch out for the decimal point!

Add twenty and take one is much quicker than trying to add nineteen. But not always!

Helping to decide whether it is best to work out the answer in your head or on paper.

All the questions on these pagers can be done mentally: the important part is explaining the method that was used.