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Counting grapes
Contents
Year 1 Workbook 1 pages:
Counting grapes
p3
Adding 2; 1 more
p1213
Straight or curved; Monster sort
p1819
Write numbers to 20; Ordering numbers to 20
p2021
Year 2 Workbook 1 pages:

Finding missing numbers; Comparing 2-digit numbers
Addition facts; Bonds to 20
p45
p1011
Counting in 10s; More and less
p2829
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s; 2s, 5s and 10s
p6061
Year 3 Textbook 1 pages:

Multiplying and dividing by 3, 4, 5 and 10
p2223
Subtract by counting up
p4647
Finding fractions of shapes and amounts
p5455
Puzzles
p9495

Metres, centimetres and millimetres
p4041
Column addition of 3-digit numbers
p4243
Unit fractions and equivalence
p5455
Rounding 4-digit numbers
p7475

Two decimal places
p2224
Length and perimeter
p3335
Mental multiplication strategies
p2829
Comparing fractions and finding equivalents
p5253
Key of page colours

Number and Place value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Shape and Measure
Fractions
Mixed Operations
Count the grapes in each bunch. How many are there?

Cross out each grape
as you count it.
Pick up a handful of counters. Estimate how

many. < 10? 1020? >20? Now count them.
Adding 2
1 more
13
14
15
15 + 2 =
25
26
27
27 + 2 =
17
18
19
19 + 2 =
20
21
22
22 + 2 =
14
15
16
16 + 2 =
23
24
25
25 + 2 =
26
27
28
28 + 2 =
Write the next two numbers on the tracks. Complete all the additions.
12
Use a number track to

help you.
Write your own additions adding 2.

Make them different from the ones
on this page.
10
14
12
17
15
20
Draw one more bead and write the next number.

Text...
Use
a bead string to help you.
Text...numbers where the next

Write
number ends in 0.
13
Straight or curved
straight sides
curved sides
Monster sort
two arms
three eyes
Join each monster to its correct place in the hoops.

Join each shape to its correct place in the hoops.
18
Make a collection of shapes

with curved sides.
Draw different shapes that have

both straight and curved sides.
Make a monster from circles, squares,

triangles and rectangles. How many
arms does your monster have? How
many eyes does it have?
Draw a monster which

belongs in both hoops.
19
Ordering numbers to 20
Write numbers to 20
7
13
12
15
12
10
11
9
18
14
16
15
17
11
16
11
3
19
15
19
20
21
Write the missing numbers on the track starting each digit at the dot given.
Use a number track to help you.
20
Choose three numbers to write

in words.
18
20
21
Write the sets of three numbers in order.

Use a number track to help you.
Choose three cards from a shuffled

pack of 120 cards. Put them in
order.
21
Finding missing numbers

1
11
12
10
14
15
16
17
18
19 20
32
34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45
49 50
52 53 54 55
59 60
51
61
63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71
74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86
88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96
99 100
Write in the missing numbers on the 100-square.
28
32
43
55
18
15
30
13
27
24
26
62
75
71
33
42
58
72
81
18
25 26 27 28 29 30
21
31
Comparing 2-digit numbers
Use counters to cover numbers on

the 100-square. Ask your partner to
work out what the numbers are.
Circle the biggest number in each pair.

Write the next ten numbers after
100 on the square.
Work with a partner. Each secretly

make a number on a bead string.
Compare numbers. Which is bigger?
Your partner shows you a number

on a bead string. Write a bigger
number. Write the pair down.
Bonds to 20
Addition facts
2+
= 10
9+1=
+7=9
+ 3 = 10
+6=7
+6=9
3+
=8
+5=6
= 10
5+4=
7 + 1 =
6+
=8
6+4=
1+
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
= 20
=9
+ 5 6 7 8 9
1
2
3
4
5
Complete the additions. Add the numbers across and down to fill the grid.
10
= 20
5+2=
5+
Use your fingers to help you

find the answers.
11
Can you make 10 with two even

numbers? Two odd numbers? An
odd number and an even number?
Complete the additions to match the cubes.

