Shopping Maths
After you have been shopping, choose 6 different items each costing less
than £1. Make a price label for each one, e.g. 39p, 78p. Shuffle the
labels. Then ask your child to do one or more of these things:
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Place the labels in order, starting with the
lowest.
Say which price is an odd number and
which is an even number.
Add 9p to each price in their head.
Take 20p from each price in their head.
Say which coins to use to pay exactly for
each item.
Choose any two of the items and find their
total cost.
Work out the change from a £1 for each
item.
68p
Step counting
Objective: To recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5
and 10 multiplication tables
Using sticky notes or pieces of paper to write out the multiples of 2, 3 or 5
up to 12 x the multiple you have chosen e.g.
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
An ideas booklet to help support your child
Year 2 – booklet 3 (of 3)
50 55 60
Now practise counting on and back from different numbers. As your child
becomes more fluent, remove more sticky notes and see how they can
recall multiples starting at different points counting on and back.
Try these websites to help your child with learning multiplication and
division facts;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/division/play/
Have fun with Maths at home!
During Key Stage 1 (year 1 & 2), there is a big focus on developing
basic number skills. That means securing a good understanding of
place value, recognising number bonds to 20 and applying known
facts to solve problems. Practising these skills frequently will help
children’s mathematical thinking throughout school. At the end of
Year 2, all children will sit the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key
Stage 1.
Main Number objectives – Year 2
By the end of Year 2, most children should be able to…
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Recognise place value in two-digit numbers, e.g.
knowing that the 1 in 17 represents 10.
Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and
words.
Count in 2s, 3s and 5s from 0 and in tens from any
number, forwards and backwards.
Compare and order numbers up to 100 using the =, <
and > symbols.
Recall number bonds up to 20 efficiently (e.g. 13 + 7 =
20). Derive and use related facts up to 100.
Add and subtract numbers mentally and using objects,
including two-digit numbers.
Show that adding two numbers can be done in any order
(commutative), but subtracting cannot.
Recognise that addition and subtraction are inverse
operations (e.g. 12 + 8 = 20 so 20 – 8 = 12). Use this to
check calculations.
Learn the multiplication and division facts for the 2x, 5x
and 10x tables, recognising odd and even numbers.
Show that multiplying two numbers can be done in any
order (commutative), but division cannot.
Solve problems using the x and ÷ symbols, including
problems in context.
Recognise, find, name and write 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of
a length, shape, set of objects or quantity
Find the answer to simple fraction problems, such as
finding 1/2 of 6 = 3.
Recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and ½.
Fractions
Objective: To recognise, find, name and write 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4
of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity
Use 12 buttons, sweets, dried beans or anything else you can find
at home.
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Ask your child to find half of the 12 things.
Now find one quarter of the same group.
Find one third of the whole group.
Now try with a different number of objects at the start.
Mixed bags
Objective: To solve problems using multiplication
This bag has exactly 13p in it. There is a mix of 2p
and 5p coins, and no other coins. How many coins do
you think are in the bag?
This bag has exactly 19p in it, again made from 2p
and 5p coins. How many coins do you think there are
this time? Is there another possibility? Are you sure
that there aren’t any more possibilities?
Odds and evens
Objective: To recognise odd and even numbers
Walking down the street look at the house numbers and ask this
question…
Is 34 an odd number or even number? How do you know?