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• Key Stage 2 • Fractions Simplifying a fraction means writing it with the smallest possible numbers, without changing its value. For example, 12/18 simplifies to 2/3. Children learn to simplify fractions using common factors in Year 6. This guide gives a step-by-step method, worked examples, quick tricks and practice questions with answers. Year 6When…

• Key Stage 2 • Fractions Equivalent fractions are fractions that look different but are the same size, such as 1/2 and 2/4. Children start learning about them in Year 3 and use them in almost every fractions topic after that. This guide explains what equivalent fractions are, how to find them, a chart of…

• Key Stage 2 • Times Tables Children learn the 9 times table in Year 4, when they should know all their tables up to 12 × 12. It has more patterns and tricks than any other table, which makes it one of the most satisfying to learn. This guide gives the full 9 times…

• Key Stage 2 • Times Tables Children learn the 8 times table in Year 3, alongside the 3 and 4 times tables. The easiest way in is doubling: the 8 times table is double the 4 times table. This guide gives the full 8 times table, strategies for learning it, the matching division facts…

• Key Stage 2 • Times Tables Children learn the 6 times table in Year 4, when they should know all their tables up to 12 × 12. It is easy to work out from the 3 times table, which they already know. This guide gives the full 6 times table, strategies for learning it,…

• Key Stage 2 • Times Tables By the end of Year 4, children in England should know every multiplication table up to 12 × 12. This guide has a full times tables chart, the year each table is taught, a good order to learn them in, strategies that work for every table and mixed…

• Key Stage 2 • Fractions Adding fractions is easy when the denominators are the same: add the numerators and keep the denominator. When the denominators are different, you first change the fractions so they have the same denominator. This guide shows both methods, adding mixed numbers, subtracting fractions and practice questions with answers. Year…

• Key Stage 2 • Maths Perimeter is the distance around the edge of a shape. Area is the amount of space inside it. Pupils start with perimeter in Year 3 and calculate the area of triangles and parallelograms by Year 6. This guide explains both, with the formulas, worked examples and practice questions. Year…

• Key Stage 2 • Maths Rounding makes a number simpler while keeping it close to its real value. Pupils round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 in Year 4 and to any degree of accuracy by Year 6. This guide explains the rules for rounding whole numbers and decimals, with examples and practice…

• Key Stage 2 • Maths Long multiplication is the formal written method for multiplying by a two-digit number. Pupils learn it in Year 5 and use it with numbers up to 4 digits in Year 6. It appears in the KS2 arithmetic paper every year. This guide explains the method step by step, with…

• Key Stage 2 • Maths Short division is the formal written method for dividing a number by a one-digit number, sometimes called the bus stop method. Pupils learn it in Year 4 and Year 5 and use it with two-digit numbers in Year 6. This guide explains the method step by step, with worked…

• Key Stage 2 • Maths Column addition and column subtraction are the formal written methods for adding and subtracting larger numbers. Pupils start using them in Year 3 and work with bigger numbers each year. This guide explains both methods step by step, including carrying and exchanging, with worked examples and practice questions. Year…