When you subtract using large numbers, it's often better to use a written method. Column subtraction is a good written method to take one number away from another. It involves writing the smaller ...
The present paper describes the success, the methods (mental, informal written, standard algorithm) and the strategies of informal written arithmetic to be observed when 300 elementary students worked ...
Karen C. Fuson, Diana Wearne, James C. Hiebert, Hanlie G. Murray, Pieter G. Human, Alwyn I. Olivier, Thomas P. Carpenter and Elizabeth Fennema Researchers from 4 projects with a problem-solving ...