This maths activity, ‘Give a Dog a Bone’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to count the number of dots on the dog bones. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of counting. It provides a dog bone game mat, dog bone cards and number cards.
This learning activity, ‘Give or Take’ is a game similar to Boggle. It is played by two or more students to make and solve simple addition and subtraction equations using two or three numbers. Students have to make as many equations as they can in three minutes. They check each others’ work and score points. …More
This learning activity, ‘Going Down’ has two games for students to play with classmates. In one game, they subtract numbers from 20 on a calculator. In the other game, they roll dice to subtract a number from 50. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further …More
In this learning activity, ‘Hip Hup Hop’, Gary the Grasshopper needs help to move from one number to another. Students work up and down through multiples of 10 to solve the addition and subtraction problems and record their thinking on an empty number line. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions …More
Under the sea, horse racing means sea horses! The learning activity, ‘Horse Racing’ includes a learning activity in which students race to move their sea horses to the finish line. The game involves using two dice and subtracting the numbers thrown to decide which sea horse to move. This method provides interesting results that students …More
This subtraction worksheet, ‘Subtraction Problems: How Many Left? 1’ allows for practice with subtractions problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This subtraction worksheet, ‘Subtraction Problems: How Many Left? 2’ allows for practice with subtractions problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This subtraction worksheet, ‘Subtraction Problems: How Many More? 1’ allows for practice with subtractions problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This subtraction worksheet, ‘Subtraction Problems: How Many More? 2’ allows for practice with subtractions problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This quick reference chart, ‘Hundred Board’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths activity, ‘Hundreds Chart Riddles’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as part of a game. It includes a hundreds chart and counters to be distributed to the class.
This maths activity, ‘I Wish I Had’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise addition and subtraction as part of a ten-frame game played in pairs. It includes ten frame templates to be distributed to each pair.
This maths activity, ‘I’m Thinking of a Number’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise addition and subtraction as part of a game. It includes a hundreds chart template to be distributed to the class.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Inverse Operations’ allows for practice recognising and utilising inverse operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Inverse Operations’ allows for practice explaining and using relationships between operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This addition and subtraction worksheet, ‘Inverse Operations’ asks students to practise using subtraction to check addition.
In this engaging learning activity, ‘Knocking over Subtraction’, students use subtraction to complete a skittle scorecard. They can also play the Nasty Game by using subtraction to find a winner. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This subtraction template, ‘Lolly Strips’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths activity, ‘Make 10′ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to create groups of 10 on a tens tray. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of making sets of ten. It provides a tens tray patterns template and a fives tray patterns template.
This addition and subtraction worksheet, ‘Make It Snappy’ asks students to practise adding and subtracting decimals.
In this learning activity, ‘Making Numbers’ students use various combinations or numbers and operations to make a target value. They have the opportunity to use brackets, an important skill for future learning in algebra. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
Using the map of planets on this learning activity, ‘Maps and Magic’ students calculate the distances aliens’ rockets travel between planets. In a second activity, they use addition to solve and create magic number triangles. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In the learning activity, ‘Memory Testing’ students learn about calculator memory functions and practise using them in different ways, including a game. The use of the calculator helps students to visualise the arithmetic involved in the calculations and so supports the use of mental strategies An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to …More
This understanding numbers learning activity, ‘Mental Maths Race’ asks students to practise with mental addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Methods of Computation’ offers guidance on various methods for solving mathematical problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning algebra worksheet, ‘Missing Numbers’ allows for practice using patterns to recognise rules of operations and superlatives in measurement. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘More and Fewer’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to compare which block tower has more or less numbers of cubes. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of the concepts more and fewer. It provides number spinners and a ‘more fewer’ chart.
This maths activity, ‘More or Less’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise counting and place value as part of an engaging game played as a class.
This subtraction worksheet, ‘Moving Right Along’ asks students to practise with basic subtraction.
This maths template, ‘Multiplication Wheels’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Negative Numbers’ allows for practice recognising and using negative numbers. Answer sheet provided with file download.
In this learning activity, ‘Nines and Eights’, Sami shares her easy method for subtracting 9. Students try Sami’s method and look for patterns in the problems they solve. They are then challenged to use the same method for subtracting 8. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning …More
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number and Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of numbers and operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘Number Circle’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise addition and subtraction as part of a game played in pairs.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line…’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line 0.5 Decimals’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line 1-20’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Line Factors of…’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Number Lines’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of numbers and operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of numbers and operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of numbers and numerical operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of number and numerical operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Number Operations’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of number and numerical operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Number Sentences’ allows for practice constructing and solving simple number sentences. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Number Sentences’ allows for practice solving number sentences with addition and subtraction. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This quick reference chart, ‘Numbers 0-9’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Numbers 1-20’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Numbers 1-50’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘Numbers and Signs’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths template, ‘Numeral Expanders’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This beginning maths worksheet, ‘One Digit Subtraction’ allows for practice with one-digit subtraction problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘One Higher, One Lower’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise addition and subtraction, as part of a game played in small groups with dominoes.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Operations’ offers explanation on the application of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Operations’ offers explanation on the application of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Operations’ offers explanation on the application of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in problem situations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘Parachuting’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to solve subtraction problems to move across a game mat. It is aimed at developing students’ knowledge of subtracting. It provides parachuting animals game mats.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Patterns’ offers an introduction to patterns in mathematics. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Assessment Item, ‘Test Practice: Patterns and Algebra’ can be used to assess students’ understanding of patterns and algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.