By the end of year 4 children should be well on the way to using the standard method of short multiplication. Earlier methods are aimed at developing understanding of what is happening, but can, on occasions, lead to confusion. It is important that children learn one standard method and keep to it. This is a [...]

We have just published another set of maths worksheets on multiplying 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by ten or one hundred. Multiplying by ten moves each digit one place to the left, whilst multiplying by one hundred moves each digit two places to the left. Zeros are placed in the empty spaces, but don’t fall into [...]

This is the standard, or efficient method of multiplying. There are other methods of multiplying which are equally good but it is important that children keep to one method that they can become confident with. It presumes a good knowledge of tables. Without this knowledge the whole process can become slow and tedious. An important [...]

Published today is another set of worksheets which give extra practice with multiplying two 2-digit numbers. We have had a number of requests for these as children do need a great deal of practice to become confident. Whilst we recommend placing a zero in the units and then multiplying by the tens digit first and [...]

Here are a set of practice pages for multiplying two, 2-digit numbers, using the standard, or efficient method. There are several different methods that children could use, but it is important that they get used to one way that they always use and become confident with it. A good knowledge of tables is necessary to [...]

This set of maths worksheets is suitable for Year 5 children who have a good knowledge of the times tables and can manipulate numbers ‘in their heads’. It is worth pointing out that  It is surprising the number of different strategies we use to calculate mentally. The same type of question can be processed several [...]

These pages show the standard short multiplication method. It is called short multiplication as opposed to long multiplication as all the separate steps are not laid out in a vertical fashion. Rather, the whole calculation is completed on a single line with the numbers carried forward written just below the line. It is the method [...]

Here is a nice little set of multiplication and division worksheets. For each question there are two coloured arrows; one a multiplication (red) and one a division (yellow). One number has been put into the sequence and all the other numbers have to be worked out following the arrows. This is both good tables practice, [...]

Children get very used to ‘doing tables’ and multiplication questions which are presented in a straightforward way with the question set out and just one correct answer possible. This set of pages presents them with something slightly different. The answer to the multiplication is given, but the two numbers that need to be multiplied are [...]

This set of four worksheets looks at multiplication word problems taken mainly from real life situations involving measurements. All the questions can be answered if the 2x, 5x and 10x tables are known.  There is no extra help in the form of pictures to count or a number line. These are also quite tricky as [...]