What you can learn in this unit

  • How to help your students understand the mathematical ideas behind the division algorithm.
  • Some suggestions for using group work in the maths classroom.
  • Some ideas to help your students see the connections between mathematical ideas and the real world.

This unit links to the teaching requirements of the NCF (2005) and NCFTE (2009) outlined in Resource 1.

What this unit is about

1 The formal division algorithm