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Despite practising multiplication facts, there is often still some uncertainty, so how do you get pupils to be able to use the facts efficiently when calculating? While there are some pupils who can learn multiplication facts relatively easily, this Powerpoint resource (consisting of 64 interactive slides plus printables) nurtures their understanding which will help them to develop fluency when working with multiplication. A range of models and images, interactive activities and games are utilis

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 70 interactive slides plus printables) builds on pupils' familiarity with pattern using sequence patterns as a starting point for generalization. As letters are introduced, when finding general rules for a growing pattern, they will have many possible values thus emphasising the use of letters as variables. A range of models and images, interactive activities and games are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop understanding. Click on the thumbna

Gain immediate access to ALL resources on the Mathsmoves website for a year and get support, advice and ideas within the private Facebook group. These Powerpoint resources contain interactive slides for working through concepts with your students using visual models and images, alongside activities, printables and answers where applicable. Games are used for consolidation; statements are provided to promote reasoning and problems are included to allow students to apply their understanding.

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 52 interactive slides plus printables) enables pupils to recognise two-digit numbers before focusing on understanding that the first digit represents groups of 10. A range of models and images, interactive activities and games are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop understanding. Click on the thumbnails above for menus. Games are also included to consolidate ideas and promote discussion by justifying choices. Instructions and demonstration sl

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 57 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to understand area and perimeter which students can often find confusing. This resource initially focuses on the ideas of area being the covering of space in two dimensions and perimeter as being the boundary around an area of space. Pupils are encouraged to use various units for the measure of area, prior to appreciating why squares are the unit of measure that is commonly used. Once pupils are co

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 83 interactive slides plus printables) explores multiplication and division for younger pupils and emphasises the links between the two operations. A range of models and images, interactive activities, games and problems are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop understanding. Click on the thumbnails above for menus. Games are also included to consolidate ideas and promote discussion by justifying choices. Instructions and demonstration slides a

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 157 interactive slides plus printables) links addition and subtraction using visual images including bar models and number lines which can be used as pupils progress to larger numbers. Once pupils understand the link, they can be more flexible with calculating; lots of us add rather than subtract even when faced with a subtraction calculation. A range of models and images, interactive activities and games are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop u

This resource contains 72 Christmas reasoning activities at three levels for the 5 to 11 age range. Problems and games engage pupils and get them thinking through tasks such as planning a party, comparing foot length and height to reindeer lengths, the speed at which Santa travels around the world and which table to sit at to get the most chocolate.

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 83 interactive slides plus printables) explores multiplication and division for younger pupils and emphasises the links between the two operations. A range of models and images, interactive activities, games and problems are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop understanding. Click on the thumbnails above for menus. Games are also included to consolidate ideas and promote discussion by justifying choices. Instructions and demonstration slides are

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 46 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to compare fractions. When asked to compare or order fractions, pupils sometimes automatically think about finding common denominators, and in some cases, this is what is needed. However, there are also situations where pupils can use reasoning, such as when the fractions have the same denominator, the same numerator or can easily be compared to 1 or ½. Using fraction circles, fraction strips, fract

One of the reasons for some pupils' confusion when learning fractions is that they consider the numerators and denominators as whole numbers rather than as representing the relationship between the part and the whole. In this PowerPoint (consisting of 9 interactive slides plus printables) there is an emphasis on recognising the whole unit and the relationship between the parts and the whole unit. Sometimes, shapes and single pizzas are the predominant images used when working on the recogniti

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 36 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils in Upper KS2 to add and subtract fractions. Adding and subtracting fractions is not something that pupils are likely to experience very often in real life (we would be more likely to use their decimal equivalents), so this is a rather abstract topic. Pupils can start with manipulatives, if needed, then link this use to examples without manipulatives. One of the confusions for pupils when learning

This interactive PowerPoint (consisting of 38 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to understand equivalent fractions by using resources, visual images, games and discussion statements. Sometimes pupils consider numerators and denominators as positive integers rather than as referring to relative amounts and they need to see that fractions answer how much, rather than how many.

Get into the festive spirit while providing your students with the opportunity to apply reasoning to math tasks in the days leading up to Christmas. They can be used at the start of each day, or when there is a convenient slot. Alternatively, they can be incorporated into the daily math lesson. Paired work is encouraged since the discussions that result when working together help to clarify students’ thoughts and ideas. Each slide contains notes that give advice on how to use the activities, wha

In maths, it can be very frustrating when pupils get the answer wrong when we know that they understand how to carry out a particular calculation. This can often be due to a careless error that a pupil has overlooked since they are not asking themselves, ‘Is this answer reasonable?’ For this reason, it is useful to look at questions and answers and ask pupils to explain why particular answers cannot be correct, without carrying out the actual calculation. That is the focus of this PowerPoint pre

Get into the festive spirit while providing your students with the opportunity to apply reasoning to math tasks in the days leading up to Christmas. They can be used at the start of each day, or when there is a convenient slot. Alternatively, they can be incorporated into the daily math lesson. Paired work is encouraged since the discussions that result when working together help to clarify students’ thoughts and ideas. Each slide contains notes that give advice on how to use the activities, w

In maths, it can be very frustrating when pupils get the answer wrong when we know that they understand how to carry out a particular calculation. This can often be due to a careless error that a pupil has overlooked since they are not asking themselves, ‘Is this answer reasonable?’ For this reason, it is useful to look at questions and answers and ask pupils to explain why particular answers cannot be correct, without carrying out the actual calculation. That is the focus of this PowerPoint p

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 18 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils in lower KS2 to add and subtract fractions. Adding and subtracting fractions is not something that pupils are likely to experience very often in real life (we would be more likely to use their decimal equivalents), so this is a rather abstract topic. It is best to start with manipulatives then link this use to examples without manipulatives. Statements are used to provoke discussion since pupils

When working on calculations, pupils need to work efficiently and confidently. This PowerPoint focuses on working efficiently. Using standard algorithms isn’t always the most efficient way to calculate an answer. Allowing pupils to discuss their methods reminds pupils about the most efficient ways to calculate different questions. Although pupils don’t always need to use formal algorithms that doesn’t mean that they need to calculate everything in their heads; informal jottings and the use of

Get into the festive spirit while providing your students with the opportunity to apply reasoning to maths tasks in the days leading up to Christmas. They can be used at the start of each day, or when there is a convenient slot. Alternatively, they can be incorporated into the daily maths lesson. Paired work is encouraged since the discussions that result when working together help to clarify students’ thoughts and ideas. Each slide contains notes that give advice on how to use the activities,