Lesson One – Multiplication Instructions

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record sets of instructions about how to multiply pairs of three and two digit numbers using a formal written calculation method.

The class can explain and model how to use number facts to complete each individual step when multiplying a pair of numbers including the use of the times tables calculations.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record sets of instructions about how to multiply pairs of three and two digit numbers using a formal written calculation method

Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to model how to sequence instructions about how to multiply pairs of three and two digit numbers using a formal written method including the use of number facts to complete each step in the multiplication calculations.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record instructions about how to multiply pairs of three and two digit numbers using a formal written method.

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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