Use interlocking cubes in
Text...
two
colours to help you.
What do you add to:

1 Text...
to make 20?
2 to make 20?
Write the next five of these.
11
Counting in 10s
More and less

45
54
55
65
5
15
55
65
95
1
11
21
61
71
81
91
19
29
49
79
89
4
14
24
44
27
37
64
74
57
67
94
87
36
46
56
14
41
Use the columns on a 100-square

to help you.
72
58
83
35
76
86
19
Write the numbers 10 more and 10 less and 1 more and 1 less.
Fill in the missing numbers on each snake.
28
26
56
Draw your own snake with numbers

missing for your partner to complete.
Use a 100-square to help you.

Text...
Copy one of these crosses. Try to fill

in Text...
the numbers that sit diagonally
to the middle number. What is the
pattern for diagonal numbers?
29
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
2s, 5s and 10s
40 50
2
8
10
20 30
5
10
10
35 40
32 34
Fill in the missing numbers to continue the patterns.
60
Use a bead string or a

100-square to help you.
Draw more trains starting at 0 and counting

in steps of different numbers. Which numbers
appear on more than one train?
Continue to count on in 2p, 5p and 10p coins up to 10 times.

Text...
Use
coins to help find
the answers.
Text...
Find a number
that is in all three counts and
show how to make it from 2s, 5s and 10s.
61
Multiplying and dividing by 3, , 5 and 10

A bead string
7 5 = 35
6 10 =
2
Complete these multiplications.

1
34=
44=
54=
4 = 24
74=
10
4 = 12
24=
11
4 = 44
14=
12
4 = 48
10 4 =
13
4 = 32
94 =
14
4 = 36
95=
Complete these divisions.
3
7 10 =
4
5 = 25
10 = 90
22
18 28 4 =
16 8 4 =
19 32 4 =
17 20 4 =
20 48 4 =
Solve these problems.
15 4 4 =
65=
21 Cows have 4 legs. How many legs on 12 cows?
10 = 40
10 = 60
10 50 5 =
5 = 40
11
80 10 =
I am confident with multiplying and dividing by 5

and 10.
22 There are 24 children. They get into
groups of 4. How many groups?

How many multiples of 4 under
50 are also multiples of 10?
I am confident with multiplying and dividing by 4.
23
Subtract by counting up
A bead string
32 27 = 5
Complete these subtractions.

48 34 = 14
40
32
27
Complete these subtractions.

1
23 16 =
34
100
16
23
34 28 =
3
40
31 26 =
40
53 47 =
47
42 35 =
35
200
156 164
223 215 =
?
53
54 46 =
400
486 478 =
500
535 527 =
600
649 636 =
600
60
42
500
60
377 364 =
400
300
300
200
100
48
40
A number line
164 156 =
700
768 753 =
700
46
54
60
I am confident with subtracting by counting up.

46
800
854 849 =
992 983 =
I am confident with subtracting by counting up.

47
Finding fractions of shapes and amounts

a
Which shape is divided into
1
4
s?
1
6
s?
1
5
s?
What fraction of each shape is shaded?

1
10
11
11
Write the fraction that is shaded for each shape.

4
10
Write > or < between each pair of fractions.

5
11
12
Can you write any of the fractions above using

smaller numbers?
54
I am confident with recognising fractions as equal

parts of a whole.
13
1
6
1
8
16
1
6
1
5
14
1
4
1
3
17
1
8
1
3
15
1
3
1
5
18
1
6
1
4
Is this statement true or false?

For unit fractions (those that have the numerator 1)
the larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
I am confident with recognising fractions as equal
parts of a whole, and comparing fractions.
55
Cube puzzles
1
Grid puzzles
Choose a pair of 2-digit numbers

from the cube and find their total
and their difference.
Four numbers are written in a square. Four products

can be found, multiplying across and diagonally.
47
You can use any method you think best. For example:
29 + 88
20 + 80 = 100
9+ 8= 17
117
88 29
88 30 = 58
58 + 1 = 59
29 and 88: total 117, difference 59
= 28
5 7 = 35
4 8 = 32
58=4
Choose four different numbers to write in a square.

