Daily Maths with the Four Operations
Addition
Subtraction
7 1
Example
45.6
+ 37.2
82.8
Check
1
8 2.8
- 3 7.2
4 5.6
5 13 1
Example
645
- 378
267
Check
267
+ 378
645
11
Tips:
-Keep your digits in neat columns, and the
decimal points above each other.
Tips:
-Top number take away bottom number!
-Borrow from next column if you can’t do it.
Have a go..
Have a go..
Easier:
Harder:
Hardest:
286 + 438
13.6 + 49.5
23.9 + 5.26
Easier: 303 – 75
Harder: 109 – 15.4
Hardest: 23.9 - 5.26
Make up your own..... check the answer with a
calculator.
Keep decimal points above each other and
fill in gaps with a zero place holder.
Multiplication (Learn your tables)
Division – Bus Stop
Short Division “6 into 8 goes once 1,
Standard written method
with single digit multiplier of 8
72
x 8
576
(8 x2 = 16)
(8 x 7 = 56) (56+1 = 57)
remainder 2.
6 into 24 goes 4.
6 into 5 doesn’t go,
845  6
6
1
6
12
18
24
30
36
42
48
140r5
824 5
or

Answer 140
with double digit multiplier of 38
72
x 38
576
1
+ 2160
2736
¹
1
Have a go..
STEP BY STEP
2nd
3rd
4th
put zero in under the 8
3 x 2, then 3 x 7 = 2160
add together.
Easier: 26 x 8
Harder: 49 x 84
14
28
42
56
70
84
60. 5
14 847.70
1st 8 x 2, then 8 x 7 (as above) = 576
Make up your own..... check the answer with a
calculator
Daily Maths
More advanced:
847  14
Answer 60.5
Tips:
-Remember to carry the remainder
-Write remainders as a fraction or decimal
-Write out the times table
Have a go.. Easier: 849  7
Harder: 784  14
Hardest: £535.50  14
D Trueman Numeracy Coordinator
March 2015