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Mental Arithmetic: Lessons

If you want a complete lesson, a Tarsia jigsaw, or a fun and engaging lesson activity, then you have come to the right place!

Contents

Complete Lesson PowerPoints keyboard_arrow_up
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Complete lessons from some of my favourite authors. There are few better places to kick-off your own planning process.

Dr Frost: Number Theory
Pixi: Divisibility rules

MAP: Interpreting Multiplication and Division
MAP: Representing the Laws of Arithmetic

Tarsia Jigsaws and Card keyboard_arrow_up
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I have been a Tarsia fan for many years. Visit the my tarsia page for lots of different ideas for using this wonderful free resource, and to get hold of the software yourself.

Basic Number Skills
addition of single digits
basic number skills
doubles
number bonds to 100
continuing number sequences

Times Tables
7 and 8 times tables
times tables practice 1
times tables practice 2

Four Operations
tarsia convince me: four operations
four operations (level 3)
four operations (level 4)
four operations (level 5)
four operations (level 6)
tricky four operations
four operations and some fractions and percentages!
four operations and some equations!

Lesson Activities keyboard_arrow_up
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A selection of some of my favourite, free maths activities to use in lessons. I have tried out each and every one with my students.

TES: Mental Arithmetic Mystery
TES: Table Learning Games
Numeracy Ninjas
Alutwyche: Defuse The Bomb - Mult. and Div. by Powers of 10
Alutwyche: Numberland Function Machines
Alutwyche: Collective Memory - Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide
Alutwyche: Hotel Reception Problems - Adding and Subtracting