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Freedom when you want it. Structure where you choose it.Abacus is a unique maths toolkit written for the new UK primary maths curriculum consisting of:

What’s in Abacus for teachers? What’s in Abacus for children?

Plan Teach Guide and Intervene Assess Reflect and

Discuss Make Sense Practise

Online planner✔ KS1 ✔ KS2

Online resource finder

Animated end-of-week quizzes

Professional Development✔ KS1 ✔ KS2

✔ KS2

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Editable daily, weekly and medium term plans and

planning ideas

Teaching Tools

Interactive Screens

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Calculation policy and videos

Structured play and supported

activities Workbooks

Practical activities and supporting resource sheets

Problem-solving and reasoning tasks

✔ KS1 ✔ KS2

Speaking and listening activities

✔ KS1 ✔ KS2 ✔ KS1 ✔ KS2

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✔ KS1

Online maths practice games

Homework videos with worksheets

Fluency Fitness

Graded Practice ActivitiesFive-Minute Fillers

Quick Maths

Series Editor: Ruth MerttensAuthor Team: Jennie Kerwin and Hilda MerttensPublished by Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE. www.pearsonschools.co.uk

Text © Pearson Education Limited 2013Typeset by Debbie Oatley @ room9designOriginal illustrations © Pearson Education Limited 2013 Illustrated by Phil Corbett, Andrew Painter, Matt BuckleyCover design by Pearson Education Limited Cover photo/illustration by Volker Beisler © Pearson Education Limited

First published 201316 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 9781408278239

Copyright noticeAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS (www.cla.co.uk). Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission should be addressed to the publisher.

Printed in Malaysia

Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths and ensuring progression for every child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to creating inspired and confi dent young mathematicians.

Part of the Abacus toolkit, the workbooks provide:• easy instructions for a teacher to explain to children

• an ‘Action’ to make the activity more practical

• a ‘Think’ to provide an extra challenge

• a self-assessment opportunity on every page

• colour to indicate the different maths areas within the programme.

Series Editor: Ruth Merttens Authors: Jennie Kerwin and Hilda Merttens

Freedom when you want it,structure where you choose it. Year 1

Workbook 1

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child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to creating inspired and confi dent young mathematicians.

Part of the Abacus toolkit, the textbooks provide:• the perfect balance of practice and problem solving for each area of maths

• pictorial representations to support children’s conceptual understanding

• clearly laid out questions with instructions that are easy to follow

• a self-assessment opportunity on every page

• colour to indicate the different maths areas within the programme.

Series Editor: Ruth Merttens Authors: Jennie Kerwin and Hilda Merttens

Freedom when you want it,structure where you choose it.

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Resource Sheet © Pearson Education Ltd 2013

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Time cards

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5 minutes to 9 25 minutes past 2

20 minutes to 3 10 minutes to 5

Quarter past 7 20 minutes to 4

5 o’clock Half past 8

10 minutes past 5 Quarter to 1

5 minutes past 7 20 minutes past 6

25 minutes to 8 10 minutes to 11

Quarter to 4 Half past 12

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Guided activities with supporting worksheets and assessment questions

Resource Sheet © Pearson Education Ltd 2013

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