Help Your Kids with Maths, Ages 10-16 (Key Stages 3-4): A Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide, Revision and Reference

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Pupils in these year groups are heading towards the end of primary school and are preparing for the SATs or the transition to secondary school and the challenges maths in Year 7 will bring.

if you go for a country walk, collect different types of leaves, look for insects or signs of wild animals, and think about why metal goes rusty or lichen grows on one side of trees Shopping - involve younger children in counting out items, talk about one more, one less, bigger smaller etc. Older children can practice money management, and comparing discounts are a great opportunity for some quite complex mental maths.Some children might have their number facts and operations secure by the time they are 8 or 9 years old. Struggling with maths might be more apparent when they are removed from the comfort of arithmetic and thrown into the murkier mathematical waters of reasoning and problem-solving.

Speak to the teacher - they will have a good grasp of how your child is doing compared to what is reasonably expected for their age.

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An example question from the Third Space Learning Year 6 (Ages 10-11) learning programme – can your child explain why the correct answer is 16? Could they come up with their own question about a number using number properties as clues? At school, if a child is struggling with their work in maths their teacher will give them a simpler question or provide them with more concrete resources like number lines, times tables grids, counters or multi-link cubes to simplify the task. Maths, very much like sports or music, is a skill that needs practice. But don’t just take my word for it: