All children will be expected to know their full times tables by the time they finish primary school, under new plans unveiled by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. New tests will examine ...

What's seven times nine? Quick, you've got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...

Schoolkids should be taught using an old-fashioned abacus if the Government decides to scrap times-tables tests, specialists have said. According to reports, the Labour party could bin traditional ...

Despite it being a big part of our school life many people struggle with maths in their adult life. Whether you constantly need a calculator or use all your fingers and toes to work out a sum, it is ...

Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

Unions are calling for tests on times tables and grammar to be scaled back at primary schools. Ministers are facing pressure to make the compulsory basic maths checks in year four optional as they can ...

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