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Make Year 6 maths click, one skill at a time
Year 6 Maths Practice in Australia
Interactive Year 6 maths practice in Australia, organised by topic: fractions and decimals, percentages, ratio, and area and volume. Built around the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics.
- Ages 11–12
- 12 topics to explore
Start here
Choose a topic
Each topic has practice questions, worksheets and revision activities for Year 6.
Getting ready for Year 6
Skills checklist
What Year 6 learners practise
Work through one skill at a time and tick it off as confidence grows.
- Multiply and divide fractions and decimals
- Solve percentage problems, including prices and discounts in dollars and cents
- Use ratio and simple proportion
- Use simple algebra: expressions, patterns and missing numbers
- Calculate the area of triangles and parallelograms and the volume of cuboids
- Find missing angles in triangles and on straight lines
- Plot and read coordinates
- Calculate the mean and interpret pie charts
About this class
About Year 6 mathematics
In Year 6, learners following the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics multiply and divide fractions and decimals, solve percentage and ratio problems, meet simple algebra, and calculate area, volume and averages. Boldungu breaks each topic into short sets of interactive questions so children can practise one skill at a time and come back to anything that needs more work.
For Parents, Year 6 learners aged 11–12 and teachers in Australia
Parents ask
Year 6 maths questions
What maths do Year 6 learners study in Australia?
Year 6 maths usually focuses on fractions and decimals, percentages, ratio, and area and volume. Key skills include learning to multiply and divide fractions and decimals; solve percentage problems, including prices and discounts in dollars and cents; use ratio and simple proportion.
What should my child know before starting Year 6 maths?
Learners starting Year 6 should be comfortable with factors and multiples, adding and subtracting fractions, and percentages.
How often should my child practise Year 6 maths?
Short, regular sessions work best: about 10 to 15 minutes, three or four times a week. Start with the current class topic and revisit earlier topics for revision.