Partially covered array match

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Use partitioning and place value to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by one-digit numbers

Use mental strategies to multiply one-digit numbers by 10, 100, 1000 and their multiples
Estimate the product of 2 numbers (one-digit by 2- or 3-digit numbers) using multiples of 10 or 100
Use informal written strategies such as the area model to solve multiplication and division problems

Print and cut out Expanded array pack (ensure you print enough copies for there to be one card per student)
Mark a playing area

The aim of this activity is to find a peer with a matching number and array.

Teacher gives each student a playing card.
Teacher calls out a locomotor skill for students to use to move around marked space.
When whistle is blown students must move to find a student/s with a matching number or array.
Students record number and array in their workbook.
Challenge students to record the number using a different array.
Teacher collects playing cards and redistributes to play again, naming different locomotor skills each time.

Multiplicative relations