KS2 Maths Knowledge Organisers: 24 Topics

24 one-page KS2 maths knowledge organisers covering the key written methods and concepts for Years 3 to 6, each with steps, a worked example, key vocabulary, a common misconception and three quick-check questions. Ready to print for SATs revision, working walls, homework support and intervention.

Each sheet uses the same clear layout, so pupils quickly learn where to look:

1. How to do it. The method in four short steps.
2. Worked example. Every line of working shown, with an estimate or inverse check.
3. Key words. Four pieces of vocabulary in plain language.
4. Watch out. The misconception teachers see most often, and how to avoid it.
5. Quick check. Three questions with answers printed upside down at the bottom of the box.

The 24 topics, colour-coded in six strands:

Number and place value: place value to millions; rounding whole numbers and decimals; negative numbers.

Calculation: column addition; column subtraction with exchange through zero; short multiplication; long multiplication; short division with remainders; long division; factors, multiples and primes; order of operations.

Fractions, decimals and percentages: equivalent fractions and simplifying; adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers; multiplying and dividing fractions; decimals and multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000; percentages of amounts; converting between fractions, decimals and percentages.

Ratio and algebra: sharing in a ratio, simplifying ratios and scaling recipes; substituting, solving one- and two-step equations and linear sequences.

Measurement: converting metric units and time; perimeter, area of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms, and volume of cuboids.

Geometry and statistics: angle facts and missing angles; coordinates in four quadrants with reflection and translation; the mean and pie charts.

Also included: a contents page listing each topic with its strand and year groups, a how-to-use page that can be sent home to parents, and three blank templates so pupils can write their own organiser for a topic, which is an effective revision task in itself.

Ways to use them in school: print one for each pupil at the start of a unit and stick it in books; display on the working wall; build a revision booklet for Year 6 in the spring term; send home with homework so parents see the method the school uses; give to teaching assistants as a quick reference for intervention groups; or use the quick-check questions as a starter or exit ticket.

The sheets follow the national curriculum for England and use standard UK written methods and vocabulary. Schools sometimes set out calculations slightly differently, and the how-to-use page says so.

Format: one A4 PDF of 30 pages. Prints clearly in colour or black and white.

Accuracy: the arithmetic in every worked example and quick check was verified by computer.

This resource was created with the assistance of AI tools under my instructions. I have reviewed and edited the content.