Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to model how to use diagrams and calculations to prove whether different numbers are square and a set of cards to select and match multiplication calculations to show different square numbers.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explain how to identify and record different square numbers using pictorial diagrams and multiplication calculations.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to explore and illustrate the properties of numbers that can support multiplication calculations including prime, square and cube numbers and multiplication facts that can be used to derive division quotients. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.