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Year 5 · Maths

Solve Number Problems To 1 000 000

Year 5 learners practise solving number sequence problems.

The activities include Count Backwards Through Zero, Find the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers, Know Your Square Numbers: Fill in the Gaps, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Count Backwards Through Zero
  • Find the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers
  • Know Your Square Numbers: Fill in the Gaps
  • Practise Finding the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers
  • Practise Ordering Numbers
  • Relate Matchstick Patterns to Number Sequences
  • Triangle Numbers: Follow the Sequence
  • Use Matchstick Patterns to Explain Sequences

Checked learning resources

  • Compare and Order Negative Numbers | KS2 Maths Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Direct KS2 video models placing positive and negative integers in size order, precisely matching the ascending or descending ordering required in "Count Backwards Through Zero".

  • Midpoint of Two Numbers: Video and Practice Questions

    Corbettmaths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    The embedded halfway-between-two-numbers video models finding the midpoint of two values, the exact calculation assessed in "Find the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers".

  • Square Numbers | KS2 Maths Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Direct KS2 video explains the square-number sequence needed to identify the missing terms in "Know Your Square Numbers: Fill in the Gaps".

  • How to Calculate Triangular Numbers

    IET Education · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Primary-age video builds triangular numbers as growing dot patterns and continues the sequence, precisely matching "Triangle Numbers: Follow the Sequence".

  • Year 5 Diving into Mastery: Step 4 Compare and Order Negative Numbers Teaching Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 5 teaching slides and questions develop comparison and ordering of positive and negative integers around zero for "Count Backwards Through Zero".

  • Negative Number Sequences (Ages 9 - 10)

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Age-matched independent questions reinforce reading and ordering integers across zero after the modelled method in "Count Backwards Through Zero".

  • Find the Halfway Point Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Focused independent questions practise finding the value exactly halfway between two numbers for "Find the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers".

  • Year 5 Same-Day Intervention: Finding and Using the Midpoint

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    Exact Year 5 intervention explicitly teaches finding the midpoint of pairs of five- and six-digit numbers, matching the age and method in "Find the Number Halfway Between Two Numbers".