Multiplication & Division
Pupils use a variety of language to describe multiplication and division.
Pupils are introduced to the multiplication tables. They practise to become fluent in the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables and connect them to each other. They connect the 10 multiplication table to place value, and the 5 multiplication table to the divisions on the clock face. They begin to use other multiplication tables and recall multiplication facts, including using related division facts to perform written and mental calculations.
Pupils work with a range of materials and contexts in which multiplication and division relate to grouping and sharing discrete and continuous quantities, to arrays and to repeated addition. They begin to relate these to fractions and measures (for example, 40 ÷ 2 = 20, 20 is a half of 40). They use commutativity and inverse relations to develop multiplicative reasoning (for example, 4 x 5 = 20 and 20 ÷ 5 = 4).
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Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
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Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of one number by another cannot
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Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts
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