Summer Term 1

Adding hundreds to a three-digit number with squared paper to help if necessary.

Subtracting 3-digit numbers.

Multiply together three numbers.

Written division of 3-digit numbers by 1-digit.

Multiply and divide by 10 100 1000.

Add a multiple of 1,000 to make 100,000.

Counting up and down in steps of powers of ten. This has been part of the KS2 Arithmetic Paper.

Rounding to the nearest 100, 1 000 and 10 000. A popular SAT question.

Word problems involving decimals.

Solving 2-step money problems, typical of those found on the KS2 SAT papers.

Measuring the perimeter of shapes made from triangles and hexagons.

Adding with negative numbers.

Multi step word problems.

Multiplying proper fractions by 3-digit numbers.

Solving problems using ratio and scale.

Typical SAT questions on reflecting shapes in a mirror line.

Converting miles to kilometres using the knowledge that 8 kilometres equals aproximately 5 miles.

Subtract decimals (2dp). How many can you answer in a minute?

More drawing 2D shapes to scale.

Calculate angles on a straight line.

A look at angles around a point: protractors needed.

Find the missing angles in a variety of triangles.

Finding missing interior angles in four sided shapes.

Calculating the missing angle.

It is very important that when faced with a series of calculations in a line that they are calculated in the correct order. Believe it or not this may not be the order that they come!

Remember, in a number sentence where there are several operations we need to stick to some rules.

Rule: multiply or divide before adding or subtracting.

Rule: calculate both sets of brackets first.

Rule: solve the brackets first.

Order of operations: no brackets.

Work out mentally the answers to these sets of addition sums. For some, write down the method used to do it.

These are about as hard as you will get for mental arithmetic. Many children (and adults) will find them very tricky!

Mental addition skills with numbers up to 3 decimal places.

Completing addition sentences using mental methods.

Tricky sums, these. Think about the digits in the tenths and hundredths columns when working out these addition of decimals questions.

Calculate how many is needed to total 1.