A Quick Test

This will give you some indication of how well your child understands number for his age. It is not a complete test. If your child has difficulty with any of the questions, Maths Test for 6-8 Year Olds will test these and other early sticking points in greater depth, and give you strategies and activities to help your child.

Question #1

Say:

Write down the next number after one hundred.

Check:

Did they write 101 or 1001?

Question #2

Say:

Write the next number after 119.

(Write down 119 in front of your child so they can see it)

Check:

Did they write 120 or 200?

Question #3

Say:

Show me all the different ways 16 lollies can be shared between 2 kids.

(Give them counters or clothes pegs, real lollies and pen and paper. They can use any of these to show you.)

Check:

They should know most of the16 ways.

Question #4

Say:

Tell me how to double a number.

Check:

They say, for example, Double 2 = 4 or You add the same amount again… or something similar.

Then say:

What’s double 1?

Do they know their doubles facts?

Check:

Can they go on to double all the numbers 1-10, and 20, 50, 100?

Question #5

Say:

Take turns with me to skipcount by 5s from 1 to 36

(Don’t start at zero or five. Take turns to say the numbers.)

Check:

Do they get the pattern quickly? 1,6,11,16,21,26 etc

Question #6

Say:

Write a number sentence to match this story I’m going to tell you:  Dad had some chocolates. Mum ate 6. There are 14 left.

Check:

You should get: ? – 6 = 14

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