Year 6 daily maths review
A free Year 6 maths warm-up for every school day of the term: 6 mixed questions each morning, Monday to Friday, for 10 weeks. Each question practises a Year 6 content description from the Australian Curriculum (v9), and its AC9 code is printed beside it. Recent skills come up most often and earlier ones are threaded back in, so nothing drops out of memory before the end-of-year check. Every answer is computed in code, so the key is never wrong.
Monday
A quick mix of 6 questions to warm up. Answer each one in the space provided.
- 1.Reflect the point (8, -6) across the y-axis. Write the new coordinates.CoordinatesAC9M6SP02
- 2.List all the factors of 9:FactorsAC9M6N02
- 3.3 × 7 - 9 =Order of OperationsAC9M6A02
- 4.A rectangle is 12 cm long and 3 cm wide. Find its area in square centimetres.GeometryAC9M6M02
- 5.Is 23 prime or composite?Prime & CompositeAC9M6N02
- 6.7.8 + 1.6 =DecimalsAC9M6N04
Tuesday
A quick mix of 6 questions to warm up. Answer each one in the space provided.
- 1.A bag has 8 marbles. 7 are orange. What is the probability of picking an orange one? Write it as a fraction.ProbabilityAC9M6P01
- 2.Reflect the point (-9, -4) across the y-axis. Write the new coordinates.CoordinatesAC9M6SP02
- 3.List all the factors of 10:FactorsAC9M6N02
- 4.A rectangle is 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. Find its area in square centimetres.GeometryAC9M6M02
- 5.Is 23 prime or composite?Prime & CompositeAC9M6N02
- 6.Write <, > or =: 5/8 ___ 4/8Comparing FractionsAC9M6N03
Wednesday
A quick mix of 6 questions to warm up. Answer each one in the space provided.
- 1.Reflect the point (-3, 4) across the x-axis. Write the new coordinates.CoordinatesAC9M6SP02
- 2.A rectangle is 8 cm long and 19 cm wide. Find its perimeter in centimetres.GeometryAC9M6M02
- 3.(9 + 5) × 4 =Order of OperationsAC9M6A02
- 4.Is 21 prime or composite?Prime & CompositeAC9M6N02
- 5.List all the factors of 12:FactorsAC9M6N02
- 6.Write <, > or =: 3/5 ___ 2/2Comparing FractionsAC9M6N03
Thursday
A quick mix of 6 questions to warm up. Answer each one in the space provided.
- 1.3 + 10 × 4 =Order of OperationsAC9M6A02
- 2.Reflect the point (8, -9) across the x-axis. Write the new coordinates.CoordinatesAC9M6SP02
- 3.Is 53 prime or composite?Prime & CompositeAC9M6N02
- 4.Write 12:05 in 12-hour time (with am or pm).12 & 24 Hour TimeAC9M6M03
- 5.What comes next? 4, 7, 11, 16, ___PatternsAC9M6A03
- 6.9.9 - 3.8 =DecimalsAC9M6N04
Friday
A quick mix of 6 questions to warm up. Answer each one in the space provided.
- 1.A bag has 10 counters. 2 are red. What is the probability of picking a red one? Write it as a fraction.ProbabilityAC9M6P01
- 2.What comes next? 5, 8, 12, 17, ___PatternsAC9M6A03
- 3.Round 60717 to the nearest 100:RoundingAC9M6N08
- 4.Reflect the point (-1, -2) across the y-axis. Write the new coordinates.CoordinatesAC9M6SP02
- 5.Write 1:45 pm in 24-hour time.12 & 24 Hour TimeAC9M6M03
- 6.Is 3 prime or composite?Prime & CompositeAC9M6N02
What the Year 6 mix covers
Six questions a day across factors and primes, comparing fractions, adding and subtracting decimals, estimating, number patterns, order of operations, area and perimeter, 12 and 24 hour time, reflecting points on the four-quadrant plane and probability.
