Thursday 27 March 2014

Numeracy - Adding with the expanded vertical method

This week we have been moving towards using the column method to add numbers.

We have used the expanded vertical method. This means that we write out the numbers vertically, before adding the units, then the tens, and finally any hundreds (or even thousands). We then find the total.

Take a look at the examples below and the link to Kitty and Mair's work on Youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuTh3pUP8A0

You can see that they have forgot to include one of the hundreds, but luckily they remember before finding the total!


Here is Rebecca's example:




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