Find the products. Do this several times.
Can you find a pair of numbers from the cube that has:
2
94
the total 100 and the difference 42?
Can you find four numbers that give these products:

2
50, 40, 10 and 8?
20, 12, 35 and 21?
75, 85, 30 and 34?

Choose three 2-digit numbers from
the cube and find the total.
Can you find three 2-digit numbers
from the cube that have a total that
is a multiple of 10?
Find the four products for each of these.

5
12
10
11
95
Metres, centimetres and millimetres
Copy and convert these lengths.
Answer these length questions.

1
2
3 cm =
mm
cm = 40 mm
cm = 39 mm
10 cm 4 mm =
6 cm 4 mm =
mm
cm = 600 mm
9 cm 3 mm =
mm
10
cm
mm = 39 mm
72 cm =
mm
5
6
7
8
mm
80
cm
cm
70
18 253 cm =
40
23 cm 2 mm
Which of these could measure 2 m 15 cm in length?

a
25 cm
Which of these could measure 50 mm in length?

a
229 cm
Which of these could measure 34 cm 2 mm in length?

a
Write these lengths in order, starting with the smallest.

240 mm
4
60
17 16 cm 1 mm =
mm
cm
16 289 cm =
cm
mm
50
15 20 cm 6 mm =
40
cm
30
20
14 23 cm 2 mm =
0 cm
mm
10
cm
mm
mm = 203 mm
12 102 cm =
0 mm
13 194 cm =
Which of these animals could measure 123 cm in length?
cm = 124 mm
cm
11
Make up several puzzles of your own like these.
30 mm
I am confident with converting between centimetres

and millimetres.
I am confident with estimating measurements in

metres, centimetres and millimetres.
41
Column addition of 3-digit numbers
Use this method to do these additions.

1 23
208
+ 45 1
1
782
482 + 64 =
400
80
60
2
4
400
140
= 546
1
181
312
+ 425
554
162
+ 245
373
114
+ 413
217
444
+ 135
661
128
+ 165
10
817
336
+ 327
363
342
+ 283
483
312
+ 412
11
784
552
+ 527
282
162
+ 474
566
303
+ 625
12
868
616
+ 917
Use this method to do these additions.

1
273 + 54 =
772 + 83 =
645 + 38 =
326 + 45 =
1 23
208
+ 45 1
327 + 254 =
300
+ 200
20
50
7
4
500
70
11
= 581
482 + 264 =
634 + 238 =
354 + 185 =
381 + 357 =
Answer these and explain what patterns you notice.
Write an addition question that has an answer

between 830 and 870.
42
I am confident with adding 2- and 3-digit numbers

using the expanded method.
123
+ 987
456
+ 654
789
+ 321
I am confident with adding 3-digit numbers using

column addition.
43
Copy these pairs of fractions and write > or <

between them.
1
2
1
6
1
9
1
10
2
5
1
12
3
4
2
3
>
3
5
7
8
1 Whole
1
7
7
1
5
1
12
2
7
1
8
4
7
10
12
13
15
14
11
11
10
1
3
6
3
4
1
5
10
2
8
16
17
11
1
11
1
12
12
2
6
8
10
4
6
4
8
10
1
11
10
1
11
9
1
10
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Complete
the
equivalent
fraction
pairs.
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
10
11
7
8
9
1
10
1
11
7
8
10
11
4
11
10
11
10
10
What fraction of each shape is shaded?
3
9
5
6
1
10
5
8
12
Simplify these fractions.
Can you write any of the fractions above using

smaller numbers?
54
I am confident with ordering unit and non-unit

fractions and recognising fractions of a shape.
6
8
11
4
10
13
3
6
15
2
8
10
2
4
12
2
6
14
8
10
16
6
10
I am confident with finding equivalent fractions

and simplifying fractions.
55
Rounding 4-digit numbers

Round these to the nearest 10.
1
1230
1240
Round each number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

A number line
4
1287
1237
2660
2670
6844
8304
2668
7450
7460
1287
4302
11
9440
3623
3608
12 5781
2535
5937
13 3514
6729
6851
14 8535
4572
10 7777
15 8448
7455

7
1200
1300
2845
Write a number to match each description.
1237
4578
10 5885
16 It rounds to 2570 to
the nearest 10.

