What Do The Workbooks Look Like?
Every Smartutor workbook is professionally printed, carefully designed and ready to use the moment it arrives. Here's exactly what you and your child can expect.
What you receive
Proper books. Not a bundle of photocopies.
From the moment it arrives at your door, a Smartutor workbook feels different. Professionally printed, full colour, clean throughout. Something a child will actually want to sit down and work through.
One new workbook every four weeks. Each one covering the next stage of the programme - picked up, opened, written in and built upon.
Five things you'll find in every single workbook
The structure never changes. Children always know what to expect and parents always know where to look.
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A cover your child will recognise immediately
Every workbook shares the same distinctive Smartutor cover - bright blue header, the pink brain logo and the workbook number clearly at the bottom. Your child knows exactly which workbook they're on and feels a sense of real progression as the numbers climb.
The cover background features a subtle maths-themed pattern - numbers, shapes and symbols scattered across the page - that sets the tone before a single question is attempted.
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Everything laid out clearly from page one
Page 2 of every workbook is a clear, structured contents page showing all four sections, the topic covered in each week and the page number for every individual worksheet.
Parents can use it to track progress at a glance. Children can find any worksheet in seconds. No flicking through pages wondering where to start. Easy for children, easy for tutors: find the page quickly means more time for learning on our group and premium programmes.
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Help sheets before they start
Before every section of five worksheets, children get a dedicated help sheet. One page. One tip per new topic. Each tip has a short, memorable key point and a worked example so children can see the method in action before they attempt any questions.
If a child gets stuck mid-worksheet, the help sheet is right there on the previous page. No need for parents to explain the method. It's all on the page.
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Five worksheets per week. Ten to twenty minutes per worksheet
Each worksheet is a single focused A4 page covering one specific skill. Questions build in difficulty across the page - accessible at the start, genuinely challenging by the end. It's a small daily habit that compounds into real, measurable progress over 28 weeks.
The format mirrors the real SATs layout throughout - so by the time children sit their exams, the question style is completely familiar. No surprises on the day.
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Parents can check every answer in seconds
After every five worksheets there is a dedicated answer page. Answers are laid out clearly by worksheet code - finding the right answers for the right page takes seconds, not minutes of searching.
We recommend parents check their child's work at the end of each week before moving on. It's a natural checkpoint that keeps progress on track and catches any misunderstandings early. If you are on group or premium programmes, submit your work to your tutor to show your progress
What each workbook focuses on
Seven workbooks. Four weeks each. A clear journey from core number skills all the way through to your child's mini SATs assessment.
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WORKBOOK 1
Numbers and Operations
Ordering and negative numbers
Rounding
×÷ by 10, 100 and 1000
Formal addition and subtraction
2
WORKBOOK 2
Multiplication, Division and Fractions
Short and long division
Short and long multiplication
Simplifying fractions
Adding and subtracting fractions
3
WORKBOOK 3
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Converting FDP
Multiplying and dividing fractions
Fractions of amounts
Decimal operations
4
WORKBOOK 4
Ratio, Percentages and Algebra
Formulas
Ration and proportion
Percentages
BODMAS
5
WORKBOOK 5
Sequences, Measurement and Time
Factors, multiples and sequences
Algebra
Measurement
Time and timetables
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WORKBOOK 6
Geometry and Coordinates
Area and volume
2D and 3D shapes
Angles
Coordinates and translation
7
WORKBOOK 7
Statistics and Mini SATs Assessment
Graphs and charts
Mean, median and mode
Arithmetic SATs paper
Reasoning SATs paper