**subtract numbers mentally (count on method) - worksheets and challenges - Y5 ** Resource includes: -differentiated main activities -a range of reasoning and problem solving challenges Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

**subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers - worksheets and challenges - Y5 ** Resource includes: -differentiated main activities -a range of reasoning and problem solving challenges Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

add numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers - worksheets and challenges - Y5 and Y6 Resource includes: -differentiated main activities -a range of reasoning and problem solving challenges Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

Slides are an “activ inspire” flip chart. I have imported the same set of slides as a PDF so it can be accessed by anyone, regardless of software differences between schools. Slides include a range of practice questions and steps to success to support the children. Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers.

a total of 6 engaging challenges. which progress in difficulty. These tasks encourage the children to use a wider range of reasoning and problem solving skills. *Answers included! Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers.

*A SET OF 4 challenging, yet engaging Christmas themed problems. ** **answers included The 4 challenge tasks are based on: Problem solving: written multiplication to calculate number of chocolates and proportions mental multiplication and addition - toy maker problem working out number of toys made over several years Reasoning: 3. use multiples to calculate different possibilities when buying presents. 4. Santa brain teaser - involves mental multiplication, subtraction and using the inverse. Use reasoning to explain how they worked it out. Made by a year 5 teacher, for teachers.

Differentiated Christmas themed word problems. Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers.

**A SET OF 4 challenging, yet engaging Christmas themed problems. ** ***answers included The 4 challenge tasks are based on: Using place value and known facts to calculate the value of each Christmas symbol. Visualisation of shapes - Christmas parcel stacking challenge. Perimeter task - decoration of tinsel around an object. Present reasoning task - Use place value & known facts to work out value of each present. Then explain how they did it.

An exciting and **differentiated **Christmas themed “codebreaker” activity. Answers included. My class absolutely loved it! Answer a range more “relaxed” word problems linking to the four operations to crack the Christmas joke. Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

A fun and differentiated Christmas maths activity based on: Using the inverse to work out the missing numbers shown on the Christmas tree (works in the same way as number pyramids with missing digits). Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

3 differentiated set of number pyramid worksheets to reinforce the use of inverse to calculate missing numbers. Made by a year 5 teacher, for teachers.

This resource includes 3 differentiated challenges, which involve reasoning and problem solving. Made by a Y5 teacher, for teachers!

area of irregular shapes - worksheets and challenges - Y5 and Y6 Resource includes: -differentiated main activitIes -a range of reasoning and problem solving tasks Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

AREA of compound shapes - worksheets and challenges - Y5 and Y6 Resource includes: -differentiated main activities -a range of reasoning and problem solving tasks Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!

area of regular shapes - worksheets and challenges - Y5 and Y6 Resource includes: -differentiated main activitIes -a range of reasoning and problem solving tasks Made by a Year 5 teacher, for teachers!