Year 6 maths

England · ages 10–11

Consolidation and the KS2 SATs, where speed of recall shows up everywhere.

What is expected

  • Perform mental calculations with mixed operations and large numbers
  • Use long division and long multiplication
  • Solve multi-step problems, choosing the operation
  • Work fluently with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio

A summary of typical expectations, not an official curriculum document. Your child’s school is the authority on what they are covering.

Practise it

Number facts are the part that has to be automatic — everything else in the year is slower and harder without them.

Year 6 maths — what they should know, and free practice · Mathy Kids