At last, older parents might be able to help their children with their maths homework after it was announced that old-style long division and multiplication are to make a comeback in the classroom.

Pupils will be marked up for using traditional multiplication and division in an overhaul of primary school maths being unveiled today. The changes will spell the end for fashionable teaching methods ...

Long division and multiplication will make a return to maths exams as part of a Government drive to boost standards in primary schools, it will be announced today. By Graeme Paton 17 January 2013 • ...

For at least a decade, schools have deemphasized computation skills, which relied on memorization of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division math tables and facts prior to studying ...

Pupils will be marked up for using traditional multiplication and division in an overhaul of primary school maths being unveiled today. The changes will spell the end for fashionable teaching methods ...