Beginner · ages 6 to 11 · 53 steps
Maths foundations, Grades 1 to 5
A long, gentle series for the primary years. Each unit begins with a big question, then moves through an interactive lesson, practice games and skills where you aim for a SmartScore of 80.
- Place value and number sense you can explain
- Fluent adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
- Fractions, decimals and percentages that connect
Numbers and place value
Big question: How do digits show how big a number is?
0 of 6- Place ValueInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Practise: Greater than, less than and equal toSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Tens and ones (place value)Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Skip countingSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Odd and even numbersSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Number Sense LabGame · about 5 minPlay a round
Adding and subtracting
Big question: How can you add and take away without counting one by one?
0 of 9- Practise: Addition within 10Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Subtraction within 10Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Addition within 20Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Subtraction within 20Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Number bonds and missing numbersSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Add & Subtract ArcadeGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Practise: 2-digit additionSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: 2-digit subtractionSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Maths MeteorsGame · about 3 minPlay a round
Times tables and division
Big question: Why are multiplication and division two sides of the same idea?
0 of 8- Practise: Doubles and halvesSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Times tables 2, 3, 4 and 5Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Times tables 6, 7, 8 and 9Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Times tables 10, 11 and 12Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Division factsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Times Table RaceGame · about 1 minPlay a round
- Multiplication MissionGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Times tables from 2 to 20Explore · about 10 minOpen it, then tick it off
Fractions
Big question: What does it mean to share something into equal parts?
0 of 8- Fractions and Equivalent FractionsInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Fraction PizzaGame · about 3 minPlay a round
- Practise: Fractions of a numberSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Equivalent fractionsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Adding fractions with the same denominatorSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Fraction FluencyGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Practise: Adding fractions with different denominatorsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Multiplying fractionsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
Decimals and percentages
Big question: How are fractions, decimals and percentages three names for one idea?
0 of 6- Practise: Adding and subtracting decimalsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Decimal DetectivesGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Practise: Multiplying decimalsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- PercentagesInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Practise: Percentage of a numberSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Percent PowerGame · about 5 minPlay a round
Shapes, area and volume
Big question: How do we measure space?
0 of 6- Area of RectanglesInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Geometry ExplorerGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Angles in a TriangleInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Angle EstimatorGame · about 3 minPlay a round
- Practise: Volume of cuboidsSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Cube NetsGame · about 5 minPlay a round
Data, time and money
Big question: How do numbers help us make sense of everyday life?
0 of 5- Clock GameGame · about 3 minPlay a round
- Money CounterGame · about 4 minPlay a round
- Data DetectiveGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Averages and the MeanInteractive lesson · about 7 minFinish the lesson
- Practise: Mean, median and modeSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
Put it together
Big question: What can you do with everything you have learned?
0 of 5- Maths PracticeGame · about 5 minPlay a round
- Number SequencesGame · about 4 minPlay a round
- Prime HunterGame · about 3 minPlay a round
- Practise: Order of operations (BODMAS / PEMDAS)Skill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
- Practise: Squares and cubesSkill practice · about 8 minReach a SmartScore of 80
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Maths foundations, Grades 1 to 5: questions
Who is the Maths foundations, Grades 1 to 5 path for?
Learners aged about 6 to 11. It is a beginner path, so start at the top and move down the map at your own pace.
How many steps are there?
53 steps in 8 units, about 5.8 hours in all. Most steps take five to fifteen minutes.
Do I have to do the steps in order?
No, but the order is designed so that each unit builds on the one before. If a step feels too easy, skip ahead; if it feels too hard, go back a step.
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