It is very important that we continue to improve our mental maths skills, they help us to use maths in our every day life as well as helping us to improve our numeracy levels. Work through the activities below and practice your skills, whenever possible, with your friends and families at home.
Click here and here to complete some multiple choice word problems.
Click here and here to complete extension word problems.
Click here for an additional challenge (warning – it is very challenging).
Click here and here for extra support with your core mental maths skills.
Thank you Mr Antcliffe for giving us this blog!
I have learnt so many things here they are:
What is the difference between 45 and 63? A: 18
What is 2% of 400 metres? A: 8 metres
Peter has a 1 pound coin. How many 32p cans of lemonade can he buy? A: 3 cans
What is half of 0.5? A: 1/4
An orange costs 49p. How much do 3 oranges cost? A: £1.47
What is 0.75 as a fraction? A: 3/4
Divide 186 by 6. A: 31
What is the difference between 333 and 455? A: 122
What is the difference between 333 and 444? A: 111
What is 0.4 as a percentage? A: 40%
Here are my scores :
1. What is the difference between 45 and 63 ?
18
2. What is the product of 6 and 7?
42
3. Find the sum of 65 and 99.
4. What is double 10 ?
5. How many metres is 1 km?
6. What is half of 24?
7. How many sacks in 3 rows of 8?
8. What is six less than fifteen?
9. Is 4 a factor of 32 ?
10. Divide 186 by 6
Can you answer the remaining 8 questions Gabriella?
I did the additional challenge and got ten out of ten although number nine was very hard.
When I did the tests, I felt confident. I either got 10/10 or 9/10 even 8/10. I think it will help me out a lot.
1)70
2)£1.47
3)300
4)974
5)50
6)80 boys 30 girls
7)South
8)270 mins
9)150 letters
10)28 bags
I have been on these resources and I have found them very useful, I tried the extension questions and I found them very challenging. I am going to work even harder on the rising stars maths tests. Thank you for putting these links up Mr. Antcliffe!
I did the mental maths questions and got 10/10.
1)18
2)42
3)164
4)20
5)1000
6)12
7)24
8)9
9)yes
10)31
I got 10/10 so I will extend myself to another website.
Here are my answers for the additional challenge.
1) (123 x 12) – 1000 = 476 *
2) (450/9) + 314 = 364 *
3) 210 – (606 / 6 = 109 *
4) 157 + 23 – 99 = 81 *
5) 389 – 128 – 161 = 100 *
6) 284 + 400 + 216 = 900 *
7) 323 x 25 = 8075 *
8) 33 + 55 + 77 + 55 = 220 *
9) ( 7 x 100 ) / 14 = 51 *
10) 112 x 99 = 11088 *
END OF TEST
SCORE = (10/10)
Here is my test, the one I did was the extension word problems and here it is:
1.What is the difference between 333 and 455 ?
122
2. What is the product of 20 and 30?
600
3. What is 2% of 400 metres?
8metres
4. How many edges are there on a cube?
8
5. Find the sum of 465 and 98.
563
6. How many metres is 8.5 km?
8500m
7.Peter has a 1 pound coin.
How many 32p cans of lemonade can he buy?
3 cans
8. What is 0.2 as a percentage?
20%
9.What is half of 0.5?
0.25
10.5
I got on the additional challenge (hard question). I got: 9/10
Here are my answers:
1)1100
2)9
3)210
4)81
5)100
6)900
7)8075
8)220
9)100 (but it was actually 102)
10)11088
I got 10 out of 10 for all the other tests.
I got 10/10
1)18
2)42
3)164
4)20
5)1000
6)12
7)24
8)9
9)yes
10)31
This really helped me with my maths and I had to concentrate really hard especially on No.9 .