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As your child first goes into Key Stage 1, everything can feel new and overwhelming - with our KS1 maths worksheets, we help children develop their understanding in an easy and approachable way. Our year 1 maths worksheets and year 2 maths worksheets are designed to help your child learn new topics in an enjoyable environment. Supporting children through the first steps of their school journey is important, and our Key Stage 1 maths worksheets are the perfect way to do that! Our online KS1 maths worksheets are created by our team of teachers and aligned to the UK KS1 maths curriculum to make sure your child can learn everything they need - perfect when used alongside our KS1 English worksheets and KS1 science worksheets !

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We believe that learning can be just as fun as it is informative, which is why we take pride in making sure our Key Stage 1 maths worksheets are enjoyable to complete for all students! Catered to younger children, our KS1 maths activities include visual learning materials to keep learners engaged, including pictures and colourful diagrams to make new content easier to follow; helping to understand sharing, fractions, money and more! Our KS1 maths worksheets are regularly reviewed and updated with new content and interesting activities to make sure we’re aligned to the UK KS1 maths National Curriculum, and we work closely with educational professionals and parents to make sure our KS1 maths resources always reach the highest standards!

As well as helping your child to learn new content, our KS1 maths worksheets help your child consolidate their previous knowledge, allowing them to understand it before moving on to the next topic - we use KS1 maths questions, revision resources and KS1 maths quiz activities to help promote an enjoyable method of learning!

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We know that every student has different needs when it comes to learning or revising content - we’ve structured our KS1 maths resources by topics and year groups to help aid your individual needs! With activities focussing on all of the main topics including money worksheets , numbers worksheets , addition worksheets , subtraction worksheets , shape worksheets and more, our online KS1 maths worksheets are a flexible tool to help your child learn new content.

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Whether you’re making a homeschooling plan and want to cover the entire curriculum or focus on specific KS1 maths topics to help your child improve their understanding, our KS1 maths topics can cater to any style of learning. Our KS1 maths worksheets are tailored to different educational needs; whether you’re a school looking for worksheet resources, a teacher looking for some lesson planning inspiration or a parent who wants to support your child on a couple of topics, our KS1 maths worksheets are the perfect learning aid.

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubling, halving, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Brilliant for improving mental maths and calculation skills, but particularly times tables either up to 10 or up to 12 times.

Subtraction Grids

Can you meet the challenge to see how many subtraction calculations you can do in two minutes? There are different levels and you can choose either one or two missing numbers to make your number sentence correct.

Mental Maths Train

Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the essential vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A multiple choice game which can give children confidence in the four arithmetic operations.

Caterpillar Ordering

A flexible game for ordering numbers and for number sequences. Fantastic on an interactive whiteboard. Levels range from ordering and sequencing numbers to 5 up to decimals.

Shape Patterns

Shape Patterns is a shapes sequencing game. Complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. There are three levels of difficulty.

2D Shape Reveal

An interactive whiteboard resource to help with the teaching and learning of the names and properties of 2D shapes.

Arrow Cards

Build a two or three digit number using the cards. Click the button to see how it is written. This site can help children understand place value. It is suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard.

Underwater Counting

Can you find the treasure? You need to count the underwater creatures. This game has two levels: Count to 5 and Count to 10.

Chinese Dragon Game

Chinese Dragon Game is an ordering and sequencing numbers game based on the Chinese New Year dragon theme.

Number Pieces

A great teaching resource which helps children to understand place value. It uses hundreds, tens and ones blocks. It's great for demonstrating decomposition as you can break apart the pieces.

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You made it through the first year and now it’s time for Key Stage 1! Maths anxiety can increase as children get older but it doesn’t have to. As parents, we can help our child succeed in KS1 maths by learning what to expect. Explore KS1 maths topics below, including tips for KS1 maths SATs, and have a go at some practice questions!

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Multiplication or Division

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Measurement

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Position and direction

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Fractions, decimals and percentages

Learn what a fraction is and how to order them

Fractions or Decimals

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What do children learn in KS1 maths?

