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Maths

Downloadable activities for homeschooling

Here's some fun and colourful activities to help your child practise key maths skills.

Maths practice for 5-7 year olds

Adding, counting in 10s, symmetry and first fractions.

Adding practice

Count how many things each animal has found, then add one more. Then circle the odd and even numbers.

Age: 3-4 years
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What is it equal to?

The mice need the same number of apples on each side to balance the see-saw. Count the apples and trace the numbers in the boxes.

Age: 3-4 years
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Pictograms

Learn how to use a pictogram to compare everything which Lep and his four friends ate for a whole day.

Age: 3-4 years
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Groups of 10

It's the family boat race today. There are 2 boats at the front, each with 10 animals in. Write how many animals there are altogether.

Age: 3-4 years
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Pie charts

Tig and his 15 friends and family are at the jungle cinema, but can't decide on which film to watch together. Use a pie chart to see which film got the most votes.

Age: 3-4 years
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Groups of parrots

The parrots are sitting in groups of 2. Complete the adding calculation to show how many parrots there are altogether.

Age: 3-4 years
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Maths activities for 7+ year olds

Fractions, reading timetables, plotting points on a graph and more.

$Adding fractions$

Adding fractions

There’s room on Wolfy’s plate for 10 slices of pizza in total, but he only has 2 so far. Fill in the box to give him the rest of the pizza.

Age: 7+ years
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Perpendicular and parallel lines

Two lines that are at right angles to each other are perpendicular. Draw over the perpendicular sides on each of the animals' shapes.

Age: 7+ years
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Symmetry

These three friends have drawn half a shape along the vertical mirror line. Draw the other halves to make them symmetrical.

Age: 7+ years
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$Subtracting fractions$

Subtracting fractions

The mice are using pieces of cheese to practise fractions. Can you help them?

Age: 7+ years
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Plotting points

The animals have traced shapes in the ice for a skating competition. Use Dilly's set of coordinates to plot the vertices of her shape on the opposite grid.

Age: 7+ years
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Reading a timetable

Cody and Harley are planning journeys using their local bus timetable. Find out how to read a timetable and help the animals arrive on time.

Age: 7+ years
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Telling the time

Here's two activity sheets to help learn how to tell the time.

Minutes past the hour

This analogue clock shows all 60 minutes in an hour. Finish writing the numbers around the clock for the mice.

Age: 7+ years
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24 hour clock

The mice have written out all 24 hours on two clocks. Help Cody finish copying the hours and draw hands to show the time.

Age: 7+ years
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Online help with fractions and decimals

Find lots more help with fractions and decimals on our links to carefully selected Quicklinks websites, including short video lessons and fraction facts, quizzes and exercises.

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