Rules & Properties

Online Activities for 5th & 6th Classes

White Rose Maths: Number Sequences with Fractions (Year 5), Find a Rule (Year 6) and Order of Operations (Year 6).

Khan Academy: A series of videos and practice questions exploring Number Patterns (Grade 5) and Order of Operations (Grade 6). You can also register for a free Khan Academy account to record your progress and explore other topics/grades.

Maths Frame - Sequences: Find the correct number in a sequence. Lots of choice over level, count forwards or back, count in whole numbers, multiples of 10, multiples of 100, decimals and fractions.

Maths Frame - Order of Operations: Use a calculator to carry out calculations with more than one step using brackets and the memory.

Function Builder: Use this virtual function machine to explore how to change an input to a different output. You can also choose the mystery option, (where you have to work out the rule i.e. how the input is being changed each time) and/or a patterns option.

Happy Numbers Fifth Grade: Fifth class pupils, and above, could go to the activities for Fifth Grade and work through the activities in Module 1, Topics A and B.

Splash Learn - Patterns: Practice how to Extend Number Patterns (rule given), Extend Number Patterns (rule not given) and Generate Numerical Patterns.

Mashup Math - Multiples of 10 and Place Value Patterns: A video lesson that introduces this concept.

Patterns: a selection of practice games from ixl.com. You can do a number of free quizzes each day without having a subscription. Start with the second class games and work up through the activities (Please note that the class levels used here don't exactly match the class level content in the Irish maths curriculum).

Math Games - Patterns: Selection of practice games; choose your class level. Also available are practice games on Input/Output tables

Patterns & Sequences; Order of Operations: information on these topics from Maths is Fun.