This Year 6 Spring 1 arithmetic test pack, which covers lots of the Year 6 national curriculum objectives, and has been differentiated six ways so everyone can get involved, is great to prepare your children for their upcoming tests!
Curriculum Objectives
Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: three-digit number and ones; three-digit number and tens; three-digit number and hundreds
Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction
Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators
Find 1,000 more or less than a given number
Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate
Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers
Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout
Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)
Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)
Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000
Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number
Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places
Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication
Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context
Use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations
Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions
Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form [for example, 1/4 × 1/2 = 1/8]
Divide proper fractions by whole numbers [for example, 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6 ]
Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000 giving answers up to three decimal places
Multiply one-digit numbers with up to two-decimal places by whole numbers
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison