What’s included in the Year 6 Mental Calculations and Estimation Homework resource and why is it useful?

Year 6 Mental Calculations and Estimation Homework is a set of worksheets to consolidate this step after it has been taught, at home or in class. Each set has been carefully designed to help you meet each child where they are at to ensure progress for every child, not just the average child. The content includes 3 levelled worksheets and a full answer sheet, covering performing mental calculations with mixed operations and large numbers and estimating answers.

Developing

• Q1 ticking the most efficient order to work out a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers and up to 3 steps per calculation. Useful facts given within each question. Numerals only.
• Q2 writing a suitable calculation to find an approximate answer to a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers and 2 steps per calculation. Useful facts given within each question.
• Q3 finding a more efficient method to solve a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers. Useful facts given within each question. Numerals only.

Expected

• Q4 ticking the most efficient order to work out a calculation. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and up to 3 steps per calculation. Numerals only.
• Q5 writing a suitable calculation to find an approximate answer to a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers including decimal numbers in context and 3 steps per calculation.
• Q6 finding a more efficient method to solve a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers. Numerals only.

Greater Depth

• Q7 ticking the most efficient order to work out a calculation. Includes four operations with up to 4-digit numbers and up to four steps per calculation and mixed operations within a number sentence. Numerals and words.
• Q8 writing a suitable calculation to find an approximate answer to a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers including decimal numbers in context. Includes four steps per calculation and mixed operations within a number sentence.
• Q9 finding a more efficient method to solve a calculation. Includes up to 4-digit numbers. Includes four steps per calculation and mixed operations within a number sentence. Numerals and words.

How do our maths homework resources work?

Our maths homework resources are not part of our adaptive maths resources, but they can be used alongside for consolidation purposes and to give children more opportunities to practise.

To teach this full step, head to Year 6 Mental Calculations and Estimation lesson page.

This resource is designed to align to White Rose Maths version 3. Classroom Secrets Limited is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to White Rose Education Limited. Our products are original to Classroom Secrets Limited and any reference to White Rose Maths is solely for the purpose of indicating compatibility and does not imply any association with White Rose Education.