guest 55 - chunking

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:19 pm

I sat down and worked through chunking method today and I have decided I LOVE it!!

Guest55 · Post by **Guest55** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:28 pm

Great - it follows on well from using the blank number line.

Obviously at some point you have to tackle short division - but if pupils understand the process they can see this is just a 'compact' from of chunking.

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:04 pm

it leads really well into long division doesn't it?

I am a natural LD person, I learnt that first and then switched schools where they did short division, I have a mental block there ever since!

(I was 8 and they laughed at me...)

Tracy · Post by **Tracy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:45 pm

DD has just done this with her tutor - school has not got there yet. She's got it first time and says it's 'pips'.

I'm a convert too!!!

reginaphalangie · Post by **reginaphalangie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:04 pm

what the **** is 'chunking'??? Am not there yet with son

Guest55 · Post by **Guest55** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:09 pm

It's an alternative way of teaching division - yoyo PM'd me about it -

reginaphalangie · Post by **reginaphalangie** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:19 pm

oh ok

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:11 am

shows that division is just repeated subtraction.

mumbojumbo · Post by **mumbojumbo** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:24 am

Hi there
Would someone be kind enough to spell out how to do the 'chunking' method of Long division, so I can go over it with my DC - I think she's covered it at school, (now Yr5) but "can't remember" Any help much appreciated!

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:58 am

this is the link which Guest 55 sent me.

http://www.mad4maths.com/math_help_division/