11
1000
2000
13 5145
17 It rounds to 8300
14 1885
18 It is less than 3600
Write a number which rounds to 5000 to the

nearest 1000, 4500 to the nearest 100 and 4520
to the nearest 10.
I am confident with rounding 4-digit numbers.

74
to the nearest 1000

and to 3500 to the
nearest 100.
to the nearest 100.
1237
12 4578
but rounds to 4000

when rounded to
the nearest 1000.
to the nearest 100

and to 3000 to the
nearest 1000.
I am confident with rounding 4-digit numbers.

75
Two decimal places
A place-value grid
Write the outputs for each input.
The 5 in 37.05. The 5 represents five hundredths, or five 0.01s or 0.05.

100s
10s
1s
.
.
0.1s
0.01s
The 2 in 4721.
The 3 in 6387.
The 8 in 38329.
The 1 in 791.
The 6 in 13761.
The 6 in 2236.
The 9 in 24519.
The 0 in 3705.
Write a number where:

9
the tenths digit is two more than the tens digit.
314
314
Write what the given digit represents in each number.

1
25
027
047
125
003
28
71
124
10
100
10
10 the hundredths digit is one less than the tenths digit.

11
the tens digit is five more than the hundredths digit.
12 the hundreds digit is double the hundredths digit.
10 12
13 the tenths digit is three times the tens digit.
11
A number less than 50 has a hundredths digit. The

tenths digit and the ones digits have a total that is
the same as the tens digit. If the number has no zero
digits, what could it be? Find four different answers.
22
I am confident with place value of decimals to two

decimal places.
100
140
12 9
13 101
10 then
10 again
14 3206
I am confident with place-value multiplications and

divisions involving decimals.
23
Length and perimeter
Write the missing outputs or inputs.
1357
1357
1
10
2046
2
100
44
160
32
104
Measure each creature and write the length in millimetres and

then in centimetres. Use the red dots to help you.
72
100
066
19
6
9
10 then
100
140
11
12 007
13 341
24
03
10 126
14
100 then
10
9036
I am confident with place-value multiplications

and divisions involving decimals.
I am confident with measuring in centimetres and

millimetres.
33
Measure the perimeter of each rectangle in centimetres.

Then write it in metres.
Measure each creature and write the length in millimetres

and then in centimetres.
1
Calculate the perimeter of each photo and write it in

centimetres and then in metres.
4
8 cm
1250 mm
1955 mm
1370 mm
1370 mm
20 cm
20 cm
1955 mm
15 cm
34
31 cm
9
15 cm
25 cm
16 cm
30 cm
31 cm
21 cm
12
30 cm
42 cm
42 cm
10 75.5 cm
37 cm
25 cm
11
14 cm
14 cm
21 cm
21 cm
23 cm
75.5 cm
c
240
274 cm
12 cm
23 cm
8 cm
8 cm
12 cm
Write each length in millimetres.

