Printable worksheets for 8 year olds
90 worksheets across 7 categories, chosen to suit what most 8-year-olds are ready for. 1 free to download.
Children develop at their own pace — if these feel easy or hard, try age 7.
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What most 8 year olds can do
A rough guide, not a test. Children vary by a year either way and later is not behind.
- Multiplies and divides with the smaller tables
- Understands simple fractions — half, quarter, third
- Reads a page and summarises it
- Writes a paragraph with a beginning and an end
- Works independently for a full half hour or more
Multiplication, division and fractions
Multiplication makes sense when a child sees it as repeated addition rather than a table to memorise, and division follows from it. Fractions are the first place many children genuinely struggle, because half of eight and half of a chapati are the same idea in two very different forms.
Writing more than one sentence
The step from writing sentences to writing a paragraph is about planning, not handwriting. A child who can say what they want to write before they start produces something much better than one who begins at the first word and hopes. Talking it through first is not cheating.
Grammar with a purpose
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, tenses — worth knowing, but the point is using them in their own writing rather than labelling them on a worksheet. Grammar pages are most useful immediately before or after the child writes something of their own.
Worksheets for 8 year olds — common questions
What maths should an 8 year old know?
Multiplication and division with the smaller tables, simple fractions, and multi-step word problems.
Why do fractions confuse my 8 year old?
Because a fraction of a number and a fraction of an object look like different things at first. Cutting real food into halves and quarters usually helps more than another worksheet.
How do I help an 8 year old write a paragraph?
Have them say it out loud first. Most difficulty at this age is deciding what to say, not writing it down.