Lesson Four – Counting Fours

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and record how to work with number arrays to match each of the different calculations and number products in the four multiplication table.
The class can practise using concrete equipment and diagrams to build number arrays to link with multiplication number statements to indicate how to complete each of the number equations.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record how to work with number arrays to match each of the different calculations and number products in the four multiplication table
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated worksheets to identify and record how to complete calculations in the four multiplication table using number arrays and a set of cards to build number arrays to match calculations and products in the four multiplication table.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use number arrays to match calculations and products in the four multiplication table.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to learn and recall the number facts in the three and four times tables to utilise when solving abstract and contextual problems involving multiplication and division calculations. 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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