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Year 4 – Week 3 – Multiplication using formal written methods – Monday

About formal written multiplication for Year 4 …

MyMiniMaths introduces formal written multiplication for Year 4 with the free daily fluency, home lea rning and iQ mastery learning packs supported by a Y ou Tube video tutorial . Learners often need to reminded that multiplication is repeated addition and more efficient approach to adding together the same value many times. This takes the form of 2 and 3 digit numbers multiplied by a single digit value. The formal column or vertical method helps support the understanding of place value across the columns: units or ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. From here, Y ear 5 learners multiply a single digit by a four digit value in week 3 before making the jump to Year 6 long multiplicatio n and the multiplying of a 3 or 4 digit number by a double digit value in week 2. This introduces the place holder, often known as the, magic zero, often requiring significant reinforcement over time for learners to fully understand its inclusion and significance to the calculation. Totalling the 2 rows for the final answer gives extra practice with a ddition from week 1. The introduction of multiplying a whole number and a decimal value in Year 6 , provides a timely stepping stone before learners moving forward in their learning to multiplying two decimal values in Key Stage 3, which in essence, involves the same approach and application developed in Key Stage 2.

Tim es tables are integral to the accuracy and success of both short and long multiplication and are frequently the cause of computational errors and often do not reflect the understanding of the learner. In Year 6, by far the most seen mistake is forgetting to include the ‘magic zero’ therefore arriving at a much smaller solution than is required.

Varied Application…

Varied application is the use of 2 or more learning objectives in different contexts. Skills are readily used across the maths curriculum, often without realisation, giving opportunity for learners to apply their understanding and confidence of written multiplication for Year 4 in a variety of mathematical contexts. Varied application promotes the wider curriculum and extends the coverage of skills outside of discrete lessons. Multiplying is one of the fundamental skills required across many areas of the maths curriculum and in real-life and can be applied to other Year 4 learning objectives including:

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• WEEK 47 – solving problems with multiplying
• WEEK 50 – equivalent fractions

In the grid method, your child will partition (break apart) each number that is going to be multiplied. In this example, they partition each number into tens and ones – 65 is partitioned into 60 and 5, and 74 into 70 and 4. They will then find the product of each pair of numbers before adding all the values together:

70 × 60 = 4200 70 × 5 = 350 4 × 60 = 240 4 × 5 = 20   4200 + 350 + 240 + 20 = 4810

Your child will also be expected to use formal written methods like short multiplication. By practising lots of different ways of multiplying numbers, you help your child to gain confidence and flexibility in their thinking. This will let them pick the best method for any given situation.

3. Play the 1 to 21 game

You can help your child practise all four operations at home by playing the 1 to 21 game.

Ask them to roll a dice five times and record each number shown on the dice on a piece of paper. For example, 1, 4, 3, 5, 3. They then need to find a way to reach an answer of 1 using any operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division) on the numbers.

Your child can only use each number once and they have to use at least two numbers in each calculation. For example, we could get the answer of 1 by calculating 3 ÷ 3, 5 – 4, 4 – 3, and so on. Then ask your child to find a calculation with the answer of 2 using any operation, then an answer of 3 and so on until they reach 21.

You could make this game even more challenging by saying that they have to use at least three, four, or even all five numbers to make it really tricky! Print out our activity sheet to have a go:

Activity: One to twenty-one

Find ways to make all the numbers 1 to 21.

4. Talk about factors and multiples

Try to help your child identify these and use these words when they talk about multiplication and division:

• Factors – a whole number that can be multiplied by another whole number to make a particular third whole number. For example, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 18 are all factors of 18.
• Factor pairs – these are pairs of numbers that make up other numbers when multiplied together. For example, 6 and 3 are a factor pair of 18. Another factor pair of 18 is 9 and 2.
• Common factors – Common factors are the factors that are common to two numbers. For example, the factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. The factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, and 8. So, the common factors of 12 and 8 are 1, 2, and 4.
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Year 4 – Multiplication and Division – Written Methods - White Rose Maths

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Age range: 7-11

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3 January 2022

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Carefully crafted teaching presentation with everything you need to teach this small step of White Rose Maths Year 4 Spring Block 1 Multiplication and Division. This presentation follows the mastery approach of concrete, pictorial and abstract, whilst implementing all aspects of Rosenshine’s principles of instruction.

This presentation contains: *A warm-up to start the children’s thinking with AfL and metacognition style questions. *Guided practice through each new concept, providing models of strategies and worked examples. *Independent practice through differentiated varied fluency, reasoning and problem-solving questions. *Plus, a greater depth extension activity to fully show students’ understanding. *Answer sheets for teacher or students’ self/peer assessment *Student refection page to discuss the lesson’s objectives and their individual next steps.

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This Year 4 Written Methods activity test your child’s understanding of using informal written methods to complete multiplication calculations.

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Number – Multiplication and Division  (4C7) Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout

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The European Court of Justice upheld a complaint from Galway-based Supermac's against the US fast food giant. 

The trademark for the words "Big Mac" was initially registered with the EU International Property Office (EUIPO) in respect of meat, fish and chicken sandwiches as well as a range of restaurant services by McDonald's in 1996.

Generally, the rights of a holder to an EU trademark are revoked if it has not been put to genuine use within a continuous period of five years.

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Today there has been a backlash - including from the Treasury's permanent secretary himself - about the way the Tories have portrayed these sums. 

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Year 4 | Column Subtraction Written Method Worksheets

In these Year 4 column subtraction written method worksheets , your pupils are invited to complete a range of column subtraction questions featuring 2-digit, 3-digit, and 4-digit numbers. Their task is to apply the column subtraction method to work out additional sums, providing a clear display of their working.

This Year 4 column subtraction written method worksheet serves as a valuable guide for your learners. It not only illustrates the arrangement of column subtraction but also empowers them with the tools to independently apply this formal written method. Providing a clear display of working encourages children to organise their work and visually represent the subtraction process, enhancing their understanding of this written method.

Our Year 4 column subtraction written method worksheets are aligned with KS2 addition and subtraction on the primary national curriculum. All of our Year 4 subtraction worksheets can be used with your ideas for primary maths activities, learning resources, teaching material, visual aids, games, differentiation, display boards, homework, and lesson plans.

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