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1-Minute Maths is a free app that helps children build number confidence & fluency through engaging, 1-minute tasks. An accessible tool for children to enjoy at home or in class! Developed by White Rose Maths, award-winning providers in maths resources for the classroom and home, it delivers targeted practice in short, bite-sized chunks, perfect for learning and showing children how much fun they can have with basic number. Who is it for? The app is perfect for primary school pupils, individual one-minute tasks focus on adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing – and on ‘Subitising’, the skill of instantly recognising the number of items in a group without counting. How does it work? Each task gives children engaging and targeted practice in basic number. The app includes a range of topics, with no specific starting point, so a child can begin wherever they like. By applying randomly generated questions every time, users learn the concept and not a sequence of answers. Once a task completes, questions are marked and presented on the screen, giving instant feedback on how they’ve done. It’s quick, simple to use, and most of all, FUN! 1-Minute Maths in action Choose a topic – there are 87 available. Answer a unique set of questions. If needed, use the ‘Hint’ button – it shows the question in a different but familiar way. When the 1-minute is up, answers appear on the screen in seconds. Keen for another task? Then simply go again! An easy-to-use app – and completely FREE! Parents and Carers: download and watch your child have fun while they continue learning maths at home! Teachers: use as a classroom teaching resource – the tasks align consistently with approaches used in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning! Top 10 reasons for using 1-Minute Maths! 1. Excellent number practice – and no distractions. 2. Enjoyable maths tasks children want to complete. 3. Instills basic number concepts during early years. 4. A clear, intuitive process that children pick up straight away. 5. No login or internet access needed. Just download and play! 6. A motivator - how many correct answers can they score? 7. Helpful hints for support when it’s needed. 8. Brilliant for building number confidence and fluency. 9. Random question generator means no repetition. 10. Completely FREE to download! With White Rose Maths, Everyone can do maths: everyone can!

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