Lesson Five – Multiplication Races
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using a formal written method of calculation to model how to multiply different pairs of four and two digit numbers.
The class can race against a partner to see who can solve a multiplication written calculation the quickest using a standard written format including the use of number facts to complete each step in the calculations.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using a formal written method of calculation to model how to multiply different pairs of four and two digit numbers
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to generate different pairs of four and two digit numbers to practise multiplying using a written method to race against a partner to see who can calculate each multiplication product the quickest.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use a formal written method to multiply pairs of four and two digit numbers.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using formal written methods to multiply three and four digit numbers by two digit numbers to solve a range of real world and abstract multiplication problems. 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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