English National Curriculum, Programme Of Study For Year 6 Mathematics

Subject Content:

Pupils should be taught to divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context

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Basic Division A self-marking exercise on dividing numbers of up to four digits by one or two-digit whole numbers using the formal written methods of short and long division

Formal Written Methods Examples of formal written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Division Video A reminder of how to divide one number into another using short or long division.

Numbasics A daily workout strengthening your ability to do the basic mathematical operations efficiently.

Heptaphobia Research Use written methods to answer ten arithmetic questions. When you have finished you will find the results of this amazing research.

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Arithmetic The ability to perform mathematical calculations is still very important despite our hi-tech environment. Good numeracy skills support the understanding of more advanced mathematical concepts at all levels. Mathematicians still consider mastery of the manual algorithms to be a necessary foundation for the study of algebra and computer science. Pupils should have a good grasp of the meaning of numbers and use their understanding of place value to multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions. They should be able to order, add and subtract negative numbers in context. They should use all four operations with decimals rounding answers where required. They should be able to solve simple problems involving ratio and direct proportion and calculate fractional or percentage parts of quantities and measurements, using a calculator where appropriate. See also the Mental Methods topic and our Number Skills Inventory.

Featured Activity

Number Crunch Saga

A lively numeracy game requiring you to align three numbers to create the given target sum or product. There are five levels to this online game and a virtual Transum Trophy available for each level.

Factorising

Practise the skills of algebraic factorisation in this structured online self-marking exercise. So far this activity has been accessed 53851 times and 34070 Transum Trophies have been awarded for completing it.

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