Boost basic maths skills with these new maths revision puzzles activities if number bonds to 20, adding and subtracting within 20 and basic doubles and near doubles are still tricky in Key Stage 1 and Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 2, 3 or 4). These 15 puzzles worksheets are engaging activities for independent work, homework, starter tasks and early finisher challenges to improve basic skills, fact families and inverse operations. They are no prep printables, designed as fun alternatives to standard worksheets to provide variety and extra practice of addition and subtraction facts beyond Year 1, including some special educational needs contexts (SEN). Students must have basic spelling ability to uncover the 4 or 5-letter hidden words that feature in these calculation puzzles (although clues can be given, of course!). Please check the preview to see if they will meet your needs. Answers included.
This 31-page PDF file includes these 15 puzzles (and full answer keys):
- Addition up to 20
- Subtraction up to 20
- Doubles (mainly to 20 but including easier larger numbers to 50)
- Near Doubles (mostly single digit numbers)
- Number Bonds to 10 (Addition and Subtraction Facts included in all following puzzles)
- Number Bonds to 11
- to 12
- to 13
- to 14
- to 15
- to 16
- to 17
- to 18
- to 19
- to 20
Students study completed calculations, hunting for errors. Normally they often forget or avoid checking their work so it’s great to get them carefully checking in these puzzles! Spotting common errors may help them remember to check their own work.
Each puzzle contains 21 completed calculations, with 4 or 5 deliberate errors. There is a letter printed in each box, below the calculation. Students circle all the boxes containing calculation mistakes. When they have finished, they put all the letters together from the circled boxes and rearrange the letters to spell the name of an animal.
If students have assembled the correct letters but find the rearranging very challenging, you can have them work in pairs or give clues, such as the first letter of the word or a fact about the animal. The animal printed on each puzzle is for illustration purposes and not related to the answer.
Answer Keys are located after each puzzle. Print for students to self-check if required. You might want to display them instead. A Teacher Notes page is included.
TIP: To save printing and to use again, laminate them and have students complete them with dry-wipe pens! Alternatively, put the sheets in a dry-erase sleeve.
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