This resource uses a map of the football stadiums used in the 2018 football world cup. The children must use the information to answer the questions. There is a mark scheme provided so the children can self mark, or you can mark it yourself very quickly and easily. The Higher ability sheet contains some questions using the MEAN which makes it perfect for stretching those high attainers! Photo credit: Alamy ©

(It does look a bit strange that some of the writing doesnt fit in the box properly on the LO but this is just in the preview, it will be all lined up when you download) Attached is the official FIFA rankings as of the 4th June 2018. The children must use this information to solve the variety of mathematical problems. Brilliant KS2 lesson in the run up to the world cup. I also did a follow up lesson where the children had to produce a bar chart of the top 5 teams in the world and then 5 teams of their choice - they absolutely loved it. This resource also includes a mark scheme and a feedback questions to reduce your workload! Enjoy! Once downloaded this is editable through microsoft word to make it easier/harder to suit your class.

Do you have children who love football and can’t wait for the world cup? This resource is perfect. It includes FIFA style rating cards for the entire Brazil Football squad. The children are then set different mathematical challenges based on the numerical values of the player ratings. It develop Numeracy skills such as: Finding the difference, calculating the mean (average), totaling, finding the SUM and more… Really engaging for those children who are mad about football. Brilliant for you the teacher as the mark scheme is included (could be printed and given to the children to self mark) and also has working on comments as a challenge!

This resource is perfect for a maths or topic lesson about the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. The children have 2 information sheets full of statistics about the qualifying rounds from the UEFA website © They must then answer various problems using a variety of mathematical skills. It comes with a mark scheme so the children can self mark or it won’t take the class teacher long at all! Perfect resource to use during the world cup! ENJOY - and check out some of my other World Cup Resources!

Get your children inspired for the 2019 cricket world cup with these fun cricket questions. The children have a series of mathematical questions to solve based on the data from the 2015 world cup (taken from (cricbuzz.com). The children have to use the data tables and solve a variety of mathematical challenges based on the cricket data. The work comes with an answer scheme to save you as the teacher time - the children can mark their own work. I have also included a link to the opening party which could be watched to inspire the pupils.