Multiplication and Division

The first lesson in this Spring term scheme of work for Year 1 will get your class looking closely at number sequences. They will look for patterns as they work out the next number in the sequence. Your children will be focusing on sequences that inc... Read More

The second lesson in this ‘Let’s count in multiples!’ scheme of work for Year 1, will get your class counting in twos. Their confidence will increase as they apply their counting in twos knowledge to solving problems. They will link repeated ad... Read More

The third lesson in this counting in multiples scheme of work encourages your children to apply their knowledge of counting in twos, fives and tens to solving problems. They will decide what each question is asking them to do, before drawing pictures... Read More

During the penultimate lesson in this ‘Let’s count in multiples’ series of lessons, your class will draw objects in groups of two, five and ten to solve problems. They will think carefully about what each question is asking as they draw the cor... Read More

The final lesson in this series will challenge your class to solve word problems by counting in multiples. They will draw pictures or use objects to understand and represent the problem. Then they will write the problem as a number sentence and solve... Read More

Challenge your class to take their understanding of counting in multiples of two, five and ten to a deeper level by exploring sequences of numbers which may not always start on zero and are both increasing and decreasing sequences. Provide an opportu... Read More

Revisit doubling with your class and explore it from the viewpoint of multiplication. Use the language of multiplication to explain how doubling is two groups of a number and use these groups to find a total. This lesson provides your class the oppor... Read More

Help your class make links between repeated addition calculations with multiplications using a pictorial representation to help them. Use the printable game board and resources in this lesson to give the children the opportunity to look at this conce... Read More

Help your class investigate how arrays can be used to represent multiplications and how they can be grouped using the rows and columns. Challenge your class to build or draw arrays based on different multiplication calculations. Read More

Challenge your class to help some shop assistants stack their shelves using arrays to find out how many items can fit on different sets of shelves. Your class will have the opportunity to discuss and complete arrays to determine if a set of objects w... Read More

In the first lesson in this Year 1 Maths scheme your class will think about what sharing equally and dividing mean. Then they will work practically sharing objects to solve problems. The lesson concludes with them counting in multiples to work out th... Read More

The second lesson in this division scheme of work for Year 1 will see your class exploring odd and even numbers. They will use objects to find out if a number can be shared equally into two groups as they identify and sort odd and even numbers. Your ... Read More

The third lesson in this Year 1 Maths scheme of work sees your class solving division number sentences practically. They will read, write and talk about division number sentences before they solve them using objects. This lesson concludes by encourag... Read More

During the penultimate lesson in this Maths series of lesson for Year 1, your class will read and solve division number sentences. They will share objects equally into groups to solve problems. They will also write some of their own number sentences ... Read More

The final lesson in this division series for Year 1 will challenge your class to apply their knowledge of division to solve problems. They will think about and explain what each section of a division number sentence means as well as solve missing num... Read More

In the second lesson of this scheme of work for Year 2, your class will use the two times table to solve problems. They will look at multiplication number sentences and explain what they mean. They will use multiplication, repeated addition, arrays a... Read More

In the third lesson of this scheme of work for Year 2, your class will use the five times table to solve problems. They will look at multiplication number sentences and explain what they mean. They will play games and match different representations ... Read More

In the fourth lesson of this multiplication scheme of work, your class will use the ten times table to solve problems. They will look at multiplication number sentences and explain what they mean. They will have the opportunity to play games, matchin... Read More

In the final lesson of this ‘What is multiplication?’ scheme of work for Year 2, your children will be challenged to apply their learning to solve problems. They will write multiplication number sentences, selecting the relevant information from ... Read More

The first lesson of this ‘What is multiplication?’ scheme of work gets your class exploring number patterns. They will work out what the numbers in the sequence are increasing by and then continue the pattern. Your class will have the opportunity... Read More

Teach your Year 2 class all about division by sharing. This lesson plan pack includes slides and resources which explain equal sharing and simple division strategies such as drawing or sharing objects. This is the first in a series of five complete l... Read More

Teach your Year 2 children all about division by grouping with this ready to teach lesson plan pack and resources. It includes detailed planning, slides and worksheets which help children learn about grouping division by drawing or using objects. Thr... Read More

Division numbers sentences and how to solve them, are the focus of this Year 2 Maths lesson plan pack and resources. The included division activities get children using grouping, sharing, and times tables knowledge. The included lesson plan and slide... Read More

In this lesson plan pack for Year 2, children use multiplication and division facts to help them understand, solve and write division number sentences. The resources include division games, differentiated worksheets and a slideshow with simple explan... Read More

Read, understand, solve and write division word problems with this Year 2 lesson planning pack, slides and resources. Having looked at how to tackle simple division word problems during the teaching input, children will then be challenged to check th... Read More

Sequencing numbers in order using number lines or number cards is the main focus of this lesson – the first of five complete lesson planning packs included in 'Let's use number patterns!' for Year 2 pupils. With the included slides and detailed ... Read More

Count in steps of 2 and 10, forward and backward from any number in this fun, challenging lesson for Year 2. Counting in twos and tens is a vital skill and an essential step for young learners as they develop their skills of ordering and sequencin... Read More

Build on your pupils' understanding of number sequences by challenging them to count forwards and backwards in twos, fives and tens. The slides included with this lesson—the third of five in 'Let's use number patterns!'—show a range of number ... Read More

Count forwards in backwards in multiples of 2, 3, 5 and 10 using a variety of pictorial representations, number lines and arrays. In this, the fourth of five lessons in 'Let's use number patterns!' for Year 2, children will build on their developi... Read More