In Key Stage 1 maths curriculum , kids explore a wide breath of content to help develop their knowledge of core concepts and gain an understanding of how maths is used in everyday life. From fractions to shapes, they learn lots of key skills that’ll place them in great stead for KS2! The main topics they learn about are…    

1. Number and place value: In the KS1 maths curriculum, children learn to count, read, write and represent numbers up to 100. They also learn how to compare numbers and use the place value system.  

2. Addition and subtraction: Children learn various strategies for mental and written addition and subtraction. They also explore number bonds, counting techniques and inverse operations.  

3. Multiplication and division: Kids develop their understanding of multiplication and division and learn how to solve problems using multiplication and division facts, arrays and pictorial representations.  

4. Fractions : Learners discover how to recognise, name, find and write fractions in relation to length, shapes and quantity.

  5. Measurement: In KS1 maths, children learn how to use appropriate units, estimate measurements and read scales, including length, capacity and time.  

6. Properties of shapes: Learners explore the fundamentals of shapes, including how to recognise and name different types of 2D and 3D shapes.  

7. Position and direction: Children  learn how to describe position, direction and movement, as well as how to organise objects into patterns and sequences. 

8. Statistics: In the KS1 curriculum, kids explore how to collect and organise data. They also learn how to create graphs and interpret data using a variety of graphs.

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From working in a messy bakery to helping a monkey collect coconuts, all of its games are specifically designed to develop instant recall and mental maths skills, transforming learning into a fun adventure.

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There are lots of ways that you can help your child or pupils to learn KS1 maths:

• Rather than explaining concepts, use visual representations to explore them, such as number lines and grids.
• Nothing beats doodling! Encourage your child or pupils to draw pictures to help them understand concepts or have a go at working out the answer to a question.
• Use real-life items to explore number, such as Smarties or pebbles. Encourage your child to sort the items into different amounts; doing this will help them understand concepts such as addition and fractions!
• Boosting their instant recall skills will help them with their mental maths and speed answering questions. Learning times tables in a specific order and using fun activities is a great way to help with this!

An array is an arrangement of items (such as pictures or numbers) in columns or rows.

They let children visualise what happens when they multiply or divide numbers together, helping them master times tables and division!

Reasoning is basically detective work: it's when learners use what they already know to work out the answer to a question.

For example, if a child knows what 12 - 5 is, they can use this knowledge to work out what 12 - 6 is.

"I know that 12 - 5 is 7. As 6 is 1 higher than 5, the answer must be 1 higher than 7."

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Activities develop pupils’ confidence and fluency in maths, through hundreds of lessons and self-marking homework tasks, worksheets, and games.

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The Top 10 Free Maths Homework Help Sites and Apps For Primary School Children And Their Parents! (UK)

Ellie Williams

Finding the best free maths homework help sites online for your child can be tricky as a parent. Here we review the 10 top UK maths homework websites and apps that are free, packed full of homework help for primary school children – and may even teach parents a thing or two along the way! 

We’ve all been there.

It’s 7pm on a Sunday night and you are struggling to persuade the kids to get their maths homework done, take a bath and get their uniform ready for the morning.

Regrettably, we can’t help with the last two battles on that particular list, but if it’s anything to do with primary school maths or maths homework you need help with, rest assured we’ve got you covered. Every week thousands of 6 to 12 year olds are improving their maths skills, furthering their knowledge, and learning to love the subject with their personal tutor on our KS2 Maths Intervention Programmes. We live and breathe the subject, talking to parents and teachers about nothing other than maths every day!

So it’s not surprising that parents often ask us for recommendations for cheap or ideally free maths homework help online.

This blog post is the list we now give out when asked!

How we compiled our list of maths websites and apps

To compile it we specifically looked at all the online maths programmes, websites and free maths apps that are focused on the national curriculum. This is because we believe it’s a lot easier for UK parents and kids to find their way around sites that refer to Year 3 or KS2 then Fourth Grade or other public examinations.

We also asked parents for their recommendations and of course used our network of expert teachers to give us any additional secret teacher tips on the top free maths websites and apps that they recommend to parents to help with homework. (Number 8 is most definitely a big hit with teachers! As is our bonus entry in at number 11.)

