Long multiplication (age 10+)
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers (up to 4 digits by 2 digits) using the formal written method of long multiplication
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Multiply a four-digit whole number by a two-digit whole number. Label, align and add the two partial products.
Multiply a four-digit whole number by a two-digit whole number. Label, align and add the two partial products.
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- Correctly compute 2,463 × 37 using long multiplication
- Explain each partial product in a long multiplication and why they are added
- Multiply a four-digit number by a two-digit number without procedural errors
“Can your child use long multiplication to work out something like '2,347 × 24' — setting it out in two rows, one for the units and one for the tens, then adding the results?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 10–11