PM2 Y1C Textbook Answers
PM2 Y1C Textbook Answers
1 Count in 2s Discover
1. a) There are 4 rowing boats.
➜ pages 8–11 There are 2 people in each rowing boat.
b) There are 3 sailing boats.
Discover There is not the same number of people in each
1. a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 sailing boat.
There are 10 wheels. Think together
b) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
1. There are 5 groups of 2 ice cubes.
There are 10 wheels.
2. Answers will vary depending on how many counters
Think together
are put in each circle.
1. Children count 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. For example, 3 equal groups of 2; 3 equal groups of 3.
2. Children count 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. 3. Set A shows equal groups.
3. a) 2
b) 4
c) 6 5 Add equal groups
d) 8
e) 10 ➜ pages 24–27
f) 12
Discover
1. a) There are 6 shoes.
2 Count in 10s b) There are 15 flowers.
Think together
➜ pages 12–15
1. 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
Discover 2. a) 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25
1. a) Children show all 10 fingers on two hands or b) 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8
10 cubes. 3.
b) 2 tens is 20 altogether. 2+2+2
Think together
1. Children count 10, 20, 30.
2. Children count 10, 20, 30, 40.
5+5+5+5
3. a) Children point to and count 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.
b) Children point to and count 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.
3 Count in 5s
5+5+5
➜ pages 16–19
Discover
1. a) Each tube has 5 tennis balls. 10 + 10
b) There are 25 tennis balls in total.
Think together
1. Children count 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.
2. Children count 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.
3. a) Children point to and count 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35,
40, 45, 50.
b) Children point to and count 5, 10, 15, 20, 25,
30, 35, 40.
2. a) 5 + 5 = 10 Discover
b) 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20
1. a) 10 shared between 2 is 5 each.
3. a) 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 2+2+2+2=8 b) 10 shared between 2 is always 5 each.
or 3 + 3 = 6 or 4 + 4 = 8
Think together
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10
or 5 + 5 = 10 1. 6 shared between 2 is 3.
b) The rows and columns are not equal. 2. 6 shared between 3 is 2.
The rows do not have an equal number of counters
3. a) 12 cubes shared between 2 is 6 cubes each.
in them.
b) 12 cubes shared between 3 is 4 cubes each.
c) 12 cubes shared between 4 is 3 cubes each.
7 Make doubles d) 12 cubes shared between 5 is 2 cubes each with
2 left over.
➜ pages 32–35 e) 12 can be shared equally between 2, 3 and 4 but
not between 5.
Discover
1. a) Tariq rolled double 4.
b) Double 4 is 8.
End of unit check
Think together ➜ pages 44–51
1. a) Double 2 is 4. b) Double 3 is 6.
1. D
2. Double 1 is 2.
Double 2 is 4. 2. C
Double 3 is 6. 3. A
Double 4 is 8.
Double 5 is 10. 4. B
8 Grouping
➜ pages 36–39
Discover
1. a) There are 10 children in total.
1 group of 2.
1 group of 3.
1 group of 5.
b) Children show 5 equal groups of 2.
Discover
1. a) Think together
1. Half of 6 is 3.
2. A and D
3. Various answers are possible:
Double 2 is 4. Half of 4 is 2.
Double 3 is 6. Half of 6 is 3.
Double 4 is 8. Half of 8 is 4.
Double 5 is 10. Half of 10 is 5.
b)
3 Recognise and find a quarter
of a shape
➜ pages 56–59
a) c)
b) d)
Discover
1. a) Each child gets 2 oranges.
b) There are 3 oranges in each quarter.
The whole is 12 oranges.
Think together
1. 1 is a quarter of 4.
2. The whole is 16, 4 groups of 4.
3. a) 5 is a quarter of 20.
b) 6 is a quarter of 24.
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
Think!
Various responses are possible, but should indicate that
the whole is 10 so can be halved (5).
10 cannot be split into 4 equal parts, so Eva cannot have
a quarter of 10.
Discover
2 Describe position – left and 1. a) The books are above the dinosaur.
right b) The teddy is on the bottom shelf. The teddy is
below the stacking rings. The teddy is to the right
➜ pages 72–75 of the robot.
Think together
Discover
1. a) The teddy is on the bottom shelf.
1. a) The cat and the tree are on the left side of the road. b) Children should point to the stacking rings above
b) The house and the person are on the right side of the teddy.
the road. c) The books, doll and penguin on the slide are on the
top shelf.
