How do you do. Meet Matharoo!

Meet Matharoo – your new best friend in making maths meaningful and fun for your learners! 

Matharoo was created with two important goals: to build positive attitudes in Australian primary school-aged students’ approach to maths, and to strengthen students’ mathematical problem-solving skills. 

Matharoo uses an innovative maths teaching approach that offers a simple answer to a complicated problem: how do we get Australian kids more interested in maths from a young age? And how do we support primary schools, teachers and parents to do this across the formative primary school years?

The answer is Matharoo. 

Created fresh weekly and delivered straight to subscribers’ inboxes, our weekly maths worded problem sheets draw on current event and pop culture news stories from the previous week’s headlines. While still covering the core maths curriculum, watch as even your most reluctant maths learners take a whole new interest! 

Designed to increase interest in maths and foster fascination with mathematical problem solving, our unique worded problem sheets are available for 4 primary school levels:

• Lower Primary (Year 2)
• Middle Primary (Years 3 & 4)
• Upper Primary (Years 5 & 6)
• Extension.

And with different subscriptions available for primary schools, teachers and parents, there really is an option to suit every educator and every learner. 

We really hope you’ll join the hundred-strong subscriber base that already invites Matharoo into their maths education each week.

Click here to subscribe and join the Matharoo crew. 

Who are the Matharoo mob?

This innovative maths teaching tool was the brainchild of Victorian educator Robin Philbrick. Robin spent 30 years in Government schools, working at every level from classroom teacher to Principal before moving on to build a network of tuition centres in Melbourne suburbs.

Robin and his mob of Matharoo professionals are dedicated to fostering positive attitudes to mathematics in schools and homes across Australia, starting with worded problems that are of natural interest to children.

The Matharoo difference

Students need to build positive attitudes towards mathematics in all its forms in order to succeed. Before we look at the future, let’s pause on the present: maths skills Australia-wide have been in decline since 2000 if not earlier. We are falling far behind neighbouring countries when it comes to numerical reasoning and problem solving. Not only does that mean our kids are in danger of missing out on the best jobs, it also means our country is becoming less important as the rest of the world innovates.

The critical thinking skills developed through Matharoo worksheets build students’ skills to problem solving using maths. This sets them up for success later in life. Maths is much more than sums, so to succeed our kids need to learn the importance of collaboration and problem solving from an early age.

Hop into Matharoo today

To learn more about the maths teaching resource helping classroom teachers, students and parents re-engage in mathematics, have a look around our website.

You can sign up for a two-week free trial of Matharoo or hop straight in to become a subscriber. If you have any questions or want to know more, feel free to contact us directly online or by phone, email or post.

Matharoo: simplifying positive maths engagement, in the classroom and in the home.

Real-world worded problems

Forget the classic watermelon carts and trains travelling between made-up towns. Matharoo worded problems use interest packed everyday situations to encourage problem solving with more than numbers alone. They are engaging, challenging, relevant and conversational – just like maths in real life.

Designed for Aussie classrooms

Matharoo presents maths worded problems tailored to all 4 primary levels: lower, middle, upper and extension. They are designed to support the curricula and NAPLAN prep. These problems use pop culture references, native animals, seasonal topics and more to inspire teachers, students and parents.

Support for time-poor teachers

Imagine receiving fresh, royalty-free Australian maths worksheets in your inbox every Saturday afternoon. Matharoo Aussie maths worksheets make lesson planning easier for primary teachers with inexpensive, inspirational worksheets you can pop in your pouch ready to use to support your school’s current maths curriculum.

Decades of experience in every sheet

Matharoo is the result of over 50 years of maths education experience. Our worksheets hand-pick the best methods and maths problems from an expansive body of knowledge. We draw experience from classroom teachers, Principals, private tuition centres and the very best of yesteryear’s proven maths problem-solving techniques, with the very best of today’s educational insights.

Problem solving beyond sums

Maths is the universal language behind everything we do. Kids need to develop an interest in the magic of maths early on, to help them excel later in life. That means equating maths with real-world problem-solving, not just numbers on a page.

Low tech, high impact

Around Australia maths standards have been declining for decades. Matharoo maths worksheets are one variable helping teachers reverse the trend, by getting kids re-engaged by maths at every primary school level. No screens: just pen, paper and conversation.

Fun and flexible worded problems

Maths is about so much more than numbers. Students are encouraged to work either individually or together, or with their parents, to find the answers to a Matharoo worded maths problem. This teaches the importance of collaboration while building critical problem-solving skills.

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FOR SCHOOLS

Matharoo provides the perfect supplement to your school’s current Maths programs. It’s the one-lesson-per-week focussing on worded problem-solving in a truly positive way. Students love Matharoo.

FOR TEACHERS

Busy teachers find Matharoo the perfect supplement to their Maths programs. It’s one copyright-free worded problem lesson delivered freshly each weekend, ready for use. 4 topical, results-oriented Primary levels.

FOR PARENTS

Parents seeking to build a solid maths problem-solving foundation for their children, or wanting extension maths materials, should look no further than Matharoo. Topical, powerful Maths that truly does “Make maths meaningful, and fun”.