Long multiplication
Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using formal written methods including long multiplication; illustrate with area models
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Can your child work out something like '2,346 × 7' or '43 × 28' using the formal column method — setting it out carefully and working through all the steps?
Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using formal written methods including long multiplication; illustrate with area models
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- Calculate 2,347 × 6 using formal written layout
- Calculate 34 × 27 using long multiplication
- Draw an area model for 45 × 23 and connect to the written method
“Can your child work out something like '2,346 × 7' or '43 × 28' using the formal column method — setting it out carefully and working through all the steps?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 9–10