What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

As Robert Rhodes put the question “Surely Sunak meant arithmetic, not maths?” (Letters, April 25), I too would like to think Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, meant arithmetic, but I’m not sure he did.

What’s the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...