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Cafe Sales

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using a written columnar method to subtract pairs of four digit numbers with exchange between place value to calculate items for sale in a cafe.
The class can explain how to use mental calculations to complete each step in the written sums when exchanging to make it easier to subtract numbers.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using a written columnar method to subtract pairs of four digit numbers with exchange between place value to calculate items for sale in a cafe
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to calculate items for sale in a cafe by using a written columnar method for subtraction with exchange between place value for core and extension ability levels and with no exchange for support ability levels.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use a written columnar method to subtract pairs of four digit numbers with exchange between place value to calculate items for sale in a cafe.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify and model how to solve problems involving subtraction of pairs of four digits with exchange between place value. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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