Multiplication Problems

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Activities include multiplication word problems, expanded short multiplication methods, worksheets and activities.

As well as detailed lesson planning and printable PDF resources, the included slides clearly explain methods for solving a variety of puzzles and multiplication word problems using mental and written methods, and building upon children's prior knowledge e.g. using the grid method.

#Lesson1PatternsandSequences

This Patterns and Sequences Year 3 Maths lesson plan pack challenges children to spot patterns and solve problems using their multiplication skills and times tables knowledge. It includes detailed planning, worksheets and differentiated activities.

In this, the second of five lessons in 'Multiplication Problems', children will investigate the patterns that multiples make as they explore different sequences. After refreshing their memories of multiples for each number, the children can discover similarities between multiples and begin to use this understanding to label larger numbers as multiples of other numbers.

#Lesson2ExpandedShortMultiplication

Revisit the grid multiplication method, and introduce the new written method of expanded short multiplication with this Year 3 lesson plan pack.

The included teaching input and slideshow presentation explains clearly and simply how to move from using the grid method to using expanded short multiplication. Once you've taught this concept, give children the opportunity to apply their learning, and evaluate its efficiency, as they use it to multiply 2-digit by 1-digit numbers.

#Lesson3CorrespondenceProblems

Correspondence Problems takes a close look at problems where children must find all possible combinations of objects in a set to answer questions and word problems. Designed to help children developing logical, systematic problem-solving skills, this Year 3 lesson plan pack includes slides with word problems, puzzles and clear explanations of methods – as well as a range of differentiated worksheets and activities.

#Lesson4ScalingProblems

Positive integer scaling problems—or put more simply, problems solved by multiplying—are the focus of this Year 3 Maths lesson planning pack. It includes slides, information and differentiated activities to help children solve scaling problems.

Dive into a lesson of positive integer scaling problems, where children will develop their vocabulary while scaling numbers. They will use their knowledge of times tables to solve different multiplication problems, including those which may have more than one solution. The children can use their learning from previous lessons in this 5-lesson, 'Multiplication Problems' Complete Series to help them come up with a logical and systematic approach to solving these kinds of problems.

#Lesson5Multiplyingby10and100

Teach Year 3 children all about multiplying by 10 and 100 with this lesson planning pack, including slides showing multiplying methods, differentiated worksheets, word problems and activities.

Employ your class as the aquarium’s marine biology study team as the arrival of the newly discovered deca-anemone means the team needs help! Challenge your class to use their knowledge of multiplying by 10 and 100 to find out as much as they can about this new organism by studying its structures of ten limbs. Your class will also have the opportunity to pose their own ‘What if...?’ style questions and investigate them themselves.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• Year 3 - recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
• Year 3 - write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods
• Year 3 - solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects.