Year 5: multiply a number up to 4 digits by a number with 1 or 2 digits
Year 6: multiply decimals with up to 2 decimal points
Written Calculation (Abstract)
A video demonstration of the grid method multiplication.
2-digit by 2-digit multiplication - grid method
A video demonstration of the formal method for long multiplication.
Long Multiplication
A video demonstration of the formal method for long multiplication with decimals.
Long multiplication with decimals
Year 5 National Curriculum Objectives
Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers.
Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (nonprime) numbers.
Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19.
Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers.
Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts.
Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3).
Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes.
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign.
Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates.
Year 6 National Curriculum Objectives
Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication.
Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers
Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers.
Use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations.
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy.