Year 6 Mental Maths Autumn Term First Half 2015 - (All Groups)
Mental maths will be tested in class every Friday on the dates listed below. There will be 10 questions each
week. Scores are monitored by Mrs Exton and further maths support where appropriate. Please try to see
me before Friday if you need any help or further support.
Week 1
11.09.15
8 x table and
0.8x questions
Questions like:
64 divided by 8
If I have 88
players and I
want to split
them into 8
teams, how
many players will
be in each team?
Up to 12x
Extension:
0.8 x table, 0.8 x
1, 0.8 x 2, 0.8x 3
etc Learn all at
random and spot
the pattern
Week 5
09.10.15
Multiples and
Factors
A multiple is
multiplying a number
by another numberjust like times tables.
Eg, Multiples of 4 are
4x table numbers
Multiples of 80 are 80x
table numbers like 80,
160, 240 etc
Week 2
18.09.15
No Test due to Y6
Residential
Week 6 16.10.15
Prime Numbers
A prime is a number
whose only factors are 1
and itself.
0 and 1 are not prime.
All numbers that are not
prime are called
composite.
What is the only
even prime
number?
Learn the first 10
Factors are
prime numbers.
numbers we
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13,
multiply together
17, 19, 23, 29
to make other
Ext: Find all prime
numbers. Eg 2
numbers on a 1-100
and 3 are factors grid. What is the first
prime number after
of 6. A number
200?
can have many
factors.
Week 3
25.09.15
Multiplying and
dividing by 10, 100
and 1000
Questions like:
9.6 x 10
10.4 x 100
24.6 divided by 10
234 divided by 100
Use strategy of
moving digits one
place to the left to
multiply by 10, one
place to the right to
divide by 10.
Extension: Create 10
problems of your
own for a partner to
solve
Week 7
23.10.15
Square Numbers and
mixed times tables
up to 12x12 at
random
Learn all square
numbers up to 144
Practise all times
tables at random for
a test of your own
knowledge to
achieve your own
personal best today.
Week 4
02.10.15
Fraction and decimal
equivalents
Questions like:
What is ¼ as a decimal?
What is ¾ as a decimals?
What is 0.5 equivalent to
as a fraction?
What is 0.2 equivalent to
as a fraction?
What is one tenth as a
decimal?
What is two tenths as a
decimal?
Extension:
Write mixed numbers as
decimals Eg. 5 and three
tenths as a decimal?
Choose 10 questions at
random this term to test
3 times!
Record your score out of
10 here:
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10
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10
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10