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Lesson Five – Stocking Prices
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to calculate the cost of buying different themed Christmas stockings by multiplying pairs of two digit numbers using a standard written method for of calculation.
The class can explain and model how to use calculations in the times tables to support multiplication of larger numbers when working out the cost of filling each stocking.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to calculate the cost of buying different themed Christmas stockings by multiplying pairs of two digit numbers using a standard written method for of calculation
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to solve problems to multiply two by two digit numbers using standard written methods of multiplication to calculate the cost of buying items to fill different types of stockings.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to calculate the cost of buying different themed Christmas stockings by multiplying pairs of two digit numbers using a standard written method.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using formal written methods for addition and multiplication to calculate the cost of buying different items to celebrate a family Christmas. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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