Download the official 2024 KS2 SATs maths papers for free from TheSchoolRun to help your child practise for the Y6 assessments at home.
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Function machines can be a delightful visual resource for children, facilitating their comprehension of various mathematical functions. You can make use of this worksheet to hone your child's equation-solving skills and uncover the functions at play in different mathematical sums.
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How confident would you feel if your child asked:
“Mum, what’s 345.89 X 22.23?”
or what if they wanted your help with this homework question:
What is 5.6 metres plus 44 millimetres?
If you’re panicking just looking at these questions – don’t worry. Written specifically to help parents support their child’s learning at home, Decimals made simple contains everything you need to make sense of decimals for your Key Stage 2 child – all presented in a fun, engaging and effective way.
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If you know that 28 x 16 = 448 you can quickly find the answers to lots of similar calculations. Draw a line from each calculation to the correct answer.
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Can you find fractions and percentages of amounts and compare fractions, decimals and percentages? Then you’re ready to try solving these problems!
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Can you put these decimals in order from smallest to largest?
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Can you fill in the gaps to make each number sentence true?
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You need to be able to calculate with negative numbers and decimals to do these tricky questions...
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Add the adjacent decimals together and write their sum in the circle above them.
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Use a blank hundred square to explain decimals to KS2 children, as well as showing the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages.
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Can you draw a line connecting the fish and cakes whose decimals and fractions match?
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When multiplying a decimal over one (such as 2.4) by a one-digit number, the grid method can come in handy. By Y6 your child will know how to use the grid method and they will also already know how to multiply a decimal under one by a one-digit number. They just need to put these two skills together for this activity!
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When you want to multiply a decimal by a one-digit or two-digit number, you can use the long multiplication method. It is very important to remember to line up your numbers correctly
or your decimal point will end up in the wrong place! Practise these sums using this method.
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A Year 6 Maths worksheet created by a teacher to help your child understand and practise how to convert fractions into decimals.
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If the result of a division calculation is a whole number with a remainder you could show it as a decimal number instead. Use these method to solve these really tricky division questions.
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Use your knowledge of times tables to work out these sums involving multiplying and dividing decimals.
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Cut out the number cards and turn them all face down. Take turns picking a card up, reading the number and trying to find an equivalent percentage, decimal or fraction. If you find a match you keep the cards; the winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.
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If you are multiplying a decimal by a one-digit number, it is a good idea to multiply the decimal by 10 first to make the calculation simpler. Don’t forget to divide the answer by 10, too! Use this method to help you work out these sums.
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These tricky number sequence include decimals and negative numbers. Can you work out what the numbers in the blank lily pads should be?
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When doubling and halving decimals it is sometimes easier to imagine them as two-digit numbers. See if you can double and halve the following decimals, using the knowledge you already have of doubling and halving other numbers.
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