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Best Free Year 6 Maths Resources Australia (2025)

Top free maths resources for Year 6 teachers. Fractions, ratio, percentages, and ACARA-aligned preparation for secondary maths.

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19 February 2025 ยท Year 6 ยท Mathematics

Year 6 Maths: Fractions, Ratio & Secondary Preparation

Year 6 is the final year of primary maths and serves as a bridge to secondary. Students consolidate fractions through operations, extend to percentages, and introduce ratio concepts. This is also when NAPLAN testing occurs, so targeted preparation support is valuable.

This collection features the best free Australian resources to ensure your Year 6 students are confident and prepared.

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Fraction Operations & Percentages

Fraction addition visual
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Khan Academy Fraction Operations (Year 6 Path)

Free videos for adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. Builds from concrete models to symbolic operations with detailed explanations.

FreeACARA AlignedVideo + Practice
Percentage visual
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Khan Academy Percentages & Decimals

Free introduction to percentages as fractions out of 100. Links percentages to decimals and develops mental strategies for common percentages.

FreeACARA AlignedVideo + Practice
NRICH fraction problem
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NRICH Fraction & Percentage Problem Tasks

Free investigation tasks involving fractions in context, percentages, and ratio reasoning. Real-world problem-solving approaches.

FreeRich TasksProblem-Solving

Tip: Use real-world contexts for percentages โ€” sales discounts, nutrition labels, sports statistics. Students engage better when they see practical application.

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Ratio & NAPLAN Preparation

Ratio visual
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Khan Academy Intro to Ratio

Free videos introducing ratio language and comparing quantities. Visual and concrete approaches develop foundational understanding.

FreeACARA AlignedVideo + Practice
NAPLAN practice
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NSWCELEBRATELEARNING NAPLAN Practise Tests

Free online NAPLAN-style questions for Year 6 students. Diagnostic feedback helps identify gaps before formal testing.

FreeNAPLAN-SpecificACARA Aligned
Mathsisfun games
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Mathsisfun NAPLAN-Style Games

Interactive games targeting NAPLAN question types. Multi-step problems, fraction questions, and percentage applications.

FreeNAPLAN-SpecificInteractive

Year 6 Maths Action Plan

  • Use Khan Academy for systematic teaching of fraction operations and percentages
  • Incorporate NRICH rich tasks weekly for deeper reasoning and problem-solving
  • Begin NAPLAN preparation in Term 2โ€“3 using free practice tests and NAPLAN-style games
  • Print NSW Education worksheets across all strands for weekly practice
  • Use real-world contexts (shopping, sports, recipes) for percentages and ratio
  • Schedule fortnightly NAPLAN-style practice sessions from Week 1 of term

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