Summary
Contents
Subject index
What, how and why? If you don’t really understand the content of the primary mathematics curriculum, how can you teach it? This beautiful full colour book is here to help. It covers all you need to know to be an effective teacher of primary mathematics. It shows you how to explore number, shape and pattern with the children you teach. It examines what we mean by ‘mastery of mathematics’ and reviews what we can learn from Asian maths teaching methods. It helps you to see how areas of mathematics fit together and how you can support children to build their own understanding of the subject. This book goes beyond showing you how to teach. It shows you that process is as important as product. That getting it wrong can be as useful as getting it right and that children can’t really learn the what without understanding the why.
A ray of sunshine
A ray of sunshine
In this chapter, we will explore the different types of numbers we need to be aware of in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and some of the patterns within the number system. We will also consider how these can be used to support deeper mathematical understanding and efficiency.
Classifying numbers
Let us first consider the different types of number, before applying them in different contexts. Natural numbers are often referred to as the positive counting numbers, such as 1, 2, 3, 4. Whole numbers are all the natural numbers plus zero. Integers are all the whole numbers plus all negative numbers.
This diagram shows how the definitions of natural numbers, whole numbers and integers fit together.
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