Description
If you are using the Mental Arithmetic books with a child in Years 3 to 6, this guide tells you which book to start with and why.
Your child needs mental maths practice that matches the work in class, and this guide helps you pick the right pupil book. It covers Years 3 to 6, so you start where your child actually is. A Year 7 child who needs to rebuild the basics can begin further down the series.
The printed guide opens with an overview of the series and a chart linking books to year groups. Two entry tests place your child, and each pupil book has its own one-page diagnostic check.
The marking keys explain strategies such as counting on and using a mental number line, so you can see how your child should be thinking. More than 20 photocopiable sheets give you charts and squares to hand over when a topic wobbles, including the fraction work that the 11+ also tests. Pupil book answers come in a separate answer book, available on its own.