Maths homework help
Guides for parents to maths at primary school: what your child learns in each year, how it's taught, and how to help at home.
Reception
- Maths · Reception and Year 1
Number bonds to 10 and 20: a guide for parents
What number bonds are, how Reception and Year 1 teach bonds to 5, 10 and 20, and simple games to practise number bonds at home. - Maths · Reception
What is subitising? Early maths in Reception
What subitising means, why Reception teachers talk about it, how it fits with counting to 10, and easy subitising games to play at home.
Year 2
Year 3
- Maths · Years 3–4
Column subtraction explained for parents
How column subtraction with exchanging is taught in Years 3 and 4, worked step by step, with the common slips and quick ways to practise at home. - Maths · Year 3
Equivalent fractions explained for parents
What equivalent fractions are, how Year 3 teaches them with diagrams, finding fractions of a set, comparing fractions, and easy activities at home.
Year 4
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- Maths · Years 5–6
Fractions, decimals and percentages explained
How Years 5 and 6 link fractions, decimals and percentages, the equivalents worth knowing by heart, finding percentages of amounts, and ideas for home. - Maths · Years 5–6
Long multiplication explained for parents
How long multiplication is taught in Years 5 and 6, a worked example step by step, the usual slips, and quick ways to help at home.