User:Susantkd

--Susantkd (talk) 12:17, 24 August 2009 (UTC)Skills

Skills related to multiplication and division begin with the general observations of the children's skills. Are they remembering the multiplication times tables or are they using another method. As the children piece together the cardinal numbers they may use their knowledge and understanding of previous skills of addition. Example:

If there are three classrooms that require on set of grapes each containing one purple, one red and one bunch of red grapes. How many bunches of grapes would l need for all of the classroom and how many bunches are there for each colour, purples, green and red? Basic Skills: 3 x 1 =3 and 3 ÷ 1 = 3

Figure 1: Grapes

The options lie in the child’s skills experiences with multiplication and division.

Equations the child may choose to resolve the question could be:

1 + 1 + 1 = 3 or for the second part of the question 3 x 3 [for each colour] ÷ 3 for each set = 3

Teachers need to take note on how the children are solving the problems.