Extending Table Patterns
Recognise and use repeated reasoning to generalise: extend multiplication table patterns, derive unknown facts from known ones, and describe rules for sequences
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When your child is learning their times tables, do they use known facts to figure out ones they're not sure of — for example, using 5 × 6 = 30 to work out that 6 × 6 = 36?
Recognise and use repeated reasoning to generalise: extend multiplication table patterns, derive unknown facts from known ones, and describe rules for sequences
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Check understanding
- Notice that all multiples of 4 are even and use this to check answers
- Derive 8 × 7 from 8 × 5 + 8 × 2 by spotting the pattern
- Describe a rule for a growing pattern (e.g. 'add 50 each time') and use it to predict the next terms
“When your child is learning their times tables, do they use known facts to figure out ones they're not sure of — for example, using 5 × 6 = 30 to work out that 6 × 6 = 36?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Mathematical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 7–8