Bus Stop Method For Long Division Made Easy
It’s remarkable how when you’re faced with helping children with their maths homework, much more comes flooding back to you than what you first thought.The ‘bus stop’ method is a tried and tested way of doing long division when you’re asked to divide larger numbers by two or three-digit numbers, as well as when a number is being divided by a single digit, known as short division. Bus stop division is simply another name for a step-by-step long division method and is suitable for Key Stage 2 children but is typically introduced in Year 5....