Step 4 Objective
Extend written methods to division of HTU by TU (long division, whole number answer).
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Probing questions
How do you go about estimating the answer to a division?
Explain how you got the answer to this division.
Give pupils some long divisions (extended methods using multiples of the divisor and possibly a standard method) with typical mistakes in them. Ask them to find the mistakes and talk through what the person has done wrong. Ask them to correct the mistakes.