This document contains previews of several math worksheets and activities from a teaching resource pack on mental math skills. It includes short exercises on topics like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, counting patterns, word problems, and checking answers. The previews provide sample questions and brief instructions to demonstrate the types of mental math challenges included in the full downloadable pack.

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Sharing things with others.
If I share my toys,
how many will I
have left?
How many
biscuits should I
give to my friend?
How much
should we give
to charity?
How much should
I spend on my
mum’s birthday gift?
How much time
should we spend at
grandma’s house?
Am I sharing
fairly and
equally?

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Buying things for
ourselves and others.
How much
is this?
Do we have
enough money?
How much
change
will I get?
If I save a little
each week, how
long will it take?
What notes or
coins will I need?
What is the
total cost of our
shopping?

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Thinking about how long
something will take.
How long will the
journey take?
How long will
this take to
download?
When will I
have to start
getting ready?
Am I going
to be late?
Do we have
enough
time left?
How many days
is it until...?

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Mental Maths A1
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2
3
4
5
6
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10
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14
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8 4 3 6
Name ! _____________
Total! ________

6. 1.
5
+
5
1
2
3
4
4
5
1
4
4
2.
5
+
3
1
2
5
4
2
4
2
1
4
3.
5
+
1
2
4
3
5
5
5
2
1
4
4.
5
+
1
5
2
4
3
3
2
5
4
2
5.
5
+
1
4
5
2
3
5
1
2
3
2
6.
5
+
1
3
4
5
2
4
5
1
3
2
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7. 1.
10
66
Count by 7 from 10 to 66 2.
7
31
Count by 3 from 7 to 31
3.
5
69
Count by 8 from 5 to 69 4.
4
36
Count by 4 from 4 to 36
5.
9
25
Count by 2 from 9 to 25 6.
1
73
Count by 9 from 1 to 73
7.
3
51
Count by 6 from 3 to 51 8.
9
49
Count by 5 from 9 to 49
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8. 1.
52 + 70 + 97 =
+ + + +
85 + 18 + 85 =
+ + + +
51 + 27 + 39 =
= = = =
+ + =
2.
28 + 11 + 71 =
+ + + +
46 + 17 + 74 =
+ + + +
20 + 97 + 72 =
= = = =
+ + =
3.
48 + 87 + 82 =
+ + + +
81 + 90 + 86 =
+ + + +
29 + 21 + 70 =
= = = =
+ + =
4.
82 + 46 + 36 =
+ + + +
88 + 52 + 88 =
+ + + +
91 + 13 + 30 =
= = = =
+ + =
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Complete the calculations
along every row and
down every column!
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9. 1. 36, 41, 37, 42, 38, 43, 39,
2. 98, 96, 92, 86, 78, 68, 56,
3. 25, 29, 25, 30, 26, 32, 28,
4. 25, 32, 26, 34, 28, 37, 31,
5. 63, 59, 64, 60, 65, 61, 66,
6. 94, 92, 88, 82, 74, 64, 52,
7. 35, 34, 36, 35, 37, 36, 38,
8. 78, 73, 71, 65, 63, 56, 54,
9. 2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30,
10. 46, 49, 51, 55, 57, 62, 64,
11. 5, 10, 8, 16, 14, 28, 26,
12. 44, 50, 57, 65, 74, 84, 95,
13. 62, 58, 63, 59, 64, 60, 65,
14. 38, 48, 57, 65, 72, 78, 83,
15. 29, 34, 40, 47, 55, 64, 74,
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10. 1.
6 10 2 11
9
7
11
3
2.
11 6 10 12
8
2
6
4
3.
2 6 10 3
11
12
4
6
4.
4 2 9 6
7
8
9
5
5.
12 7 3 2
2
3
8
10
6.
6 10 11 5
10
7
2
12
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11. 1. 121 2. 287 289
3. 702 704 4. 738
5. 766 768 6. 921
7. 726 728 8. 153
9. 310 312 10. 226 228
11. 697 12. 688
13. 747 749 14. 569
15. 644 646 16. 467
17. 814 18. 870 872
19. 399 401 20. 682
21. 901 22. 659 661
23. 211 24. 633
25. 937 939 26. 716
27. 340 342 28. 190
29. 564 30. 136
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What
numbers
are
missing
from
before,
between
or after
the ones
in each
question?
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6 ÷ 2 8 ÷ 2 9 ÷ 3
10 ÷ 2 12 ÷ 4 15 ÷ 3
15 ÷ 5 8 ÷ 4 12 ÷ 3

13. Is this the answer?
1
The Next Question...
97 - 95
Is this the answer?
2
The Next Question...
21 x 2
Is this the answer?
42
The Next Question...
3 x 5
Is this the answer?
15
The Next Question...
3 x 23
Is this the answer?
69
The Next Question...
95 + 9
Is this the answer?
104
The Next Question...
30 - 11
Is this the answer?
19
The Next Question...
30 ÷ 10
Is this the answer?
3
The Next Question...
25 x 4
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Thank you for looking
at this preview of our
Mental Maths Pack.
You can download the complete
teaching resource pack from
http://teachr.co/mentalmathspack
Helen and Mark