Raising the Profile of Maths
- Supporting Mental Maths Recall at Home
Early Years
| Target | Example | Can your child answer these? |
| Say numbers in order (up to 10) | How many marbles are in this jar? | |
| Say 1 more than a number (up to 100) | 1 more than 4 is 5. | There are seven marbles in this jar. If I put one more in, how many are there? |
| Say 1 less than a number (up to 10) | 1 less than 8 is 7. | There are ten beads in the pot. If I take one out, how many are left? |
| Count on from any number (up to 10) | Start at 5. Count on until you reach 10. | |
| Say numbers in order (up to 20) | How many marbles are in this pot? |
Year 1
| Target | Example | Can your child answer these? |
| To know all number bonds to 10 by heart. |
0 + 10 = 10 1 + 9 = 10 2 + 8 = 10 |
What do I need to add to 7 to make 10? Use number cards 0-9 – can you pair these to make 10? |
| To recall addition facts to 5. |
0 + 1 = 1 0 + 3 = 3 4 + 1 = 5 2 + 3 = 5 |
Which numbers make 4? How many ways can you think of to make 5? |
| To recall subtraction facts 5 |
4 – 1 = 3 3 – 2 = 1 5 – 4 = 1 |
Using 5 beans, hide some under a beaker. How many are there left? What is the subtraction I just performed? |
| To count on in 2s, 5s and 10s. |
Complete the sequence 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, __, __ How far can you count in 2s? 5s? 10s? 90, 80, 70, __, __ |
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| To recall doubles up to double 10. |
Double 2 is 4. Double 6 is 12. Double 8 is 16. |
Roll a dice – what is double that amount? I doubled a number and got 18. What was my number? |
Year 2
| Target |
Example |
Can your child answer these? |
| To know all number bonds to 20 by heart. |
0 + 20 = 20 1 + 19 = 20 2 + 18 = 20 3 + 17 = 20 |
How many pairs of numbers do you know which make 20? How many more must I add to 16 to make 20? |
| To know which multiples of 10 combine to make 100. |
0 + 100 = 100 10 + 90 = 100 20 + 80 = 100 |
Look at these multiples of 10. Which go together to make 100? 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 |
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To recall all doubles up to double 20. |
1 + 1 = 2 2 + 2 = 4 up to 19 + 19 = 38 20 + 20 = 40 |
What is double 8? 11? 14? Roll two numbers on a dice and then double it. |
| To derive halves from corresponding doubles. |
Half of 2 is 1. Half of 10 is 5. |
I started with a number, I halved it and got 12. What did I start with? |
| To quickly recall multiplication facts for 2, 5 and 10 times tables. |
0 x 2 = 0 3 x 5 = 15 6 x 10 = 60 |
What is 3 x 2? 5 x 10? 2 x 6? |
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To derive corresponding division facts for 2, 5 and 10 times tables. |
20 ÷ 5 = 4 22 ÷ 11 = 2 50 ÷ 10 = 5 |
What is 40 ÷ 5? 18 ÷ 2? 70 ÷ 10? |
Year 3
| Target | Example | Can your child answer these? |
| To know all sums and differences for multiples of 10 up to 100. |
70 + 80 = 150 60 – 40 = 20 60 + 30 = 90 40 – 30 = 10 |
Add 80 and 30. Tell me how you did it? Tell me all of the pairs of 10s which make 90. |
| To know by heart pairs of numbers which make 100. |
51 + 49 = 100 75 + 25 = 100 63 + 37 = 100 |
What must you add to 62 to make 100? How much change would I get from £1 if I spent 69p? |
| To know multiplication facts for the 3, 4, 6 and 8 times table. |
0 x 4 = 0 11 x 3 = 33 8 x 4 = 32 |
What is the number before 56 in the 8 times table? What is 7 X 4? |
| To recall division facts for 3, 4, 6 and 8 times table. |
36 ÷ 6 18 ÷ 3 16 ÷ 4 |
What is 36 ÷ 6? What is 72 ÷ 8? |
| To recognise multiples of 2, 5 and 10 up to 1000. |
24 is a multiple of 2. 35 is a multiple of 5. 650 is a multiple of 2, 5 and 10. |
Year 4
| Target | Example | Can your child answer these? |
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To double any 2-digit number. |
Double 26 = 52 Double 97 = 194 |
What is the missing number 17, 34, __,136. I think of a number and half it, I get 55. What did I start with? |
| To halve any even 2-digit number. |
Half of 48 = 24 Half of 72 = 36 Half of 90 = 45 |
Which numbers are missing in this sequence. 96, __, 24, __, 6 |
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To know multiplication facts for the 7, 9, 11 and 12 times table. |
0 x 7 = 0 1 x 11 = 11 9 x 3 = 27 12 x 4 = 48 |
What is the number before 56 in the 7 times table? What is missing - 9, 18, 27, __, 45, 54, __ |
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To know division facts for the 7, 9, 11 and 12 times table. |
77 ÷ 7 = 11 45 ÷ 9 = 5 60 ÷ 12 = 5 |
What is the answer to 14 ÷ 7? What is the answer to 44 ÷ 11? |