Years 3–6 · Foundations to SATs

KS2 Maths Revise & Practise

All of Key Stage 2 maths in ten strands, from place value to statistics, with every topic on one two-page spread.

Every question. One true answer.

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The cover of KS2 Maths: Revise & Practise, Foundations to SATs, Years 3–6.

One topic, one spread

Each of the 44 topics fills two facing pages. The left page teaches one idea; the right page practises it, including the mistakes children really make. These are real pages from the book.

Topic 5.1, Fractions of shapes and amounts: the teaching page on the left and the practice page on the right. — **Learn it, then practise it**Topic 5.1. On the left: a question to try first, four things to recall, the big idea, a sentence to say out loud, a worked example and your turn. On the right: spot the mistake, practice, convince me and test-style questions with their marks.

Try this firstEvery topic opens with a question to try before the teaching, so your child finds out what they already know.
One idea, one worked exampleThe big idea in a few lines, a sentence to say out loud, then a worked example with every step shown.
Practise, with the real slipsSpot the mistake, practice questions, convince me, and test-style questions with their marks.
How sure were you?Test-style questions have sure, unsure and guess boxes, so a lucky guess is not mistaken for something learned.

Ten strands, Year 3 to SATs

The book covers the mathematics of the national curriculum for Years 3 to 6. Each topic starts from its Year 3 idea and climbs to what the Year 6 tests ask, so it is useful in any year of Key Stage 2.

1Place value and the number line5 topics
2Number facts3 topics
3Addition and subtraction4 topics
4Multiplication and division7 topics
5Fractions5 topics
6Decimals and percentages4 topics
7Ratio and algebra3 topics
8Measures3 topics
9Geometry7 topics
10Statistics3 topics

Check, learn, come back

A plan to work through, not a book to read. The study plan at the front spreads the topics over the weeks and brings each one back the next day, a week later and three weeks later.

The check-up page, Where to start, that opens strand 1, Place value and the number line. — **Check**Each strand opens with a short check-up. A question that goes wrong, or is only a guess, points to the topic to start on.

The Review 1 page, with questions from across strand 1. — **Come back**A review spread ends each strand. It mixes that strand's topics with earlier ones, so each idea comes back after a gap.

Topic 9.1, Angles: turns, types and measuring, with a protractor to read on the teaching page. — **Pictures that teach**Topic 9.1, angles. Protractors, number lines, bar models, clocks and charts are on the page to read and use, so reading them is part of the practice.

Every answer checked two ways

Every answer in the book was worked out two separate ways and compared with what is printed, before the book went to print. The checking itself was tested with wrong answers planted on purpose, and it caught every one.

803answers, every one checked two ways
2,798wrong answers planted on purpose to test the checks: all caught
345common slips named in the answers, each with the topic that fixes it
44topics, each on one two-page spread

Answers that explain themselves

Every answer at the back says why it is right. Where a wrong answer is a common slip, it is named and explained, and each answer says which topic and page to go back to.

A mistakes log, to turn each slip into the next thing to practise
Ready for the tests and a test-day page
A glossary and an index
A page for grown-ups: how to help little and often, by asking questions instead of giving answers

The first page of the answers, with the reason under each answer and a page to go back to.

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163 pages, full colour, on white paper
8.5 x 11 in (21.6 x 27.9 cm), with room to write in the book
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ISBN 979-8167015180

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Questions

Who is this book for?

Children in Years 3 to 6, aged 7 to 11. Each topic starts from its Year 3 idea and climbs to what the Year 6 tests ask, so a child can start in any year of Key Stage 2.

Does it prepare for the Year 6 SATs?

It covers the mathematics of the national curriculum for Years 3 to 6, and its test-style questions carry marks as the tests do. The questions are original: none is taken from a real test.

How should we use it?

Start each strand with its check-up, then work on the topics it points to: one topic is one spread, a good size for one session. Do the review at the end of each strand, and mark the questions your child was not sure of.

Is it linked to the Department for Education?

No. This book is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Department for Education, the Standards and Testing Agency or any exam board.

What does UNATUM mean?

It comes from the Latin unum tantum, ‘only one’: every question has only one right answer.

Found something that looks wrong?

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