Think together
2. Children should discuss with a partner the counter’s
1. Children’s answers will vary. Check they can accurately
position in the grid.
describe things to their left and their right.
For example: The wall is to my left. My partner Amy is 3. a) Check children can follow instructions to work out
to my right. an unknown item, for example, it is below the
helicopter (bicycle).
2. Children should lift their left/right hand and point to
b) Check children can follow instructions to work out
their left/right foot.
an unknown item, for example, it is to the right of
3. a) The lion is on the left. the boat (train).
b) The zebra is on the right.
c) The elephant is in the middle.
d) The elephant is on the left of the zebra.
e) The elephant is on the right of the lion.
5 Ordinal numbers
➜ pages 84–87
Discover
1. a) The second activity is throwing a bean bag into
a bucket.
b) The fourth activity is jumping over some buckets.
Think together
1. Children should point left to right in order and say,
‘first, second, third, fourth, fifth’.
2. There is meat on the fourth pizza.
3. 1st – Asha; 2nd – Meg; 3rd – Milo; 4th – Joe; 5th – Ola;
6th – Tim; 7th – Jack; 8th – Lou.
The 7th person comes after the 6th person.
The 7th person is Jack.
1. D
2. C
3. B
Think!
There is more than one possible answer.
For example: Move one square to the right.
Make a quarter turn right. Move 2 squares forward.
Make a quarter turn left. Move one square forward.
➜ pages 100–103
6 Compare numbers
Discover
1. a) Children should count in 1s. There have been ➜ pages 112–115
31 days of sun.
b) Children should count in 10s and then 1 extra: Discover
10, 20, 30, 31. There have been 31 days of sun. 1. a) Children should make 35 and 39 on tens frames or
Think together with cubes.
b) Seth collected more leaves (39).
1. There have been 62 rainy days.
Children should be able to see this on the tens frames or
2. Children should count: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 51, 52. by comparing the cubes.
3. a) There are three 10s. There are four extra 1s. Think together
b) There are 34 stars altogether.
1. 44 is smaller than 47.
2. Children could choose any number from 66, 67, 68, 69
or 70.
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
Think!
Children should correctly make 75 with equipment.
Describe it: 75 is made up of seven 10s and five 1s.
Break it apart: 75 has the parts 70 and 5.
Children should can accurately draw or model 75.
Unit 15 – Money b)
1 Recognise coins
least greatest
➜ pages 120–130
4
2 pence coin 50 pence coin
2
5 pence coin 1 pound coin
3
10 pence coin 2 pound coin
2. 10 pounds
b) The 5 pence coin has been removed.
Think together
1. Children should point to:
a) b) 50 pounds
20 pounds
c)
2 Recognise notes
➜ pages 124–127
Discover
1. a) 5 pound notes
10 pound notes
20 pound notes
50 pound notes
3 Count in coins
➜ pages 128–131
Discover
1. a) There are five 1 pence coins = 5 pence altogether.
There are four 2 pence coins = 8 pence altogether.
There are six 5 pence coins = 30 pence altogether.
There are four 10 pence coins = 40 pence altogether.
b) The most coins are in the 5 pence line.
The most money is in the 10 pence line.
Think together
1. a) 12 pence
b) 50 pence
c) 20 pence
2. a) 3 × 5p > 3 × 2p
b) 5 × 2p = 10p
c) 5 × 1p < 3 × 2p
3. Mia could have fifteen 1 pence coins or three 5 pence
coins.
15 is an odd number so it cannot be made with just
2 pence coins.
15 cannot be made exactly with 10 pence coins.
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
Think!
Various answers are possible, for example:
50p =
10p + 10p + 10p + 10p + 10p
5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p
2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p
+ 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p
10p + 10p + 10p + 10p + 5p + 5p
10p + 10p + 10p + 10p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p
5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p
5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 5p + 10p
11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
6
Think together
1. The time is half past 11.
2. The time is half past 1.
3. Myra has got the clock hands the wrong way round.
The longer minute hand should be pointing to 6 and
the shorter hour hand should be pointing between
8 and 9.
Filip needed to draw the hour hand half-way between
the 2 and the 3.
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. Anya will come home on Tuesday 22 August.
Think!
Same: The minute hand on both clocks is pointing to 6,
which is half past the hour.
Different: The hour hands are pointing to different times
(between 4 and 5 and between 8 and 9).
Different: One clock is showing half past 4 and the other
is showing half past 8.