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Fact Families Year 2

Teach your Year 2 class about fact families with this ready-to-teach lesson. Building on your class's growing knowledge of multiplication and division methods, this lesson focuses on creating 'fact families' which show how the numbers in division and multiplication calculations are related. Children will also learn how making fact families can help them solve calculations, especially if they find certain multiplications or divisions easier than others.

 

This Fact Families Year 2 Maths lesson includes:

  • a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities
  • a slideshow for the teaching input
  • a range of printable resources for independent learning activities
  • answer sheets where necessary

This lesson is part of our Let's Multiply and Divide scheme of work for Year 2.

Fact Families Year 2 Lesson Pack

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Fact Families

What is a fact family?

A fact family is a set of number sentences that use the same three numbers. It shows the relationship between these numbers.

A fact family can involve addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division:

 

Fact Families Addition and Subtraction

In a fact family that uses addition and subtraction, there will always be two addition number sentences, and two subtraction number sentences.

Look at this example:

Addition and subtraction fact family example

Addition and subtraction fact family example

The addition of two numbers can be done in any order, so we can write 3 + 5 = 8  and 5 + 3 = 8

We must subtract a smaller number from the largest number, so we can write 8 - 5 = 3  and 8 - 3 = 5 

Multiplication and Division Fact Families

In a fact family that uses multiplication and division, there will always be two multiplication number sentences, and two division number sentences.

Look at this example:

Multiplication and division fact family example

Multiplication and division fact family example

The multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order, so we can write 2 x 8 = 16  and 8 x 2 = 16

We must divide the largest number by a smaller number, so we can write 16 ÷ 2 = 8  and 16 ÷ 8 = 2

 

When do children learn about Fact Families?

According to the National Curriculum Maths objectives, children start to learn about, and apply their knowledge of, fact families in KS1.

 

In Year 1, children should be taught to:

  • represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20

 

In Year 2, children should be taught to:

  • recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100
  • recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems
  • calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs