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Maths 4 min read · 2025-11-12

The Maths Skills Every 11+ Child Needs by Year 5

A focused checklist of the maths fundamentals to lock in before you even open an 11+ paper.

Top 11+ scorers in maths have one thing in common: fluent arithmetic. Not "they can work it out", but "they know it cold". Here's the foundation list every Year-5 child should have under control before tackling reasoning-heavy 11+ problems.

Number facts

Times tables to 12. Doubling and halving up to 100. Number bonds to 100. Decimal-fraction equivalents (½ = 0.5, ¼ = 0.25, etc.).

Operations

Column addition and subtraction. Short and long multiplication. Short division. Order of operations (BIDMAS). Practice now on number-operation questions to gauge fluency.

Fractions, decimals, percentages

Converting between all three. Finding fractions of amounts. Calculating simple percentages.

Time, money, measures

Reading 24-hour time. Converting metric units. Adding money with decimals.

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