Most of these home learning sites are free or so cheap as to be almost free, and we guarantee that the methods used here will be up to date with national curriculum, in line with most schools’ moves towards a maths mastery approach to teaching, and a great way to make sure you’re able to provide your 6 year old or your 12 year old with the specific help their maths homework might require. 

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Here is our list of the top ten free maths homework websites and apps suitable for children and parents in the UK (ie the sites support the national curriculum):

• Third Space Learning Maths Hub (resources from maths tuition experts)
• BBC Bitesize – KS2 Maths (everything)
• Primary Games Arena (games)
• Hit the Button (times tables and number bonds)
• Math is Fun (worksheets)
• Primary Resources (oldie but a goodie!)
• NRich (problem solving and challenge questions)
• TT Rockstars (competitive times tables)
• Maths Zone (portal to lots of maths games and quizzes)
• Ashcott Primary School (videos from pupils for parents)

Read on for more detail on which free maths website is good for maths games, which worksheets, and which will challenge children of any ability to think deeply, reason and problem solve.

1. Third Space Learning’s Online Maths Hub – thousands of maths resources for teachers and parents

The Third Space Maths Hub contains thousands of downloadable home learning resources and videos , many of which are free. Lots of free maths worksheets practice SATs papers, mental maths activities and even short maths in minutes videos that break down for non-specialists like parents and support staff at school, how to help children with maths.

2. BBC Bitesize – maths homework help online for children of all ages

What’s the website about?

BBC Bitesize is the gold standard when it comes to getting help for your child with their maths homework, and it’s good for parents who are struggling with the new curriculum being used in schools too! It’s not just getting to grips with whether your child is in Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 1 – but what about the methods now used? Chunking anyone? 

The first incarnation of the Bitesize website was launched back in 1998, and over the last 20 years the BBC has built up a sterling reputation amongst teachers, parents and children alike as the place to go for free homework help online.

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All topics on the Bitesize website are organised by year group and curriculum, so you’ll be secure in the knowledge that your child will be working at the right level. Short videos make the learning enjoyable and accessible, and the sheer amount of information on offer on this website should make it the first stop for maths homework help!

Take a look at the BBC Bitesize website here.

3. Primary Games Arena – learn maths through games online!

At Third Space Learning, we believe that children learn best when they’re engaged and empowered by learning, and Primary Games Arena delivers this with a huge helping of fun too.

It is a free website that encourages children to play online maths games linked to their homework.

What’s more, children can play against other students. Forget Fortnite, these games will sharpen their maths skills without them even noticing!

Primary Games Arena breaks down the games on the site by both age (school year group) and by topic. This gives you as a parent the ability to pair up the maths game with whatever topic your child is learning in school, forming a fantastic learning partnership. This may seem like a unique way to get maths help online, but it certainly works!

Head over to Primary Maths Arena by clicking here .

4. Hit the Button – excellent website and app to practise times tables and number bonds homework

Perfect for helping your kids get their heads round the basics in an engaging way, Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quickfire questions on:

• Number bonds
• Times tables
• Doubling and halving
• Division facts
• Square numbers

The games work against the clock so are great for developing your child’s mental maths skills at primary school.

Another reason we like this website is that in addition to the fun and interactive nature of the maths games, it also has a dedicated section on parental tips and tricks for the best ways to support your child throughout their learning.

Hit the Button can be found here.

5. Math is Fun – A simple but very useful free maths homework help website

Math or maths? Don’t be put off by the US spelling, as this site will reinforce learning for the UK curriculum in a lively and engaging way.

It’s topic based rather than year based, but it is an excellent site if your child needs to revise a particular topic because each one is written in a clear and precise style.

As well as being a great place for your child to get free maths homework help online, Math is Fun also gives you the chance to see how well your child has digested the material they have learned through a number of questions on each topic.

There’s also a section of the site dedicated to downloadable worksheets, and we love this too! 

Check out the Math is Fun site here !

6. Primary Resources – Everything you’ll need for maths homework help all in one place

We love Primary Resources because its no-nonsense maths worksheets are perfect for free maths homework help. It’s a long standing favourite website among teachers but there’s no reason why parents can’t use the exercises and maths practice activities too.

Worksheets are sorted by topics and level, so you can be confident that whatever topic from the primary maths national curriculum for KS1 or KS2 your child practises with you in the evening can be applied in the classroom the next day.

