KS1 KS2 50 Mental Arithmetic worksheet starters addition subtraction multiplication division

These 50 worksheets can be printed as a book or printed on a daily basis to provide a 10 minute registration or maths meeting activity.

The 50 worksheets cover mental calculations using the four operations and numbers up to 10.They work to automate basic arithmetic so that children calculate much more quickly and easily.

Working on mathematics involves utilizing short term or ‘working’ memory to store numbers and part solutions as you work through the problem.

This means that making progress in maths is entirely dependent on how much working memory a child has at their disposal, and this can vary greatly from one person to the next.

By learning the answers to the simplest calculations which form the basis of all problem solving, we can free up working memory space so that problems can be tackled more easily.

These worksheets enable children to automate simple arithmetic so that more working memory is available for problem solving.