Head Start Addition and Subtraction Bundle

This HEAD START bundle is designed to practice key mathematical skills and challenge current levels of understanding to support with the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.

All questions are designed to follow the National Curriculum for England.

Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study

Each resource / activity is designed to help students recognise their strengths, and areas for development within Number, specifically:

• Adding numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.
• Subtracting numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.
• Adding whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (column addition).
• Subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (column subtraction).
• Solving addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

A description and suggestions on how to use each resource / activity along with a few hints and tips and differentiation strategies, are provided on the final page of each document for some inspiration, however, these are designed to be flexible and so feel free to adapt for your own requirements.

Answers to all resources / activities are provided.