DS, 5, is in reception and doing well. He likes maths, but doesn't like using number lines/100 squares, he'd rather do it in his head which has been fine except hes now doing double and triple number adding and taking away. I originally showed him the table method (37
+28)
Now, hes come home from school today doing partitioning, he says it is, and it looks so long winded and extra work. Is this the new way they teach them? Seems so much more complicated to me :s
Anyway, just wondering if this is common now, and if their is any reason they're doing this now?
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crypticbow08 · 27/03/2014 21:03
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