Archives for "May, 2009"

Posted by Peter on 4th May 2009

Coming soon: subtraction, division and more

Well, it’s May Bank Holiday so I am going to have a little break and a walk along the beach. But coming up later this week will be some great worksheets on using the standard method of subtraction and division, plus some tricky mental arithmetic pages on adding decimals and multiplying by 9 mentally. Enjoy [...]

Posted by Peter on 1st May 2009

Multiplying decimals 1

The standard short method of multiplication can be used when multiplying a decimal by a single digit. Children need plenty of practice with this before moving on to working with decimals. The key to success with these is to place the answer in the correct columns and the best bet is to put the decimal [...]