Hello,
Just wondered if I should be speaking to the school/giving my 7 year old extra work or something? I haven't done any maths with him and at school he does very basic stuff - 7+3 and additions of larger numbers one of top of the other (whats that called???). Over the last few months I've noticed he's very quick at doing maths in his head. Sometimes in the car, he'll ask me to give him a sum to do - say 367+45-234 -and he can do that within about a minute. Something like 167-45 he can do in 10 seconds. He can also work out any multiplication in his head in seconds for anything in the 6s or less, and within a minute for 7s, 8s, 9s - he usually does this by working out a lower multiplication and building up from it, so very logical. I have never done multiplication with him formally. Just ask him now and then in the car. so, should I be doing anything more?
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7 year old maths - how unusual is this? And should I be doing anything more?
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shouldibedoingsomething · 06/09/2016 08:53
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