Keir has less common sense than primary pupils over migrant maths

AT the age of five years old, children enter primary education, and are gently encouraged to read and write, as well as the basics of arithmetic.

- Davy Adam

Once they have learned their numbers, they learn their times tables and are taught how to count.

As time goes on and the teachers think they are starting to understand arithmetic, they may introduce some basic questions for them to solve.