Challenges Year 1 Maths Worksheets For Year 1 (age 5-6)
We really like this category as it contains loads of ideas to challenge children's mathematical thinking and encourage them to work in a logical and methodical way. Lots of 'How many ways can you...?' to really make children think about the task.
Cubes in one hand
Find how many cubes can be held in one hand and record data collected in a table.
Ice lollies
How many different ways can the ice lolly be coloured, using just two colours?
Shape and money challenge
What shapes can you buy for 10p? Costs according to the number of sides the shape has.
Estimating numbers of objects
Guess how many objects and then count to see how accurate you are!
Boxes and cubes
How many different ways can you put the cubes in the boxes?
9 tile challenge
How many ways can the 9 tiles be put together to make a square?
Four triangles
How many ways can I join 4 triangles to make other shapes?
Make four numbers
Make four 2-digit numbers from just two 1-digit numbers.
Make 5 number sentences
How many ways can you make 5 using the numbers and signs?
How Many Ways to Make 10
Sharks know that there's more than one way to catch a fish. And there's usually lots more than one way to make a total by adding two numbers.
Make a difference of more than 1.
Put the numbers into the grid so that there is always a difference of more than one.
Halve the bar of chocolate
Imagine a whole bar of chocolate to share between two!
Make subtraction sentences
Make subtraction sentences using the numbers around the hexagon.
It all adds up
Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 onto the grid so that both lines add up to the same total. How many ways?
Triangle make 9
Can you put the numbers in the circles so that each side of the triangle adds up to 9?
Abacus challenge
How many numbers can you make with 6 beads on the abacus?
Caterpillar challenge
How many different routes are there from head to tail? Great logical thinking challenge.
Add 3 numbers
Pick three numbers from those shown and add them. How many different additions can you find?
