Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to select pairs of four digit numbers for core and extension ability levels and two and three digit numbers for support ability levels to add using a formal written methods to calculate the distance travelled in kilometres for pairs of flights

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to calculate the distance travelled in kilometres for pairs of flights by using a written addition number calculation.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using standard methods of calculation for columnar addition with exchange between place value to solve problems when finding the sums of pairs of different numbers. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.