Using and Applying Maths
Problem Solving
The activities for 7 to 10 year old provide a range of one and two step problems
involving all four operations. The resources combine words, images and diagrams
to pose and resolve the problems. Many of the problems involve time and units of
measurement.
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Puzzles
The puzzle activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds provide a range of puzzles
involving number, shape, memory sorting and pattern.
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Money Problems
A range of one and two step money problems involving the use of all four
operations and pounds and pence notation. For children between 7 and 10 years.
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Understanding Numbers
Partitioning & Place Value
The place value activities start with partitioning and the use of partitioned
numbers in calculation and develop to include the effect on place value of
multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.
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Rounding & Estimating
These activities cover rounding to the nearest ten and hundred, estimating the
sum of two numbers, using number facts to check calulations, and rounding and
estimating decimals.
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Number Sequences
The activities listed here cover counting on and back in fixed steps, patterns in
operations using multiples of 10, 100 and 1000 negative numbers and times tables
as repeated addition.
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Comparing Numbers
These activities deal with comparing and ordering numbers covering place value,
less than and greater than symbols, ordering decimals and negative numbers. The
resources are aimed at children aged 7 to 10.
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Decimals
The decimal activities include place value, introduction to the decimal point,
decimals and equivalent fractions, mental and written calculations with
decimals and the effect on decimal numbers when multiplying or dividing by 10,
100 or 1000.
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Fractions
The resources listed here offer various strategies for understanding fractions
from simple fractions of quantities, through reading and writing fractions,
equivalent fractions, fraction and decimal equivalents, the relationship between
fractions and division, ordering fractions and simplifying fractions.
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Number Facts
Times Tables
These activities provide a variety of quizzes, puzzles, strategies and tips for
learning times tables. Specific activities cover multiples, multiplication and
division inverses, factors, repeated addition and a 10 x 10 multiplication grid.
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Factors & Multiples
The resources listed here support the study of factors and multiples, exploring
rules and sequences as well as division and multiplication in determing the
relationship between a multiple and its factors.
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Addition & Subtraction Facts
These activities for 7 to 9 year olds focus on addition and subtraction facts,
starting with facts to twenty and building to include addition - subtraction
inverses and multiples of 10 and 100.
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Doubling & Halving
These activities support the develoment of halving and doubling strategies using
number facts, inverses and estimating.
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Checking Calculations
These activities for 7 to 10 year olds cover claculation checking strategies
using knowledge of number facts, inverses, halving and doubling and rounding and
estimating.
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Calculating
Addition
The addition activities are intended for children between 7 and 10 and support
formal and informal methods for learning addition including number lines, column
addition, counting on, number facts, partitioning and a variety of activities to
support mental addition.
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Subtraction
The subtraction activities are intended for children between 7 and 10 and support
formal and informal methods for learning subtraction including number lines,
column subtraction, counting back, number facts, exchanging and activities
to support mental subtraction.
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Multiplication
The multiplication resources cover various aspects multiplication from times
tables to repeated addition, number patterns and informal written methods
involving partitioning. Multiplication as the inverse of addition also features
along with mulriplication by 10, 100 and 1000.
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Division
These activities for 7 to 10 year olds support a range of division strategies
from divsion as sharing through, division as a fraction, multiplication and
divsion inverses, divsion by grouping, repeated subtraction, and the effect on
numbers when dividing by 10, 100 or 1000.
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Calculators
The calculator resources are aimed at children from 8 to 10 and cover calculator
input, and the use of calculators for checking calculations and problem solving.
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Fractions of Quantities
The resources listed here are a subset of the general fractions list and
specifically target understanding of fractions of quantities and numbers,
particularly relating fractions to division and grouping.
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Understanding Shape
2D Shapes
The resources covering 2 D shapes are aimed at 7 to 10 year olds and deal with
initial shape recognition and properties and develop to encompass symmetry,
angles, regular and irregular shapes and perimeter.
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3D Shapes
The resources covering 3 D shapes are aimed at 7 to 10 year olds and deal with
initial shape recognition and properties, classification by features and nets.
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Symmetry
The symmetry activities introduce reflective symmetry in 2D shapes and patterns.
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Coordinates
The coordinate activities include movement around a grid, grid references and
plotting and reading coordinates in the first quadrant. The resources are aimed
at 7, 8, 9 and 10 year old children.
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Addition & Subtraction Facts
The angles and direction activities cover following and giving directions,
compass points, grid references, turns, right angles, ordering and estimating
angles in degrees.
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Measuring
Perimeter & Area
The perimeter and area activities cover the finding of perimeters of squares,
rectangles and more complex shapes both by counting squares and calculation.
There is also an activity to find the area of a shape by counting squares and an
introduction to the calculation of area through a study of factors.
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Time
This range of activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year old children covers reading and
saying the time in various formats, ordering times, analogue and digital clocks,
calculating time intervals, reading time tables, and the12 and 24 hour clocks.
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Length
These activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds cover various aspects of length and
distance including, measuring, estimating, reading a scale, choosing the most appropriate unit
and the relationship between mm, cm, metres and kilometres.
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Weight
These activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds cover various aspects of weight
including, measuring, estimating, reading a scale, choosing the most appropriate
unit and the relationship between grams and kilograms.
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Capacity
These activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds cover various aspects of capacity
from measuring, estimating, reading a scale, choosing the most appropriate unit
and the relationship between litres and millilitres.
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Temperature
These activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds include an introduction to
measuring temperature in degrees celsius, using a thermometer, reading a scales
with negative numbers.
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Handling Data
Tally Chart & Frequency Tables
A variety of data handling activites are listed for children aged 7 to 10,
the focus is on data collection with tally charts, frequency tables and
pictograms some of which are extended to include representation and
interpretation using bar charts and line graphs.
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Bar Charts & Line Graphs
A variety of data handling activites are listed, covering data collection,
presentation and interpretation. The resources are aimed children between 7 and
10 and include tally charts, frequency tables, pictograms with a focus on bar
charts and line graphs.
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Sorting and Averages
These activities are intended for children between 7 and 10 and cover Venn
diagrams, Carroll Diagrams and finding the mode in a set of data.
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