These fantastic weekly guides will save you bucket loads of time and preparation! These age-appropriate questions are a great resource for warmups or fast finishers when practicing their mental mathematics. The guides have been created for all weeks of the school year, simply display for students or print and turn into booklets.
Recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for twos; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts using doubling and halving
Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction as inverse operations, apply to partition numbers and find unknown values in number sentences
Multiply and divide one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies
Recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations including financial contexts; formulate problems using number sentences and choose calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation
Recognise and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 and their multiples in different ways; combine fractions with the same denominator to complete the whole
Extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator
Follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions to investigate numbers; describe any emerging patterns
Recall and demonstrate proficiency with addition facts to 20; extend and apply facts to develop related subtraction facts
Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts to develop increasingly efficient mental strategies for computation
Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies
Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole
Describe, continue, and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction
Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction
Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays
Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations
Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts
Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts to develop increasingly efficient mental strategies for computation
Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies
Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole
Describe, continue, and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction
Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and ten from any starting point, then moving to other sequences
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
Explore the connection between addition and subtraction
Use a function machine and the inverse machine as a model to apply mathematical rules to numbers or shapes
Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction
Apply repetition in arithmetic operations, including multiplication as repeated addition and division as repeated subtraction
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
Uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving two-, three-, four- and five-digit numbers
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
Uses objects, diagrams and technology to explore mathematical problems
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
Applies place value, informally, to count, order, read and represent two- and three-digit numbers
Generalises properties of odd and even numbers, generates number patterns, and completes simple number sentences by calculating missing values
Represents, models and compares commonly used fractions and decimals
Uses mental and informal written strategies for multiplication and division
Uses a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division
Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths)
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers
Represents and compares decimals up to 2 decimal places using place value
Uses number bonds and the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems involving partitioning
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent numbers to at least tens of thousands
Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems