Maths The four operations in context add subtract multiply divide

This set of worksheets shows how each mathematical operation is used a cross a wide range of real life and mathematical circumstances.
For instance, addition is used to find perimeter, or totals of money, or to combine fractions. Multiplication is used for area and scale.

The PDF can be printed used as a book, seperate sheets or as a set of work cards that can be used in the classroom as fillers when children have finished a piece of work.

The cards apply the four operations to all the areas of mathematics covered in KS1 and lower KS2.

Children practice the four operations in the context of:
money, fractions, handling data, ratio, map reading/co-ordinates, shape, time, algebra and word problems.

I print off all the cards and put them in a box so children take a card if they have finished their work or we have a set time when the children work on the cards independently.

The cards can also be purchased as the book ‘Mentor Me Maths’ available on Amazon

I tend to ask them to work on one topic -so do all the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in the fraction set but they could be used for practising one particular operation or randomly.