Year 6 After SATs Maths Investigations: (Calculator Practice) Pack 2

Year 6 calculator investigations for reasoning and problem solving

This Year 6 After SATs Maths Investigations: Calculator Investigations Pack 2 uses calculators as a tool for mathematical exploration, helping pupils investigate number patterns, place value, fractions and calculations in new and engaging ways. Designed for the final half term of Year 6, the pack encourages reasoning, prediction and problem solving while revisiting important KS2 maths concepts.

The activities are ideal for whole-class maths lessons, paired investigations and maths enrichment after SATs. Use this pack as part of our Year 6 After SATs Maths Investigations collection to help pupils apply their KS2 maths knowledge through meaningful problem-solving experiences.

What’s included

• Teaching slides and planning for five Year 6 maths investigations
• Calculator sequence investigations exploring patterns, prediction and linear sequences
• Place value challenges involving digit manipulation and number reasoning
• Estimating and multiplying investigations using decimal multipliers and target numbers
• Fraction-to-decimal investigations exploring recurring decimals and number patterns
• Order of operations challenges using BIDMAS, brackets and calculator reasoning

Curriculum links

• Generate and describe linear number sequences
• Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000
• Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places
• Recall and use equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages
• Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents
• Use knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations