Basic Operations — Primary 2

• 2, 5 and 10 times tables

  Litnumia skill: 2, 5 and 10 times tables

  Multiplication tables recited and memorised early; long multiplication and division taught as formal written procedures.

• Arrays and repeated addition

  Litnumia skill: Arrays and repeated addition

  Multiplication tables recited and memorised early; long multiplication and division taught as formal written procedures.

• Column addition without regrouping

  Litnumia skill: Column addition without regrouping

  NERDC introduces vertical arrangement early in Primary 2: digits aligned by place value, sums written beneath a ruled line.

• Division as sharing and grouping

  Litnumia skill: Division as sharing and grouping

  Multiplication tables recited and memorised early; long multiplication and division taught as formal written procedures.

• Doubles and halves to 20

  Litnumia skill: Doubles and halves to 20

  Early move to vertical (column) arrangement with carrying and borrowing shown explicitly; drilled number facts.

• Fact families and inverse operations

  Litnumia skill: Fact families and inverse operations

  Early move to vertical (column) arrangement with carrying and borrowing shown explicitly; drilled number facts.

• Mental addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers

  Litnumia skill: Mental addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers

  Early move to vertical (column) arrangement with carrying and borrowing shown explicitly; drilled number facts.