Maths Teaching Resources
Maths teachers, you've found the ultimate collection of maths worksheets, fun games, activities and so much more — Australian curriculum aligned and created by primary teachers for teachers like you!
This primary school maths teaching resource collection is full of printable and digital resources designed to save you time on your lesson plans so you can spend more time doing what you love most — engaging with your students! Best of all, each resource has undergone careful review by the expert maths teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure it's ready for your lesson plan and your students.
You'll even find customisable resources and activities that have already been differentiated for you. Did we mention they're also aligned with the Australian Curriculum V9?
Teaching in NSW or Victoria? We have your maths curriculum covered too!
Australian Curriculum Maths Activities for Every Year Level
Mathematics has been designated as a learning area by ACARA because, according to the government, 'The study of mathematics is central to the learning, development and prospects of all young Australians.'
After all, without understanding numbers and developing mathematical proficiency, our students would not be able to make financial payments, interpret scientific data, make informed decisions in business and so much more.
With that focus on building a future for young Australians in mind, Teach Starter's mathematics resources are created and carefully reviewed by expert maths teachers on our team to help your students become motivated and confident learners.
With worksheets and activities for students from early years classrooms to upper years in this collection, here's just a taste of what is covered in the curriculum-aligned resources you'll find as you explore!
Foundation/Prep
For the youngest early years students, our engaging maths resources cover the following (and more!):
- Counting and ordering numbers up to 20
- Developing an understanding of place value
- Addition and subtraction within 10
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Time concepts (days of the week and telling time to the hour)
Year 1
Building on the foundation set in the earliest years of school, year 1 maths worksheets and games on Teach Starter cover:
- Counting and ordering numbers up to 100
- Place value up to 100
- Addition and subtraction within 20
- Money concepts such as recognising and counting coins
- Measurement of length, mass and capacity using non-standard units
- Simple fractions
Year 2
The activities created for year 2 maths teachers cover the following concepts from the Australian maths curriculum:
- Counting and ordering numbers up to 1000
- Place value up to 1000
- Addition and subtraction within 100
- Multiplication and division as grouping and sharing
- 2D shapes and their properties
- Time concepts such as reading and interpreting analogue clocks
- Data representation using simple graphs
Year 3
As we head into the middle years and students in Year 3 are expected to sit the NAPLAN tests to assess numeracy skills, and many of the concepts they will be tested on are covered in our resources:
- Place value up to 10 000
- Addition and subtraction with regrouping
- Multiplication and division facts
- Fractions and equivalent fractions
- Measurement of length, mass and capacity using standard units
- Reading and interpreting picture graphs and bar graphs
- Money concepts, including calculating change
Year 4
Year 4 students are introduced to even more new concepts and skills to expand their mathematical understanding. Here's what's in store:
- Place value up to millions
- Addition and subtraction with larger numbers
- Multiplication and division strategies
- Fractions, including comparing and ordering fractions
- Measurement of time, including 24-hour time
- Geometry concepts, including angles and symmetry
- Data representation using tables and line graphs
Year 5
Year 5 maths students will again be expected to sit NAPLAN to have their numeracy skills assessed. Here's what they'll be learning that year:
- Place value up to billions
- Addition and subtraction of decimals
- Multiplication and division of decimals
- Fractions, including addition and subtraction of fractions
- Measurement conversions (e.g., between units of length, mass and time)
- Shape classification and properties
- Statistics and probability concepts
Year 6
In their final year of primary school, year 6 maths students will get ready for secondary school with these concepts:
- Place value up to trillions
- Multiplication and division of larger numbers
- Fractions, including multiplication and division of fractions
- Ratios and percentages
- Measurement conversions involving decimals
- Geometric reasoning and properties of 2D and 3D shapes
- Statistical investigations and data analysis
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Make Ten Worksheet
Practise early addition strategies of making ten with this worksheet.
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Converting Decimals, Fractions and Percentages – Worksheet
Strengthen your students’ understanding of how to convert a percent to a decimal and a fraction with this worksheet.
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Colour by Number - 2, 3, 5, 10 Multiplication
An engaging activity to consolidate your students' understanding of multiplication facts.
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Bridging to Ten PowerPoint
A 14-slide PowerPoint that uses engaging animations to step students through the 'bridging to ten' addition strategy.
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Complex Dot-to-dot – Skip Counting by Fives (Turtle) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students demonstrate skip counting by fives.
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Multiplication and Division Speed Drill Worksheets – Facts of 10
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the ten times tables.
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Crazy Boxes – 1 to 12 Times Tables
A fun multiplication worksheet where students create a colour pattern using 1 to 12 times tables.
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Real Life 3D Objects – Interactive PowerPoint
Explore three-dimensional objects in the real world with this engaging interactive activity.
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Picnic Fractions Worksheet
An activity for students to use when learning about halves, quarters and eighths.
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Place Value Banner - Billions to Thousandths
A banner that displays extended place value.
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5-Digit Number of the Day Worksheet
A 5-digit place value worksheet to represent the number of the day in different ways.
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Mathematics Vocabulary Posters
A teaching resource to help students identify the symbols and associated vocabulary for mathematical operations.
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Counting Coins Worksheet
A counting worksheet using Australian coins.
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3D Objects Maths Investigation - Make Me a Radical Robot!
Relate knowledge of 3D shapes to the real world with this student-led mathematics project.
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3-Digit Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about the place value of three-digit numbers.
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Colour Counting Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate the concept of numbers and associated values.
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Long Division Strategy Posters
Use this set of 4 posters when teaching different long division strategies.
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Location and Transformation Worksheets - Year 5
7 location and transformation worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Reading a Thermometer Worksheets
Practise reading the temperature with a set of printable Reading a Thermometer Worksheets.
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Printable Bubble Maps - Templates
Support student thinking and vocabulary development with printable bubble maps!
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Estimating Year 3 Activity - How Many?
Use this estimating year 3 activity to sharpen your students’ spatial awareness, number sense and mental maths skills.
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Measuring Mass Task Cards
Explore estimation and measuring mass with this set of 24 word problem task cards.
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Counting 1-20 Matching Game for Foundation and Grade One
Use this matching game in your early years classroom to teach students to count quantities and match them to numbers (1-20).
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Classifying Shapes Activity — Number Talk Cards
Spark discussion with this classifying shapes activity that will have students identifying the attributes of 2D shapes.
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Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines in Shapes Worksheet Pack
Present this parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes worksheet pack to your students to give them practice identifying attributes of 2D shapes.
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Spell and Count - Money Maths Activity
Develop spelling and money-counting skills simultaneously with a printable spelling and money maths centre activity.
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Ordering Numbers Cut-and-Paste Worksheets
Give students our ordering numbers cut-and-paste worksheets for a fun way to practise ordering numbers 1 through 100.
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Ten Frame Printable — Monster Teeth
Delight your students with this ten frame printable activity. This resource reinforces number recognition by inviting them to add teeth to monster-themed ten frames.
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Informal Mass - Heavier or Lighter Interactive
Practise using informal units of measurement to compare and estimate the mass of everyday objects with this engaging digital activity.
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Measuring Length - Year 1 Maths Assessment
Assess your students’ skills with measuring length using a printable Year 1 Measuring Length Test.
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Fruit Pie Fractions Worksheet
Use this fractions of a circle worksheet to help your students explore halves, quarters and eighths.
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Sky High - Connecting Cubes Measurement Activity
Practise measuring in informal units using connecting cubes with a digital measurement activity.
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