Multiplication - Written Method

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Working towards a more formal written method.

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This game is now part of the 'Calculations' collection, which includes the following 17 games and resources: Column Addition, Expanded Addition, Expanded Addition - Place Value Counters, Number Bonds(2), Addition - Digit Drag, Missing Symbols, Column Subtraction, Column Subtraction using Place Value Counters, Counting on to find difference on a beadstring, Multiplication Grid Method, Multiplication Written Method, Ratio and Scaling Numbers, Representing Multiplication, Division by Chunking Up, Division by Chunking Down, Formal Written Division - Round Up or Down?, Short Division Writen Formal Method.

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Game Objectives

New Maths Curriculum:

Year 4: Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout

Year 5: Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using an efficient written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers

Year 6: Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the efficient written method of long multiplication

KS2 Primary Framework:

Year 4

Develop and use written methods to record, support and explain multiplication and division of two-digit numbers by a one-digit number (Block A, D and E)

Year 5

Refine and use efficient written methods to multiply and divide HTU × U, TU × TU, U.t × U and HTU ÷ U (Block A, D and E)

Year 6

Use efficient written methods to add and subtract integers and decimals, to multiply and divide integers and decimals by a one-digit integer, and to multiply two-digit and three-digit integers by a two-digit integer (Block A, D and E)