Check out the Primary Resources site .

7. NRICH – When the maths homework requires some support on problem solving! 

NRICH is a free maths site born from a Cambridge Maths Project to encourages children to think like mathematicians, become ‘good thinkers’ and generally develop curiosity about the world around them. It’s 

It was originally founded by a group of teachers and provides free maths activities for all ages and abilities – secondary as well as primary. There’s a particular focus on problem solving and reasoning, key principles of the new national curriculum for KS1 and KS2. The step-by-step explanations are perfect for anyone who is pursuing that elusive ‘I get it!’ moment.

NRICH is a great site for challenging high achievers. Thanks to the breadth of topics and tasks on there, you will be able to really challenge your child whilst ensuring that they can get the right level of maths help online.

The NRICH website can be found here.

8. Times Tables Rockstars – so cheap it’s free homework help website and app to support learning times tables and multiplication

One of our favourites, and although it’s not strictly free, it’s only £6 per year for family membership. Times tables are the absolute bedrock of maths learning; mastering them can have a direct impact on how well kids get to grips with the more complex maths further up the curriculum, so it’s worth nailing them early on.

Moreoever, from 2020 all Year 4 pupils will be required to sit a short Multiplication and Times Tables Test/Check as part of the new government assessment regime. Worth getting a head start now!

In Times Tables Rockstars, you earn rewards through mastery which can be ‘spent’ buying accessories for your online avatar. This is often the most popular part, of the whole process!

Times Tables Rock Stars can be found here.

9. Maths Zone – The ultimate site for free maths homework help with links to lots of other websites 

Maths Zone describes itself as ‘cool learning games’, and it’s just that.

Need some help with frustrating fractions homework? There’s a free maths game for that on Maths Zone.

Place value proving problematic? There’s a free maths app for that too….

Absolutely jam-packed with fun ways to learn more about maths, this site is ideal for children that like task-based learning and are motivated by tech, as the games are fast paced and full of action.

Each game starts with a short video to show how it’s played, so this should result in fewer calls of “Mum/Dad, I don’t know how to do it!” coming from the living room.

Maths Zone and all of its amazing games can be found here.

10. Ashcott Primary School – Online maths homework help fresh from the mouths of primary pupils!

Ashcott Primary is a school with a big heart that’s based in Somerset. What we love about the maths homework help on their page is that the videos explaining core maths concepts are all done and narrated by the kids, and are very clear and helpful.

With the content on the site coming from a school, you know for a fact that the teaching strategies involved here will be aligned with what your child has been taught.

The Ashcott Primary School website is available here.

So that’s our top 10 list of free online maths homework apps and websites – hopefully something to suit all children, whether they’re puzzle-loving logic fans or rapid action game adventurers.

Any more we’ve missed? Let us know!

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Key Stage 1

Children doing Key Stage 1 maths may be unwilling to write numbers and sums, but that isn’t a problem.

What is important is that they understand the concept of counting, adding and subtracting. This can be practised every day. For example, ask them the number of people the table needs to be set for at dinner or ask them to count items of clothing as they dress or undress.

You can use sweets on a saucer for practising adding and subtracting - with obvious rewards for getting it right! Counting songs, such as Ten in the Bed and Five Little Ducks are good maths practice, too.

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Key Stage 2

As your child progresses to Key Stage 2 maths you might want to read up a bit if your own knowledge is hazy.

Admitting you’re clueless about something or saying you didn’t enjoy the subject at school might affect your child’s motivation.

Download maths worksheets for this stage and they should help to fill you in so you can guide your child.

Think of fun imaginative ways of discussing maths at this age - recite times tables to a popular tune and talk about division and fractions when cutting up a cake or pizza. Maths isn’t all about working out difficult sums, it’s part of our everyday lives!

When it comes to helping with homework, choose a time when your child isn’t tired or distracted. Be aware of your child’s concentration span and take regular breaks. Scheduling homework into a routine will make sure you’re not rushing to get it done at the last minute, too.

Remember to be encouraging, use lots of praise and be patient. If your child appears to be getting frustrated or is struggling with their homework, then have a chat with their teacher for ideas on how you can help.

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