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E2-E3 Multiplication. August 2011. Kindly contributed by Danielle Nelson, Guildford College. Search for Danielle on www.skillsworkshop.org Visit the download page for this resource to find SfL curriculum links and related resources. Curriculum links
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E2-E3 Multiplication August 2011. Kindly contributed by Danielle Nelson, Guildford College. Search for Danielle on www.skillsworkshop.org Visit the download page for this resource to find SfL curriculum links and related resources. Curriculum links For underpinning the following Functional Maths coverage & range statements: Entry 2 Use doubling and halving in practical situations Entry 3 Solve practical problems involving multiplication and division by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 Adult Numeracy: N1/E2.5, N1/E3.5
WHAT IS MULTIPLICATION? Multiplication is a quick way to add together equal numbers. For example: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 is the same as 3 X 4 However you work out the answer it will be......... 12
So............. John has 3 dogs, each dog has 4 legs. How many legs are there in total??
4 + = 12 4 + We can say: 3 lots of 4 3 groups of 4 3 sets of 4 3 times 4 3 multiplied by 4 4
Try these problems.... If there are 3 teachers and each teacher has 5 books, how many books are there in total? How would you write this calculation?
So........ 5 teachers x 3 books _______ 1 5 _______
Can you complete these??? 9 6 4 x 8 x 5 x 7 __________ __________ ___________ 7 2 3 0 2 8 __________ __________ ___________ How did you do???
Multiplying by 10 So you have now got the hang of using sets and multiplying single numbers what happens when we use bigger numbers?