Knowing your times tables is an essential skill that children need to have securely under their belts in order to help them deal with a variety of other Maths problems. This KS2 ‘Times Table Facts’ scheme of work for Year 4 gives your class the chance to focus on the recall and understanding of the times tables (up to 12x12), giving them a solid foundation for further Maths learning.

Through games, puzzles and problems, this series of five Maths lessons is the perfect way to brush up their times tables skills, looking at both multiplication and division facts. It contains detailed lesson plans, engaging slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources that have been designed to make learning their times tables as fun and valuable as possible.

You might find our FREE Times Table Chart a handy teaching aid to use alongside this scheme.

2, 3, 4, 5 and 10

The first lesson in this series starts by showing children a multiplication grid with missing numbers. They will need to use their times tables knowledge to identify patterns and complete the grid. They then move on to practise recalling multiplication and division facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables through a variety of fun activities, including multiples colouring to reveal words, speed tests and a board game.

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6, 7, 8 and 9

Starting with a fun game that will encourage recall of multiples of 6 and 8 (using their knowledge of the 3 and 4 times tables to help them), children will go on to look at the multiples of the 7 times table to identify patterns and recap some other tips and tricks for learning the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables. During their independent learning, they can then play a game to encourage quick recall of these facts, or test each other with fact family cards.

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11 and 12

Children will start with a multiplication game, using dominoes to multiply two numbers (up to 12x12) together. They then go on to look in closer detail at the 11 and 12 times tables, exploring how to use partitioning to make calculations easier. They then undertake a variety of fun activities, including using a multiplication code that reveals a tricky tongue twister.

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Fact Families

This lesson focuses on identifying fact families once one multiplication or division fact has been established. Starting by challenging children to pair up their given numbers with other numbers to create a statement, they will go on to explore how the three numbers can be rearranged to make different multiplication and division statements. The main activity gives them the chance to consolidate this, as well as practising their recall of times table facts. There is also the chance to play Fact Family Rummy with specially designed playing cards.

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Solving Problems

In the final lesson of this series, children will have the chance to consolidate everything they have learnt and to further practise the quick recall of times table facts up to 12x12. They will be challenged to use their times table knowledge to solve a variety of problems, including missing number problems, and to apply their understanding of multiplication and division facts in a variety of contexts.

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