Kellington Primary School
Maths Parents’ Workshop
10 th December 2012

To explain how we teach your children
+, -, x and ÷ .
To give you ideas of how you can help your children at home.

• Number lines
• Practical equipment
• Numicon
• Multilink cubes
• Real life contexts
• Number bonds
• Patterns

• Arrow cards
• Place value
• Partitioning
• Recombining

Use of a number line
6+5=
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
34+12=

• Continue to use partitioning
• 364+ 34
=300+60+4+30+4
=300+90+8
• Then we recombine it all, to be left with the answer, 398.

• Continue to use partitioning.
• 364+54= 364
+ 54
300
110
+ 8
418

• The final step, when the children have a sound grasp of place value & of the whole process…
364
+ 54
418
1

Taking away practically.
3-2=

Use of a number line/100 square
12-6=6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Stage 1: The empty number line
The empty number line helps to record the steps in mental subtraction. There are several ways to do this:
• Counting Back - a calculation like 74 - 27 can be recorded by counting back 27 from 74 to reach 47. or
• Counting Up - the steps can also be recorded by counting up from the smaller number to find the difference or

Written methods for
Subtraction
Stage 2: Partitioning
Subtraction can be recorded using partitioning to write equivalent calculations that are easier to carry out mentally. For 74 - 27 this involves partitioning the 27 into 20 and 7, then subtracting 20 and 7 in turn.
74 – 27 is the same as 74 – 20 – 7
74 – 20 = 54
54 – 7 = 47

Written methods for
Subtraction
Stage 3: Expanded column method
The partitioning stage should be followed by the expanded column method, where tens and units are placed under each other. This is where the concept of ‘borrowing’ is introduced
Example: 74 - 27

Written methods for
Subtraction
It can also be applied to three and four digit numbers.
Example: 741 - 367

Written methods for
Subtraction
Depending on the numbers it can get quite complicated and this stage may need a lot of time and perseverance!

Written methods for
Subtraction
Stage 4: Column method
The expanded method is eventually reduced to:

Multiplication- repeated addition
3x5= (3 groups of 5) xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x
5 + 5 + 5= 15

• By end of Year 2 children should know x2,x5,x10 Plus ?????
• Practise counting in 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s,
10’s
• Matching pairs (question on one card, answer on another)
2013 By the end of year 4 – all times tables?

Arrays
Children should be able to model a multiplication calculation using an array.
This knowledge will support with the development of the grid method.
3 x 5
5 x 3

Stage 1: Mental multiplication using partitioning
This allows the tens and ones to be multiplied separately to form partial products. These are then added to find the total product.
Either the tens or the ones can be multiplied first but it is more common to start with the tens. This can look like......
14 3 (10

4)

3

(10

3)

(4

3)

30

12

42

Written methods for
Multiplication
Stage 2: The Grid Method
This links directly to the mental method. It is an alternative way of recording the same steps. It is better to place the number with the most digits in the left-hand column of the grid so that it is easier to add the partial products. For TU x TU, the partial products in each row are added, and then the two sums at the end of each row are added to find the total product

Written methods for
Multiplication
Stage 3: Expanded short multiplication
The next step is to represent the method in a column format, but showing the working. Attention should be drawn to the links with the grid method above. Children should describe what they do by referring to the actual values of the digits in the columns. For example, the first step in 38 × 7 is ‘thirty multiplied by seven’, not
‘three times seven’, although the relationship 3 × 7 should be stressed. Some children should be able to use this expanded method for TU × U by the end of Year 5.
30

8

7

38
7
210 30 7 210
210
56 8 7 56
56
266
266

Written methods for
Multiplication
Stage 3: Expanded short multiplication
The same steps can be used when introducing TU x TU.
56

27
1000 50 20

1000
120 6 20

120
350
42
50 7 350
42
1512
1
56

27
1120
392
1512
1
56

7

Written methods for
Multiplication
Stage 4: Short multiplication
The expanded method is eventually reduced to the standard method for short multiplication. The recording is reduced further, with carry digits recorded below the line. If, after practice, children cannot use the compact method without making errors, they should return to the expanded format of stage 3.

38
7
266
The step here involves adding 210 and 50 mentally with only the 5 in the 50 recorded.
This highlights the need for children to be able to add a multiple of 10 to a two-digit or three-digit number mentally before they reach this stage
5

Written methods for
Multiplication
Stage 5: Long multiplication
This is applied to TU x TU as follows.
56

27
1120
392
1512
1
56

7
The carry digits in the partial products of 56 × 20 = 120 and
56 × 7 = 392 are usually carried mentally.
The aim is for some children to use this long multiplication method for TU × TU by the end of Year 6.

In Year 6, children apply the same steps to multiply HTU x TU
Start with the grid method, asking the children to estimate their answer first.
286

29
4000 200 20

4000
1600 80 20

1600
120 6 20

120
1800 200

9

1800
720 80

9

720
54 6

9

54
8294
1
This expanded method is cumbersome, so there is plenty of incentive to move on to a more efficient method.
286

29
5720
2574
8294
1
286

9
Children who are already secure with multiplication for TU × U and TU × TU should have little difficulty in using the same method for HTU × TU.

Initially division is introduced as ‘sharing’ using real objects or pictures.
Share 10 apples equally between
2 children which eventually becomes 10 ÷ 2 = 5

Stage 1: Mental division using partitioning
One way to work out TU ÷ U mentally is to partition TU into smaller multiples of the divisor, then divide each part separately.
Informal recording in Year 4 for 84 ÷ 7 might be:
In this example, using knowledge of multiples, the 84 is partitioned into 70 (most children will be secure with a multiple of 10) plus 14

Written methods for
Division
Stage 1: Mental division using partitioning or…… and with a remainder

WDIK
10 x 4
20 x 4
30 x 4 etc

Stage 2: Short division of TU ÷ U
'Short' division of TU ÷ U can be introduced as a more compact recording of the mental method of partitioning, to children who are confident with multiplication and division facts and whose understanding of partitioning and place value is sound. For most children this will be during Year 5.

Stage 2: 'Expanded' method for TU ÷ U and HTU ÷ U
This method, often referred to as 'chunking', is based on subtracting multiples of the divisor, or 'chunks'. It is useful for reminding children of the link between division and repeated subtraction. However, children need to recognise that chunking is inefficient if too many subtractions have to be carried out.

Stage 3: Refining the 'Expanded' method for HTU ÷ U
Initially children subtract several chunks, but with practice they should look for the biggest multiples that they can find to subtract, to reduce the number of steps.
Once they understand and can apply the expanded method, children should try the standard method for short division.

Stage 4: Long division for HTU ÷ TU
The next step is to tackle HTU ÷ TU, which for most children will be in Year 6. The layout on the right, which links to chunking, is in essence the 'long division' method. Conventionally the 20, or 2 tens, and the 3 ones forming the answer are recorded above the line, as in the second recording.