Maths
Maths lessons and sheets
Short animated lessons that show how each skill is taught in class, with your child's year's own worked example, and sheets to practise on paper.
Lessons to watch
Addition and subtraction
How to add small numbers by counting on
Start at the first number and count on, one jump at a time.
Addition and subtraction
How to add bigger numbers in columns
Line the numbers up by place, then add the ones, then the tens, then the hundreds.
Addition and subtraction
How to add with regrouping
When a column makes ten or more, write the ones and carry the ten to the next column.
Addition and subtraction
How to take away small numbers by counting back
Start at the first number and count back, one jump at a time.
Addition and subtraction
How to subtract bigger numbers in columns
Line the numbers up by place, then take away the ones, then the tens.
Addition and subtraction
How to subtract with regrouping
When the top digit is too small, change one ten into ten ones, then take away.
Addition and subtraction
How to make ten to add
Use ten as a stepping stone: fill up to ten first, then add the rest.
Multiplication and division
How to multiply with equal groups
Make groups of the same size, then count them by skip counting.
Multiplication and division
How to multiply with repeated addition
Add the same number again and again: 3 lots of 4 is 4 + 4 + 4.
Every topic
What's taught in each part of primary maths, year by year.
Counting and number sense
33 steps from before school to Year 6.
Place value and number system
34 steps from before school to Year 6.
Addition and subtraction
43 steps from before school to Year 6, 7 lessons to watch.
Multiplication and division
45 steps from before school to Year 6, 2 lessons to watch.
Fractions
42 steps from before school to Year 6.
Decimals, percentages and ratio
34 steps from before school to Year 6.
Money and financial maths
25 steps from before school to Year 6.
Number properties
16 steps from before school to Year 6.
Patterns and algebra
30 steps from before school to Year 6.
Measuring
34 steps from before school to Year 6.
Area, perimeter and volume
22 steps from before school to Year 6.
Time
27 steps from before school to Year 6.
2D and 3D shapes and angles
39 steps from before school to Year 6.
Position, movement and transformation
26 steps from before school to Year 6.
Statistics and data
43 steps from before school to Year 6.
Chance and probability
15 steps from before school to Year 6.