This is a whole class/group activity for secondary or more confident upper primary pupils to develop and reinforce understanding of, and mental dexterity with, place value and larger numbers. The presentation provides 53 questions to ask around the class or group. Place Value PowerPoint KS2 is available as a foundation module. Follow-up 6 digit and 9 digit resource packs are available to purchase.

These are PowerPoint whole class/group activities to develop and reinforce understanding of, and mental dexterity with, place value and larger numbers. The first is to check basic grasp of HTU. The second deliberately bypasses consideration of ‘thousands’ as the next column after units, tens and hundreds, and moves instead to the more logical step: HTU of thousands. Follow-up 6 digit and 9 digit resource packs will shortly be available to purchase.

These are Word documents that that can be completed by hand or on PC/tablet. They can also be easily tailored to meet your own criteria

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.

A set of 8 worksheets covering times tables x2 to x9. They can be completed by hand of on a PC/tablet. They can also be easily tailored.

These are two pages of rounding tasks for more able pupils in upper primary and for all ability levels in KS3. The first deals with numbers up to ten thousands, the second with numbers up to hundred millions.

This is a prompt sheet to encourage the use of strategy to find all the factors of a given number. Ideally a warm-up activity in the form of a race, the primary objective is to encourage a systematic approach, and also involves practice in divisibility rules, square roots and square and prime numbers.

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.

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

In the 11+ papers even very able candidates will fall short if they can’t use speed strategies. Knowledge and familiarity with divisibility rules for x10, 5, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 4 are essential. These questions, in Word or PDF, test the rules that incorporate using the sum of the digits.

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.

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.

There are just forty-nine number facts to commit to memory in a structured and well-resourced ten-minute session each day during the Autumn term. This is because every fact is reversible, and many (x1 plus x10 and x11 up to 100) are quickly accessible without the need for rote recall. All the times tables are achievable by Christmas. Along with the schedule, the first week’s resources are Included, comprising a fact sheet, a daily presentation and class-marked worksheet, and a weekly assessment sheet. The worksheets and assessment can be completed either by hand or electronically on a PC/tablet. Resource packs for the remaining ten weeks can be purchased individually or as a bundle.

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

In tackling 11+ papers even very able candidates will fall short if they don’t have speed strategies. Knowledge of and familiarity with square numbers is essential. These questions, in Word or PDF, provide practice in recall.

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.

Often found in 11+exam papers, otherwise straightforward four-rules number crunches will be ‘shuffled’ to test the candidate’s depth of understanding. These questions also provide reinforcement of times table recall.