In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth ...

Twenty-four first-grade children were asked to write number sentences and select appropriate alternative number sentences for addition and subtraction word problems. Responses were qualitatively ...

Fifth-graders will continue to deepen their understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

Pearla Nesher, Tamar Katriel, A Semantic Analysis of Addition and Subtraction Word Problems in Arithmetic, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1977), pp. 251-269 ...

KS2 Maths Multiplying and dividing learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

Play this KS2 game to practise your Maths skills and revise for your SATs, including times tables, multiplication, division, fractions, and more!

In a recent study from our research group, we looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s performance.