Developing Basic Number skills

Lessons, activities and worksheets for developing your KS3 and KS4 maths students' Basic Number skills

Tes Resources Team

Basic Number skills for KS3 and KS4 selection of numbers for maths students

Activity ideas, lesson presentations and fun games to help you to build your students' confidence with their Basic Number skills

To support you as you develop your secondary maths students' Basic Number skills, so that you can go on to consolidate their learning and challenge them further, we've hand-picked this selection of lesson activities, practice tasks and engaging games, covering everything from addition and subtraction to times tables and BIDMAS.

Addition and subtraction

Addition and Subtraction Worksheet
krisgreg30

Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

FREE
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Three pages of calculations and questions related to addition and subtraction that rise in challenge, starting with simple column addition and subtraction questions before moving to fluency, reasoning and problem solving style questions.
Mental Maths | Quiz Quiz Trade Cards | Addition & Subtraction
Cameron Eaves

Mental Maths | Quiz Quiz Trade Cards | Addition & Subtraction

£2.60
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Quiz Quiz Trade is a great way to get your students moving and engaged! These cards are a fun way to work on addition and subtraction and can be used every day! The level of questioning is differentiated and caters to a range of abilities. Steps: 1.Cut cards with questions and answers back to ba...
Addition and Subtraction Silhouette Sheets
prof689

Addition and Subtraction Silhouette Sheets

£2.00
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Engaging puzzle activities on addition and subtraction that are ideal as either a consolidation for lower ability KS3-GCSE pupils or a lesson starter for higher attainers. Pupils must answer the questions and shade out the answers in the grid above. When they have finished they should see the n...
Decimal Addition and Subtraction Worksheet
prof689

Decimal Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

£2.00
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This worksheet is a combination of my decimal addition and decimal subtraction worksheets, aimed at teachers who prefer to teach these together. There are three sections, the red section assists pupils by setting out the problems for them at first before forcing them to do so themselves. In the...

Times tables

Times tables sheets
daniel0905

Times tables sheets

FREE
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These times tables sheets are written to help children consolidate one times tables before moving on to another. The sheets include use of division facts. 2,5 and 10 time tables are assumed and are not covered here. Once children have mastered basic times tables there are further sheets to challe...
The Ultimate Times Table Practice Sheet
andytaylor125

The Ultimate Times Table Practice Sheet

FREE
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This nice and simple write-on worksheet uses random numbers to generate the calculations and is completely customisable! ***** Easy to choose any, some or all times tables ***** 3 'Mini Sheets' per page ***** Different question types in each Excel 'tab': Mixture, Multiplication, Multiplication wi...
Times Tables Practice Booklet
Skillsheets

Times Tables Practice Booklet

£2.00
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This resource can be printed on A4 pages to create an A5 size booklet. The idea is to practise a particular times table e.g. the SIX times table by filling in the number 6 in the box on the first page. This will automatically update all the questions to require multiples of six in the answers. By ch...
Times Table Tests
mrs-bee

Times Table Tests

£1.00
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A set of 21 tests (and answers) which encourage children to practice and learn their times tables. Each times table is covered in difficulty order with a 'flat' test, and then a 'mixed' test covers all of the times tables that they have learnt so far. The order of the tests is as fol...

Multiplication and division

Structured Multiplication and Division Word Problems
DandT

Structured Multiplication and Division Word Problems

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This structured worksheet guides students through the method of using scaling to answer multiplication and division questions. Students will need to consider if they are scaling up or down and hence work out if they are multiplying or dividing. Structured Multiplication Word Problems and Structured ...
Multiplication and Division Word Problems
FullShelf

Multiplication and Division Word Problems

£3.50
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Use as challenge cards for early finishers, extension and revision etc in Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2) Year 5 and Year 6 (Y5 and Y6) - *or Second Level, Primary 6 and 7 in Scotland*). Multiplying and dividing problem solving skills (mostly multi-step) are practised in a range of contexts with these **48 ...
Revision: KS3 Multiplication and Division
Goliath Maths

Revision: KS3 Multiplication and Division

FREE
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Revision Slides follow a similar pattern - a modelled example with animations built in, followed by three questions of increasing difficulty. Settler questions included, and all questions have answers included. Designed as an end of topic resource to either deliver as a 50-60min lesson, as independe...

Order of operations (BIDMAS)

BIDMAS or BODMAS (Order of Operations)
Outstanding_Resources

BIDMAS or BODMAS (Order of Operations)

£3.69
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This is a whole lesson on teaching BIDMAS or BODMAS and the Order of Operations. This lesson is packed full of fun and creative activities. There is enough material and resources for two lessons. This lesson is ready to go, with no prep required. It is also great for home learning or flipped learnin...
Bidmas Spiders
Andy Lutwyche

Bidmas Spiders

FREE
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I needed something for my top set Year 8 to get their teeth into regarding "order of operations" and since I'm clearly into spiders at the moment this was born. It asks student to place operations and brackets into calculations to make them equal a certain total. There are 4 that g...
BIDMAS Points Challenge Worksheet
The Vault .

BIDMAS Points Challenge Worksheet

£1.20
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BIDMAS worksheet which allows for personalised learning/differentiation. Can be used as practice or revision of the topic and allows for both repetition and challenge for pupils. Worksheet comes with teacher information and solutions.

All four operations

Four Operations Problem Solving Cards
krisgreg30

Four Operations Problem Solving Cards

£3.00
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40 cards that look at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Handy to just give children as a challenge task or a starter to get them thinking, with questions that challenge fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Written with 5/6 in mind but could be used in other year groups.
The Four Operations - Year 6
Online_Teaching_Resources

The Four Operations - Year 6

£6.00
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The Four Operations - Year 6 This Year 6 maths teaching resource includes a PowerPoint and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through using the four operations to solve calculations and multi-step problems as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 6 maths pro...
Four operations differentiated worksheet + answers
sh2810

Four operations differentiated worksheet + answers

£1.50
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This worksheet contains questions on the 4 operations (8 questions per operation), differentiated 3 ways. Level 1: **Addition** 3 digit + 2 digit **Subtraction** 2 digit - 2 digit **Multiplication** 2 digit x 1 digit **Division** 2 digit 1 digit Level 2: **Addition** 3 digit + 3 digit (plus ...