These are three whole class/group activities for secondary or more confident upper primary pupils to develop and reinforce understanding of, and mental dexterity with, place value and larger numbers. They each provide 52 questions to ask around the class or group.

These are three whole class/group activities for secondary or more confident upper primary pupils to develop and reinforce understanding of, and mental dexterity with, place value and larger numbers. They each provide fifty two questions to ask around the class or group.

The principle objective of this activity is to teach systematic thinking, in this case to test numbers chronologically with their factor partners up to the square root to ensure that there are no factors missing, and they are identified as quickly as possible. It also provides opportunities to consolidate knowledge and understanding of times tables, square and prime numbers, mental strategies for calculating division, and the efficiency of using divisibility rules. The sheets can be completed by hand or electronically on a PC or tablet. The sheets can be used as homework, or as a time-filler to occupy more able children. It is also an exciting and popular task when used as a daily warm up in the form of a race. The race ends when a child finds the full solution, with merits for the winner and runners up. With a robust group the pupil sheets can be abandoned and the task completed on individual white boards, so the children are not prompted with the correct format and number of factors. When the number of factors is high you will find children calling time when they are a pair or two short, and having to go back to the drawing board; this all adds to the excitement. The pack contains a set of twenty sheets at the mid level. There is a further set of twenty sheets progressing to a higher level of difficulty and a related scheme of work that can be purchased separately.

The principle objective of this activity is to teach systematic thinking, in this case to test numbers chronologically with their factor partners up to the square root to ensure that there are no factors missing, and they are identified as quickly as possible. It also provides opportunities to consolidate knowledge and understanding of times tables, square and prime numbers, mental strategies for calculating division, and the efficiency of using divisibility rules. The sheets can be completed by hand or electronically on a PC or tablet. The sheets can be used as homework, or as a time-filler to occupy more able children. It is also an exciting and popular task when used as a daily warm up in the form of a race. The race ends when a child finds the full solution, with merits for the winner and runners up. With a robust group the pupil sheets can be abandoned and the task completed on individual white boards, so the children are not prompted with the correct format and number of factors. The pack contains a set of twenty sheets at the starting level. There are two further sets of twenty sheets each progressing to higher levels of difficulty a related scheme of work that can be purchased separately.

The principle objective of this activity is to teach systematic thinking, in this case to test numbers chronologically with their factor partners up to the square root to ensure that there are no factors missing, and they are identified as quickly as possible. It also provides opportunities to consolidate knowledge and understanding of times tables, square and prime numbers, mental strategies for calculating division, and the efficiency of using divisibility rules. The sheets can be completed by hand or electronically on a PC or tablet. The sheets can be used as homework, or as a time-filler to occupy more able children. It is also an exciting and popular task when used as a daily warm up in the form of a race. The race ends when a child finds the full solution, with merits for the winner and runners up. With a robust group the pupil sheets can be abandoned and the task completed on individual white boards, so the children are not prompted with the correct format and number of factors. When the number of factors is high you will find children calling time when they are a pair or two short, and having to go back to the drawing board; this all adds to the excitement. The pack contains a set of twenty sheets at the higher level. Two packs at a less challenging level of difficulty are available either separately. There is also a related scheme of work that can be purchased separately.

These are four whole class/group activities for upper primary pupils to develop and reinforce understanding of, and mental dexterity with, place value and larger numbers. They each provide 30 questions to ask around the class or group.

Resource pack for All the Times Tables in Eleven Weeks and Nail the Times Tables in Ten Weeks, comprising a daily PowerPoint presentation and worksheet and a weekly assessment sheet. The worksheets and assessment can be completed either by hand or electronically on a PC/tablet.

An investigative approach to equivalent fractions for years 3/4/5 to promote a deeper understanding of fractions and how number can be manipulated to solve problems in different contexts. The scheme of work is complete with resources included. However a further follow-on resource pack will be available for purchase at a later date.

Practice in calculating fractions of numbers. The tasks can be completed by hand or on a tablet/computer. The diagrams can be tailored to meet the criteria for real-life problems.

This is homework sheet that can be completed either by hand of electronically on a PC or tablet. It can easily be tailored.

This is homework sheet that can be completed either by hand of electronically on a PC or tablet. It can easily be tailored.

Two worksheets converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions, the first to one decimal place, the other up to two decimal places. These can be completed by hand of on a PC/tablet, and can be easily tailored.

A set of challenging tasks for more able upper primary pupils and KS3. These tasks assess the children’s ability to read analogue time, and to convert analogue to digital time. They are then scaffolded in the use of a method by which they can calculate time spans using digital time readings. Eight tasks are arranged in increasing order of difficulty using 12 and 24 hour time. The tasks are designed to provide a grounding from which pupils can go on to explore the effectiveness of various mental strategies to quickly and accurately calculate more complex time spans. The worksheets can be filled in by hand or electronically on a PC/tablet. The clock hands can be re-directed by clicking on them twice and pulling the arrow-tip around to tailor your own tasks.

The principle objective of this activity is to teach systematic thinking, in this case to test numbers chronologically with their factor partners up to the square root to ensure that all the factors are found as quickly as possible. It also provides opportunities to consolidate knowledge and understanding of times tables, square and prime numbers, mental strategies for calculating division, and the efficiency of using divisibility rules. The sheets can be completed by hand or electronically on a PC or tablet. It is an exciting and popular task, especially when used as a daily warm up in the form of a race. The race ends when a child finds the full solution, with merits for the winner and runners up. With a robust group the pupil sheets can be abandoned and the task completed on individual white boards, so the children are not prompted with the correct format and number of factors. When the number of factors is high you will find children calling time when they are a pair or two short, and having to go back to the drawing board; this all adds to the excitement. The pack contains a set of three sheets, one in each of three levels of difficulty. Coming soon: A pack containing a set of sixty sheets, twenty in each of three levels of difficulty, along with a set of blank grids to make further sheets.

This is a scheme of work to introduce the concept of factors through the investigation of the shape of numbers, and to encourage the use of a systematic approach to problem solving. Five activity sheets are included. There is also a related follow-up collection of sixty short factor-finding investigations in three packs of twenty, each at different levels of difficulty. These can be purchased separately.

This is a problem solving activity in which children investigate how to work out a list of numbers in response to the criteria of a given mean, median and range. The numbers are limited to a single digit in order that the children focus on method, rather than getting bogged down with the arithmetic. The sheet can be completed either by hand of electronically on a PC/tables, and is easily editable.

Given the commutative property of multiplication and the elimination of elements that are accessible without recourse to rote memory, there are just 49 facts to memorise in a structured programme over the course of 10 weeks. Along with the schedule, the first week’s resources are included, comprising a daily PowerPoint presentation and worksheet and a weekly assessment sheet. The worksheets and assessment can be completed either by hand or electronically on a PC/tablet.

Practice in reading analogue time and calculating digital time spans. The tasks can be completed by hand or on a tablet/computer. The diagrams can be tailored to meet the criteria of real-life problems