274 cm
12 cm
6 cm
12 cm
8 cm
37 cm
10
6 cm
5 cm
Write each height in centimetres.
1250 mm
5 cm
11
240 cm
I am confident with measuring in centimetres

and millimetres and converting between units.
16 cm
21 cm
Draw a rectangle with a perimeter of 28 cm.
I am confident with measuring and finding perimeters

and converting centimetres into metres.
35
Multiply these numbers by 20.
24
72
It is easier to do
these in two steps!
7
95
69 9 =
These are easier

than they look!
77 20 =
35
57
76
48 25 =
48
86
68
39 20 =
11
81 9 =
12 97 20 =
10 63 9 =
91 25 =
10 32
13 62
16 85
38 25 =
13 72 9 =
16
14 34
17 72
86 20 =
14 79 25 =
12 52
15 56
18 66
74 9 =
15 89 20 =
67 25 =
16 87 9 =
11

19 38
22 47
25 35
20 49
23 66
26 92
17 69
21 56
24 89
27 71
18 71
Would you prefer to use the grid method or

the mental strategy you have been learning
to multiply by 9? Explain why.
28
Use mental strategies to answer these questions.
I am confident with using mental strategies to

multiply by 20, 25 and 9.
Find the missing numbers.

= 1725
= 639
19 42
= 1050
20 58
= 522
Write a method explaining to a Year 4 pupil how

to multiply by 20 or 25. Explain why it works.
I am confident with using mental strategies to

multiply by 20, 25 and 9.
29
Write the equivalent fractions shown in each pair of shapes.
1
3
1
4
1
8
2
4
2
8
0
2
1
2
2
6
Copy and complete. Use the number lines to help you.
3
8
4
8
5
8
6
8
1
3
1
6
3
4
7
8
2
3
2
6
3
6
4
6
5
6
6
12
1
4
1
2
4
8
1
3
3
6
1
6
Use these number lines

to write some pairs of
equivalent fractions:
0
0
Complete the equivalent fraction pairs.
3
4
1
2
2
3
10
4
6
11
5
6
12
12
2
5
12
12
1
2
1
5
3
5
4
5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Write pairs of letters for the equivalent fractions.

8
9
10
3
4
4
1
5
=
=
=
8
2
8
10
11
12
4
8
13
4
6
=
=
=
8
10
I am confident with recognising equivalent fractions.

52
2
6
3
5
3
4
1
2
2
10
1
4
1
3
2
3
6
8
1
5
2
4
4
6
2
8
6
10
I am confident with finding equivalent fractions

and simplifying fractions.
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Part of the Abacus toolkit, the textbooks and workbooks provide:

Series Editor: Ruth Merttens

Straight or curved; Monster sort

Write numbers to 20; Ordering numbers to 20

Year 2 Workbook 1 pages:

Counting in 10s; More and less

Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s; 2s, 5s and 10s

Year 3 Textbook 1 pages:

Finding fractions of shapes and amounts

Year 4 Textbook 1 pages:

Column addition of 3-digit numbers

Unit fractions and equivalence

Rounding 4-digit numbers

Year 5 Textbook 1 pages:

Length and perimeter

Mental multiplication strategies

Comparing fractions and finding equivalents

Key of page colours

Count the grapes in each bunch. How many are there?

Pick up a handful of counters. Estimate how

Use a number track to

Write your own additions adding 2.

Draw one more bead and write the next number.

Text...numbers where the next

Join each monster to its correct place in the hoops.

Make a collection of shapes

Draw different shapes that have

Make a monster from circles, squares,

Draw a monster which

Choose three numbers to write

Write the sets of three numbers in order.

Choose three cards from a shuffled

Finding missing numbers

Write in the missing numbers on the 100-square.

Comparing 2-digit numbers

Use counters to cover numbers on

Circle the biggest number in each pair.

Work with a partner. Each secretly

Your partner shows you a number

Use your fingers to help you

Can you make 10 with two even

Complete the additions to match the cubes.

What do you add to:

More and less

Use the columns on a 100-square

Fill in the missing numbers on each snake.

Draw your own snake with numbers

Use a 100-square to help you.

Copy one of these crosses. Try to fill

Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s

2s, 5s and 10s

Use a bead string or a

Draw more trains starting at 0 and counting

Continue to count on in 2p, 5p and 10p coins up to 10 times.

Multiplying and dividing by 3, , 5 and 10

Complete these multiplications.

Solve these problems.

21 Cows have 4 legs. How many legs on 12 cows?

I am confident with multiplying and dividing by 5

22 There are 24 children. They get into