How to Find the Fraction of an Amount
Finding fractions of amounts is a concept that many children struggle to remember. It is one of the more abstract concepts within Maths...
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Getting Started with Fractions
Like any concept in maths, it's best to explore it practically to begin with. There is a deliberate reason that the topic of fractions is...
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Long Division - How to Conquer this Method
This is definitely a 'Marmite Method'. Some children love it and some children hate it. It's often the method parents mention to me...
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What is Chunking in Primary Maths?
Chunking is a stepping-stone method to Long Division. It helps children to understand how dividing larger numbers works with divisors...
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What is the Bus Stop Method of Division?
The Bus Stop Method is actually just another name for the traditional method of Short Division. Like all formal written methods in...
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Division Facts and Remainders
Sharing equally and identifying what's leftover is an important skill. Like all mathematical concepts, division needs to be explored...
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Book Launch: New Times Tables Workbook
For a number of years, I've been concerned about the levels of overwhelm I see in many children learning their times tables. At primary...
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Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
You probably remember from one of my previous Blogs that there should be no adding or taking away zeros as a quick fix to this skill. ...
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Long Multiplication - with a Splash of Colour
Long multiplication probably lives long in our memories as one of the most traditional mathematical methods we learnt at primary school...
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What is the Grid Method of Multiplication ?
Parents often ask me what the Grid Method of Multiplication is and why their children are being taught this in primary maths at school....
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