CALCULATION POLICY
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION

The Effective Maths calculation policy for multiplication and division provides an overview of the content and methods taught in each year group from Year 1 to Year 6. For Years 1-4 it also includes the visual representations of the methods. (In Year 5 and 6 there are no new methods and the representations encountered are the same as in earlier years. What is different is the range of number that children work with.)

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For each year group in Years 1-6 the document provides:

(i) a content summary section;

(ii) details about the approaches used for teaching the above;

(iii) the representations used.

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Each section includes content from:

• calculation unit 6 (Y1); multiplication and division units 1 and 2 (Y2); multiplication and division units 1 to 3 (KS2);

• the Block 3 calculation unit;

• money and decimals units;

• fractions units (Years 2-6).

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The document is provided in several versions:

• whole school version;

• year group specific versions;

• a Key Stage 1 only version (for infant schools).

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For Years 1-6 there are two versions of each year group specific version:

• a landscape version, like a PowerPoint slide, containing (i), (ii) and (iii);

• a portrait version of the representations section (iii) with notes to support the representations.

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