Four Operations

For everything you need to know to successfully teach the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to your maths class.

How To Teach The Formal Long Division Method At KS2 Step By Step So Children Love It!
How To Teach The Formal Long Division Method At KS2 Step By Step So Children Love It!

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How To Teach The Formal Long Division Method At KS2 Step By Step So Children Love It!

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What Is The Highest Common Factor?: Explained For Primary Schools
What Is The Highest Common Factor?: Explained For Primary Schools

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What Are Factors: Explained for Primary School
What Are Factors: Explained for Primary School

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What Is Long Multiplication: Explained For Primary School Parents And Kids
What Is Long Multiplication: Explained For Primary School Parents And Kids

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How To Teach Division KS2: Maths Bootcamp [7]
How To Teach Division KS2: Maths Bootcamp [7]

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The Long Multiplication Method: How To Teach Long Multiplication So All Your KS2 Pupils 'Get It'
The Long Multiplication Method: How To Teach Long Multiplication So All Your KS2 Pupils 'Get It'

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What is BODMAS: Explained For Primary School (With Practice Questions)
What is BODMAS: Explained For Primary School (With Practice Questions)

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What Is A Square Number? Explained For Primary School Parents And Kids
What Is A Square Number? Explained For Primary School Parents And Kids

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What Are Cube Numbers? Explained for Primary School Teachers, Parents and Kids
What Are Cube Numbers? Explained for Primary School Teachers, Parents and Kids

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Why And How Every Teacher Should Be Using A Times Table Grid In KS2 Maths
Why And How Every Teacher Should Be Using A Times Table Grid In KS2 Maths

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How to Learn Times Tables: Teaching Pupils For Instant Recall From KS1 To KS2
How to Learn Times Tables: Teaching Pupils For Instant Recall From KS1 To KS2

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What Is Subitising And Why Is It Important? Tips For Parents & Teachers What Is Subitising And Why Is It Important? Tips For Parents & Teachers

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What Is The Column Method Of Addition And Subtraction? Explained For Primary School What Is The Column Method Of Addition And Subtraction? Explained For Primary School

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What Is BIDMAS: Explained for Primary School  What Is BIDMAS: Explained for Primary School 

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What Is Order Of Operations: Explained For Primary School  What Is Order Of Operations: Explained For Primary School 

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What is PEMDAS? Explained For Kids, Parents & Teachers What is PEMDAS? Explained For Kids, Parents & Teachers

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How To Use Hinge Questions In Your Lessons To Move All Students Forward How To Use Hinge Questions In Your Lessons To Move All Students Forward

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How And When To Teach The Commutative Property In School (And Where The National Curriculum Has Got It Wrong!) How And When To Teach The Commutative Property In School (And Where The National Curriculum Has Got It Wrong!)

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Teaching Times Tables In Primary: A Guide For Primary School Teachers From Year 2 To Year 6 Teaching Times Tables In Primary: A Guide For Primary School Teachers From Year 2 To Year 6

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What Is Grid Method Multiplication? Explained For Primary School Teachers, Parents And Pupils What Is Grid Method Multiplication? Explained For Primary School Teachers, Parents And Pupils

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Free Times Tables Worksheets For Primary School: Year 3 to Year 6 Free Times Tables Worksheets For Primary School: Year 3 to Year 6

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What Are Factors And Multiples? Explained For Primary School What Are Factors And Multiples? Explained For Primary School

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Division Questions That Will Test Your Primary School Pupils Division Questions That Will Test Your Primary School Pupils

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What Is Long Division? Explained For Primary School What Is Long Division? Explained For Primary School

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8 Long Division Examples And How To Solve Them: Explained For Primary School 8 Long Division Examples And How To Solve Them: Explained For Primary School

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What Is Short Division? Explained For Primary School What Is Short Division? Explained For Primary School

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What Is Division With Remainders? Explained For Primary School What Is Division With Remainders? Explained For Primary School

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What Is Division? Explained For Primary School What Is Division? Explained For Primary School

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Free Multiplication Worksheets For Primary School: Year 3 to Year 6 Free Multiplication Worksheets For Primary School: Year 3 to Year 6

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Free Division Worksheets For Primary School: Year 2 to Year 6 Free Division Worksheets For Primary School: Year 2 to Year 6

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BODMAS Questions That Will Test Your Primary School Pupils BODMAS Questions That Will Test Your Primary School Pupils

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What Is Rounding in Maths: Rounding Numbers Explained for Primary School Teachers and Parents What Is Rounding in Maths: Rounding Numbers Explained for Primary School Teachers and Parents

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What Is Bus Stop Method: Explained for Primary School What Is Bus Stop Method: Explained for Primary School

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What Is A Multiple: Explained For Primary School What Is A Multiple: Explained For Primary School

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What Is Column Addition? Explained For Primary School Parents & Teachers What Is Column Addition? Explained For Primary School Parents & Teachers

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What Is Column Subtraction? Explained For Primary School Parents & Teachers What Is Column Subtraction? Explained For Primary School Parents & Teachers

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Long Division Questions That Will Test All Pupils From Year 6 To Year 11 Long Division Questions That Will Test All Pupils From Year 6 To Year 11

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Teaching Division KS2: A Guide For Primary School Teachers From Year 3 To Year 6 Teaching Division KS2: A Guide For Primary School Teachers From Year 3 To Year 6

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