Year 6 - Maths
Explain how to multiply a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number
Multiplying and dividing by 2-digit numbers
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will extend their understanding of formal calculation strategies to multiply and divide by 2-digit numbers, explaining when other strategies are more efficient.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how to multiply a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number.
Key Notes
- Partition one of the factors.
- Calculate the partial products.
- Add the partial products to recombine.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Partial product: Any of the multiplication results we get leading up to an overall multiplication result is a partial product.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children lack fluency and recall in multiplication tables and therefore lose the thread of longer multiplication strategies.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.
Partition one of the factors. Calculate the partial products.
2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Partial product'
Any of the multiplication results we get leading up to an overall multiplication result is a partial product. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.
3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.
Mistake: Children lack fluency and recall in multiplication tables and therefore lose the thread of longer multiplication strategies. Correction: Providing multiplication grids and / or adapting questions to focus on known multiplication tables can support learners to focus on the steps of an algorithm.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Dividing by a 2-digit divisor with a remainder Study Guide
- Dividing numbers with up to 4 digits by multiples of 10 Study Guide
- Explain how to use long multiplication to multiply a 3-digit by a 2-digit number Study Guide
- Explain how to use long multiplication to multiply a 4-digit by a 2-digit number Study Guide
- Explain how to use long multiplication to multiply two 2-digit numbers regrouping ones to tens Study Guide
- Explain how to use long multiplication to multiply two 2-digit numbers with regrouping Study Guide
- Explain how to use the associative law to multiply efficiently Study Guide
- Explain when it is efficient to use factorising or long multiplication to multiply by 2-digits Study Guide
- Solve problems involving remainders in context Study Guide
- Solve problems with 4-digit dividends using factors and long division Study Guide
- Use long division with decimal remainders Study Guide
- Use long division with fraction remainders Study Guide
- Using short and long division to divide by a 2-digit divisor Study Guide
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