Mathematical Activities for Year 6

Challenging mental maths activities and puzzles for 11 year olds. Sharpen up your skills for SATs but some activities are against the clock so you will need to think fast!

Bingo

A useful teaching tool for whole class number activities when used in conjunction with an interactive whiteboard. A great range of different number activities and levels. This site makes class Bingo activities manageable.

Maths is Fun

A useful site if you are struggling with your maths as it explains different areas of maths. You can then work through examples and answers are provided. It is an American site, with something for all age groups. There is useful maths dictionary of terms.

Rockhopper

A problem solving maths game where you work out the best route to get the frog across the stepping stones by working out mental arithmetic sums.

Dartboard Addition

Use the image of a dartboard to reinforce addition. You can choose to reveal or input the answers.

Alien Addition

A quick fire space invader type addition game. It is quite a challenge but will help you learn your number bonds to 20. Great for improving your mental maths skills.

Spring Maths

Counting, ordering, sequencing, number bonds, addition, subtraction, multiplication and more, all set around the theme of Spring.

Primary Resources

Don't miss this wealth of worksheets, ideas, activities and resources for primary teachers. Sections included are literacy, homework, maths, science and art. Some resources are online, others are in PDF format.

Are You a Math Magician - Addition?

Sharpen your mental maths addition skills here against the clock.

Decomposition

This website is designed to help you with subtraction by the decomposition method. It expands the numbers to help you to understand. Different levels of difficulty including decimals. Good as a teaching tool on an interactive whiteboard.