Here at Head Start Maths, I care about providing you with quality resources that are simple and effective to use in the classroom and at home. I have been working as a Maths Educator for over 12 years in the UK. I am very passionate about supporting students with their mathematical knowledge, and improving their confidence in maths.
Resources currently focus on:
KS2 Number
GCSE
(UK National Curriculum)
Here at Head Start Maths, I care about providing you with quality resources that are simple and effective to use in the classroom and at home. I have been working as a Maths Educator for over 12 years in the UK. I am very passionate about supporting students with their mathematical knowledge, and improving their confidence in maths.
Resources currently focus on:
KS2 Number
GCSE
(UK National Curriculum)
This activity is designed to practice:
Determine error intervals
Find maximum and minimum values
Solve problems using maximum and minimum values (area / compound units)
Questions are a mixture of difficulty, exam-style questions.
As always, all answers are provided
This activity is designed to practice:
Adding / subtracting decimals
Multiplying / dividing decimals
Questions are a mixture of difficulty, exam-style questions.
Includes 5 quick questions task
As always, all answers are provided
This activity is designed to practice:
Rounding to the nearest: 1, 10, 100, 1000
Rounding to decimal places
Rounding to significant figures
Reverse rounding (find the original given the rounded value)
Questions are a mixture of difficulty, exam-style questions.
Includes 5 quick questions task
As always, all answers are provided
Revise adding mixed numberes using this revision guide.
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Revise Ordering Fractions with this revision guide.
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This HEAD START bundle is designed to practice key mathematical skills and challenge current levels of understanding to support with the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
All questions are designed to follow the National Curriculum for England.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study
Each resource / activity is designed to help students recognise their strengths, and areas for development within Number, specifically:
*Writing numbers with up to 3 decimal places.
*Identifying the value of each digit in numbers given to 3 decimal places.
*Reading and writing numbers with up to 3 decimal places.
*Writing percentages as a fraction with denominator 100.
*Writing decimal numbers as fractions.
*Converting fractions, decimals, and percentages.
A description and suggestions on how to use each resource / activity along with a few hints and tips and differentiation strategies, are provided on the final page of each document for some inspiration, however, these are designed to be flexible and so feel free to adapt for your own requirements.
Answers to all resources / activities are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
writing decimal numbers as fractions
Description of Activity:
Students should complete each calculation individually and write their answers clearly in the space below the question. Questions vary in difficulty from easy (red border), medium (yellow border) and hard (green / blue border).
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Suitable for students in year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study.
All answers are provided.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Writing percentages as a fraction with denominator 100
Description of Activity:
Skills Practice:
Students should complete each conversion in the table individually by shading the correct number of squares in each 10x10 grid and write the fraction as the answer clearly in the box provided.
Next Step:
Connect the percentages to the correct fraction match up.
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
All answers are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Writing percentages as a fraction with denominator 100
Description of Activity:
Card sort activity. Students should match up the percentage card to an equivalent fraction written over 100, and another equivalent fraction.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / private study.
Could be completed as a homework if stuck down.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
All answers are provided.
This HEAD START bundle is designed to practice key mathematical skills and challenge current levels of understanding to support with the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
All questions are designed to follow the National Curriculum for England.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study
Each resource / activity is designed to help students recognise their strengths, and areas for development within Number, specifically:
Adding numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.
Subtracting numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.
Adding whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (column addition).
Subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (column subtraction).
Solving addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
A description and suggestions on how to use each resource / activity along with a few hints and tips and differentiation strategies, are provided on the final page of each document for some inspiration, however, these are designed to be flexible and so feel free to adapt for your own requirements.
Answers to all resources / activities are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Dividing numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of long division
Description of Activity:
Pairs activity. Cut the solid lines and fold the dashed lines to make 11 reversible Q&A cards. Student A holds up a card with the question facing Student B. Student A can see the worked solution. Student B can ask Student A questions to help them work out the answer such as:
• How many times can I divide _ by _?
• How many decimal places does the solution have?
• What is _ take away _?
• What is _ multiplied by _?
• Have I made a mistake?
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
All solutions are provided.
Could be completed as an individual task.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / private study. Not suitable for homework.
This activity is designed to practice:
Solving problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these
Description of Activity:
In pairs, roll one of the differentiated pre-made dice to decide the operation between the two numbers in the question. Write the answer into the step ladder, with the largest answer at the top, and the smallest answer at the bottom. The first player to complete the ladder with the solutions in order, wins.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / private study.
Not suitable as a homework.
All answers to all possible questions provided.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers
Description of Activity:
Students should complete each calculation individually using a formal written method of their choice (e.g. grid method) and write their answers clearly.
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study.
All answers are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Solving addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why
Description of Activity:
Students should solve each real-life problem using a formal written method of their choice on a separate page. This can be done either individually or in groups.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Suitable for Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study.
All answers are provided.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
This HEAD START bundle is designed to practice key mathematical skills and challenge current levels of understanding to support with the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
All questions are designed to follow the National Curriculum for England.
Suitable for students in Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study
Each resource / activity is designed to help students recognise their strengths, and areas for development within Number, specifically:
Multiplying numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using a formal written method
Multiplying whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000
Multiplying decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000
Multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 giving answers up to 3 decimal places
Dividing numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division
Multiply mentally, drawing upon known facts
Divide mentally, drawing upon known facts
Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers
Using written division methods in cases where the answer has up to 2 decimal places
Multiplying 1-digit numbers up to 2dp by whole numbers
Division of integers up to 4-digits by a 2-digit number (short and long division)
Solving problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
A description and suggestions on how to use each resource / activity along with a few hints and tips and differentiation strategies, are provided on the final page of each document for some inspiration, however, these are designed to be flexible and so feel free to adapt for your own requirements.
Answers to all resources / activities are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Dividing numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division
Description of Activity:
Students are to complete each calculation using short division and write their answer clearly.
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
All answers are provided.
12x12 multiplication grid provided for scaffolding.
Identifying the value of each digit (Decimals)
This activity is designed to practice:
Identifying the value of each digit in numbers given to 3 decimal places
Description of Activity:
Students should answer each question in the space provided.
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
MARKETPLACE VERSION INCLUDED!
All answers are provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Adding numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
Description of Activity:
Students should complete each mental calculation individually and write their answers on the answer line provided (they must not show working).
Each question is progressively more challenging.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Suitable for Year 6 - 7 transition in class / homework / private study
All answers are provided!
Description of Activity
Students should complete each question individually and write their answers within the cross number.
If a number contains a decimal point, the decimal point is placed in the same square as the unit digit E.g. 314.2 is written as: 3 1 4. 2
Questions vary in difficulty, rounding to decimal places, integers, and other powers of 10.
Use the RAG analysis to track progress.
Answers are provided within the cross number.
Teaching hints and tips provided.
This activity is designed to practice:
Key works related to Number
Description of Activity:
Individually find all the key words that feature in the list of words alongside the word search.
Suitable for students in Year 6-7 transition in class / homework / private study.
Answers are provided.
Differentiation strategies and teaching hints and tips provided.
Two different word searches are provided.