| Code | Strand | What it asks for | Practised by |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC9M6N02 | Number | Prime, composite and square numbers. Describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use them to solve problems and simplify calculations. | Factors, Prime & Composite |
| AC9M6N03 | Number | Compare and order fractions. Use equivalence to compare, order and show common fractions, such as halves, thirds and quarters, on the same number line and justify the order. | Comparing Fractions |
| AC9M6N04 | Number | Add and subtract decimals. Use place value to add and subtract decimals, with digital tools where useful, checking answers with estimation and rounding. | Decimals |
| AC9M6N08 | Number | Estimate with rational numbers. Use estimation strategies to approximate answers to problems with fractions, decimals and percentages, including money contexts. | Rounding |
| AC9M6A02 | Algebra | Unknowns with brackets. Find unknown values in equations with brackets and mixed operations using the properties of numbers and operations. | Order of Operations |
| AC9M6A03 | Algebra | Number-generating algorithms. Create and use step-by-step procedures with rules to generate sets of numbers and explain the patterns that emerge. | Patterns |
| AC9M6M02 | Measurement | Area of a rectangle. Work out the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems. | Geometry |
| AC9M6M03 | Measurement | Timetables and itineraries. Read and use timetables and itineraries to plan activities and work out how long events and journeys take. | 12 & 24 Hour Time |
| AC9M6SP02 | Space | Four-quadrant Cartesian plane. Locate points in all four quadrants of the Cartesian plane and describe how the coordinates change when a point moves. | Coordinates |
| AC9M6P01 | Probability | Probability scale 0 to 1. Understand that probabilities sit on a scale from 0 to 1 or 0% to 100%, and estimate probabilities as common fractions, decimals or percentages. | Probability |
Left out on purpose
A warm-up only works if every question can be answered from the words on the page. These are the Year 6 topics we keep out of the daily mix, and why:
- Decimal questions that multiply two decimals (such as 3.4 x 6.9) are filtered out, because Year 6 adds and subtracts decimals and only multiplies them by powers of ten.
- Whole-number division with remainders is Year 5 (AC9M5N07), so it is in the Year 5 mix, not here.
- Converting metric units (AC9M6M01) is Year 6 work, but the measurement generator has no Year 6 level yet, so use the Year 6 measurement worksheets for it.
- The generator's word problems use small whole numbers, which is Year 3 and 4 work, so they are left out of the Year 6 mix. The Year 6 percentage and decimal problems need worded questions the generator does not make yet.
- Angles with a protractor, nets and line graphs need a drawing, so use the Year 6 worksheets for those.
Strands with no text-only question in this mix: Statistics (try Year 6 statistical investigations).
How to run it in 8 to 12 minutes
- Print the five daily pages for the week (the answer key stays off unless you tick it), or project one day on the board as a do-now while the roll is marked.
- Students answer on their own, without help. A warm-up is retrieval practice: the effort of remembering is what makes the skill stick.
- Mark together straight away. Ask one student to explain each answer and write the method on the board.
- Note the question most students missed. That topic, and its AC9 code, is your reteach target for the week, and the matching Year 6 worksheets are one click away on the Year 6 hub.
More Year 6 maths
- Year 6 end-of-year maths test with a computed marking key.
- Early finisher activities for Years 5 and 6 for students who finish the warm-up first.
- Grade 6 morning work (the US-framed version, with a wider topic pool).
- Daily maths review for every year, Foundation to Year 6.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Year 6 daily maths review?
6 short, mixed questions for each school day, Monday to Friday, for 10 weeks. Every question comes from a topic mapped to a Year 6 Australian Curriculum (AC9) content description, and the code is printed beside it so you can see what each question checks.
Are the answers correct?
Yes. Each question is made by a procedural generator that computes its own answer in code. No language model writes the maths, so the answer key cannot contain a guessed or mistyped answer.
How long should a daily review take?
Plan for 8 to 12 minutes including marking. Students answer on their own first, then you go through the answers together, which is when most of the learning happens. If most of the class gets a question wrong, that topic is your reteach for the week.
Is it the same as the US morning work pages?
No. It uses the same spiral method, but the Year 6 version only draws on topics that match the Year 6 AC9 content descriptions, uses Year labels and metric units, and is seeded separately, so the questions differ.
Can I print a whole term at once?
Each week prints as five daily pages plus an optional answer key. Step through Week 1 to Week 10; every week is fixed, so a class set always matches the key.
Australian Curriculum content descriptions (c) ACARA, used under CC BY 4.0. Descriptions are paraphrased. See australiancurriculum.edu.au.