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 [...]

This is the second of our sets of worksheets which look at word problems involving multiplication. Only the 2x, 5x and 10x tables are used and children who knows these ‘off by heart’ will find the questions much easier. These pages are also helpful in getting children to recognise what type of maths operation needs [...]

It is a good idea to keep reinforcing that multiplication can be seen as ‘lots of’. 3 lots of 2p can be written as 2p x 3, or, as multiplication can be done in any order, just 3 x 2 will get the correct answer. Our latest set of four worksheets looks at this in [...]

A great way to practice the 2x, 5x and 10x tables is with 2p, 5p and 10p coins. If you can gather together a set of ten of each this makes for a really good practical resource with endless questions: e.g. I have six 5p coins, how much do I have? Give me 20p all [...]

Just as in the Subtraction question worksheets we published last week, multiplication questions can also come in a variety of forms. These four worksheets include the following ways of asking multiplication questions: six twos 6 times 2 multiply 6 by 2 double 6 6 x 2 what is twice 6 ? Again it is important [...]

Karen, from North London has asked us if we have any further ideas to help with multiplication. Setting up a little shop and buying and selling things has always been a great part of early maths, but usually this activity is limited to adding up and giving change. It can be used equally well to [...]

Here we have a great set of maths worksheets on multiples of 2, 5 and 10. Learning tables can be made much easier if children can recognise some of the facts about multiples. The multiples of 2 always end in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. Any other number is not a multiple of two [...]

It may have been quiet on the site recently, but that is because we have all been far too busy playing our latest Multiplication game, seeing who can get the best scores for each animal! (Well, we have also been testing to make sure it all works properly!) Set in a farmyard there are five [...]

Brand new this week is a set of pages on multiplication for our Superbrains! A vital part of understanding the process of multiplication is to know that it can be done in any order. This is also true of addition, but not of subtraction or division. These pages explain that ‘2 lots of 3’ is [...]

One of the best ways of explaining multiplication is to think of it as repeated addition. So, a multiplication such as 4 x 3 is the same as adding 4 three times (4 + 4 + 4) or 3 lots of 4. Of course, 3 lots of 4 is the same as 4 lots of [...]