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Bazelle
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French vs English way of doing long divisions...

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Hello there, I learnt long divisions the French way and find it very hard to explain them to my daughter the English way. I think I need a bit of practice to convert, any suggestions for where I could look this out? Thanks!
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Wikipedia was the most informative actually, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_division" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I just need to practice now ...
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They won't, or shouldn't, start with that method.

Which year group are we talking about?
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Year 5. She doesn't get it and I don't know hoe to explain it better to her. And decimals really throw her. I have started Bond no nonsense age 9-10 and it is going well so far.
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There is a well explained method on khan academy I use with my students, I can pm the link to those that need it.
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I'll have a look at Khan academy, good point actually.
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Please don't use khanacademy - it's not UK based or recommended by teachers - there are other better sites.
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It doesn't matter much which source you use to learn the long division and long multiplication as the concepts remain broadly the same. The typical state schools continue teaching other elementary methods (partitioning) till Year 5 and then start teaching the long way in Year 6 which is too late for 11+.
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parent2013 wrote:It doesn't matter much which source you use to learn the long division and long multiplication as the concepts remain broadly the same. The typical state schools continue teaching other elementary methods (partitioning) till Year 5 and then start teaching the long way in Year 6 which is too late for 11+.
Have you looked at the new curriculum? It has changed ... and it's important that long division is taught so that there is understanding, not just a 'trick'.

Since the OP was concerned about 'different' ways of teaching then surely it is more sensible to use a UK based website?
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Which ones would you recommend Guest?
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