KS2 Maths is an important core subject in the National Curriculum and this area of the website covers all the major aspects of the curriculum including numbers, calculations, problems and measures. Each subject area is designed to help children develop their knowledge, whether they are learning in a classroom or home schooling environment.
At Key Stage 2 children are encouraged to engage in mental and oral work for their mathematics so this KS2 Maths area includes a collection of interactive activities to help develop both mental and oral skills.
A key requirement of KS2 Maths is the understanding of the Number and the Number System which includes counting, estimating & rounding, fractions, decimals & percentages, number patterns & sequences and place value & ordering. Within the Number and the Number System section children are able to practice their calculations in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The interactive activities help children to practice using a variety of calculation methods by encouraging the use of written calculation methods, mental calculations and using a calculator.
The KS2 Maths section also has a problem solving area to help children further develop their problem solving skills using numbers, money, measures and shape and space. There are many activities to help children test their knowledge, including a variety of problems using money in ‘real life´ situations.
The Measures area of the KS2 Maths section helps children to enhance their knowledge of length, mass & capacity, time, area and perimeter. The Shape and Space area includes useful information and activities relating to position and movement, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, symmetry, angles, co-ordinates and sorting.
Children are also able to learn about handling data through a number of activities based on interpreting and organising data as well as a section on probability.
The resources and activities in the KS2 Maths section are in an interactive, online, or printable format that brings a differing dynamic to the subject for children studying at Key Stage 2.
Averages - Work out these averages using a calculator.
Averages Information - Interactive activities to learn about averages.
Bar Graph - Interactive activity about bar graphs
Bar Line Chart - Interactive activity to interpret a bar line chart
Car Park - Interactive test to interpret a table and then answer questions.
Carroll Diagrams - Interactive activity with carroll diagrams
Castle Visit - Interactive test about interpreting data.
Conversion Chart – Currency - Interactive activity to use a conversion chart
Conversion Chart – Length - Interactive activity to use a conversion chart
Disney Pictogram - Interactive activity to interpret a pictogram
Favourite Fruit - Printable activity to complete a bar chart showing favourite fruit
Going to School - Year 4 - Interactive activity about interpreting a graph and answering the questions.
Grouped Data - Interactive activity to interpret a bar chart with grouped data
Handling Books - Year 4 - Create an order form with this interactive activity.
Handling Data - Hours of Sunshine - Interactive task about Hours of Sunshine graph
Handling Data – Year 6 - Interactive activity about handling data
Line Graph - Interactive activity to interpret a line graph
Lolly Graph - Year 3 - Interactive task about a lolly graph.
Mean Machine - Whiteboard activity for averages
Pet Table - Interactive test to read and interpret a table and graph about pets.
Pie Chart - Interactive activity to interpret a pie chart
School Lunch Bar Chart - Interactive activity to interpret a bar chart with the vertical axis marked with intervals of 10
Snowmen Sorting - Printable activity to sort snowmen into a Venn diagram.
Sorting Numbers - Printable activity to sort numbers in a Venn diagram
Sorting People - Interactive activity to sort the people in a Carroll Diagram
Sorting Shapes - Printable activity to sort shapes into a Carroll diagram
Sponsored Run - Interactive test to solve a data handling problem.
The Mean - Interactive activity to learn how to calculate the mean.
The Median - Interactive activity to learn about the median and the range.
The Mode - Interactive activity to learn about the mode.
Train Pictogram - Interactive activity to interpret a pictogram where the symbol represents 5
Using Carroll Diagrams - Online activity involving interrogating a Carroll Diagram.
Venn Diagram - Year 3 - Interactive questions about a venn diagram.
Wood Pie Chart - Level 6 - Online activity about investigating a pie chart.