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help with adding using maths grids

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pollywobbledoodle · 25/10/2009 22:15

i was helping dd to add 2 figure numbers and 3 figure numbers in the way i was taught at school ie 100+ 10

110

when dh said that the world as we know it has changed and they don't teach it that way any more, they start from the left and use a grid but he had no real idea

anybody know how it works as i don't want to confuse dd

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cece · 25/10/2009 22:17

The grid method is multiplication.
What year is she in?

pollywobbledoodle · 25/10/2009 22:20

year 1
i get how they can use one for multiplying eg 10s but couldn't see how it would work for adding...thanks

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cece · 26/10/2009 17:39

Grid method multiplication is not introduced to Year 4 though so a bit puzzled to what they were doing!?

pollywobbledoodle · 26/10/2009 21:21

dh may well be confused!
thanks for taking the time to answer

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southernbelle77 · 27/10/2009 06:40

Do you mean a number line rather than grid? DD is in year 1 and they use a number line to help them add up.

pollywobbledoodle · 27/10/2009 14:57

maybe but it would be a long line over a hundred....

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