Year 6 Mental Maths Preparation Resources
An annotated copy of a Year 6 mental test. This image models the use of jottings in the mental test. It was demonstrated on the Y5/6 Briefing for English and Maths, Jan 08.
PowerPoints to use when preparing pupils for the Y6 Mental Maths Test. Each Powerpoint is self-running: Start the presentation (SlideShow > View show) and after clicking on the first page the question is read aloud twice automatically and will move on to the next slide after the specific time.
DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUALLY BELOW OR ALL AT THE BOTTOM
- 5 second Addition and Subtraction (powerpoint - 2,340kb)
- 5 second Mathematical Knowledge (powerpoint - 2,569kb)
- 5 second Multiplication and Division (powerpoint - 3,118kb)
- 5 second Numbers and the number system (powerpoint - 2,767kb)
- 10 second Addition and Subtraction (powerpoint - 5,911kb)
- 10 second Multiplication and Division (powerpoint - 2,085kb)
- 10 second Numbers, fractions, decimals, proportion & probability (powerpoint - 3,046kb)
- 10 second Shape and measures (powerpoint - 2,549kb)
- 10 second Time perimeter and sequences (powerpoint - 3,359kb)
- 15 second Calculation (powerpoint - 5,382kb)
- 15 second Numbers and the number system, Measures and Shape (powerpoint - 2,915kb)
Transcripts for the questions asked in the above PowerPoints. (Word documents)
- 5 second questions transcript (word - 39kb)
- 10 second questions transcript (word - 53kb)
- 15 second questions transcript (word - 34kb)
To download all the above in one folder use the link below:
- All Y6 Mental Maths materials (zip file - 17.5kb)
NB This is a Zip folder which you will need to extract before you can use it. Follow the steps below:
- To save it to your computer, right-click on the link above and select ‘Save Target As…’ Choose where you want to save it e.g. ‘Desktop’ and click on ‘Save’.
- Find the folder in the location you saved it, double-click on the folder and a ‘ZipCentral Self Extracting Archive’ window will open.
- Next to the ‘Extract to:’ box, click on the … button to choose where you want to save the files, e.g. ‘My Documents’, then click on the Extract. That’s it!
Page Last Updated: 21 August 2008
