Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets solve problems by using standard written methods of calculation to find the numbers of items stocked in a greengrocer’s shop by subtracting numbers with more than four digits with exchange between place value.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use standard written method of calculation to solve problems subtracting numbers with more than four digits to find items stocked in a greengrocer’s shop.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify and illustrate the sequences of steps that can be used when completing standard written methods using decomposition to subtract pairs of numbers with four or more digits. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.