Think about the patterns and sequences that occur when counting in twos, threes, fives and tens. In this, the final lesson in 'Let's use number patterns!' for Year 2, children will recognise patterns in number sequences and count forwards and back... Read More

Children will explore the five times table in this lesson, firstly by using repeated addition on a number line to relate multiplication and addition, then by solving problems from the five times table, using repeated addition, number lines and visual... Read More

Children will start off this lesson by recapping some facts from the two and five times tables before looking in more detail at the ten times table. They will become more familiar with a formal layout for the ten times table and carry out a range of ... Read More

Now that your class are more familiar with the two, five and ten times table, they can put their new-found skills to the test as they solve a variety of missing numbers. The slides demonstrate some different strategies they can employ to solve such p... Read More

In the final lesson in this series, children will solve a variety of word problems relating to the two, five and ten times tables. They will learn to pick out important information in a question, identify what the question is asking them to solve, an... Read More

In this first lesson, children will explore the two times table, firstly by using repeated addition on a number line to relate multiplication and addition, then by solving problems from the two times table, using repeated addition, number lines and v... Read More

The first lesson in this week’s worth of maths lessons on multiplication and division challenges your class to explain multiplication and division as they solve problems. They will be encouraged to talk about what they have done and prove their ans... Read More

The second lesson in this set of maths lessons for Year 2 encourages your class to use counting in multiples or their knowledge of arrays to prove their answers to number problems. They will also be challenged to use number facts to predict answers t... Read More

The third lesson in this series challenges your class to explore if multiplication and division number sentences are commutative. They will rearrange number sentences, using bead strings and arrays to check if they are commutative. This lesson will ... Read More

The forth lesson in this multiplication and division scheme of work for Year 2 challenges your class to solve division number sentences before using multiplication to check their answers. To help them understand the relationship between the two numbe... Read More

The final lesson in this series challenges the children to apply their maths skills when solving multiplication and division word problems. They will read the problems and talk about what they mean before writing them as number sentences. The childre... Read More

To kick off a week of multiplication and division learning, start by challenging your class to make arrays using Maths cubes, peg boards, or whatever you have available! Children will go on to consider how multiplication may be done in any order – ... Read More

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... Read More

Building on prior learning, this lesson starts by recapping how to solve multiplication calculations by making or drawing rectangular arrays. The included slides go on to show how a number line may also be used to solve multiplications. There's also ... Read More

Recap making and using rectangular arrays to help solve division calculations, then go on to learn how division can also be done by 'jumping' down a number line. After that, challenge your children to put what they've just learnt into practice during... Read More

In this final lesson, children may put what they've learnt during the week into practice by solving multiplication and division word problems using physical resources, or number lines, to help them. Read More

In this first lesson, children begin by looking at the range of vocabulary used in addition and subtraction word problems. They then discuss different problems, identifying the operation needed, and choosing a method to solve each one with. Children ... Read More

Children use and apply their knowledge of multiplication and division in order to solve a variety of word problems with a zoo-theme, using methods of their choice. Children continue to apply these skills in their independent activities. In the alte... Read More

Children use their knowledge and understanding of all four operations to discuss and solve one- and then two-step word problems involving money. In their individual activities, children calculate the cost of different customer's purchases in the zoo ... Read More

In this lesson, children apply their knowledge of reading time to the nearest five minutes to solve a range of word problems. They learn how to find the duration, start or finish time of an event using given information by counting on or back in lots... Read More

In this final lesson, children use their knowledge of all four operations. As a class, they discuss their approaches and methods when asked to identify which two numbers from a given set have been added/subtracted/divided/multiplied to produce a give... Read More

The first lesson in this series introduces children to the three times table facts. Children identify multiples of three on a 100 square, and discuss any patterns that they see. They learn that multiplication can be done in any order. Children then p... Read More

In this lesson, children are introduced to the four times table facts. They play counting on games and identify missing multiples of four on a 100 square. Children learn that all multiples of four are even, and that this can be used to check answers.... Read More

Children are challenged to answer quick - fire questions using their knowledge of the three and four times table facts. They learn the definition of a ‘multiple’, and play a whole class game involving multiples of three and four. Children then ap... Read More

The lesson begins with the children identifying multiples of three and four in a set of numbers. They are then shown a number sentence with a missing number, and are challenged to find the answer. Children learn how to use division to find a missing ... Read More

This final lesson begins with children answering quick - fire questions about the three and four times table facts. They then apply this knowledge to scaling up problems in real - life contexts. Read More

Children apply their knowledge of the three and four times tables and their corresponding division facts to solve simple word problems around the context of Christmas. In their independent activities, children solve jigsaw puzzles by matching word pr... Read More

In this lesson, children learn how to multiply larger numbers by three and four using the partitioning method. As a class, they will solve word problems where they need to partition, multiply and then recombine to arrive at the answer. Children will ... Read More

Children learn how to divide larger numbers by three and four using a number line and the repeated subtraction method. They then use this knowledge in order to identify and correct common mistakes when using this method. In their independent activity... Read More

In this lesson, children find out how to use the inverse operation in order to solve missing number problems in both multiplication and division sentences. They will apply this knowledge in their independent activities by matching up number sentences... Read More

In this final lesson, children will apply their knowledge of the three and four times tables by solving problems using the trial and improvement method. They will be encouraged to explain their reasoning and justify their ideas. Children will use thi... Read More