Learn It
Practice It
Prove It
Use one of the following ways to help you learn the number strategy (skills toolbox) or number knowledge (knowledge toolbox).
Attend a teacher workshop
Watch a video (see below)
Use a Powerpoint of Teacher Tools
There may be examples in the Figure It Out or Pearson textbooks/cards
Learn it from an expert - who has just learnt it in the class and can teach it to you
Have you made a video that someone else could use?
Use the activities here to practice the strategy or knowledge you have just learnt.
Do as much or as little practice as you need to be confident using the knowledge or strategy.
Create a video using Explain Everything (iPad), Educreations (iPad) or Move Note (Chrome Book) demonstrating that you understand the strategy or knowledge.
Upload to your blog and share with the teacher.
Or simply demonstrate it to the teacher!
Stage 5-6 Strategies:
This is where you start learning the main strategies.
WALT multiply tens, hundreds, thousands and other tens numbers
(e.g. 8x50, 4x600)
Solving Division Problems by Multiplying
WALT solve "How many sets of...? and "sharing" division problems using multiplication.
(e.g. instead of solving 400 divided by 5 is ?, you solve 5 x ? = 400)
WALT multiply using place value.
(e.g. Solving 43 x 8 by solving 40x8 and 3x8 and then adding the numbers together
Division using Place Value/Splitting
WALT divide using place value.
(e.g. Solving 68 divided by 4 by solving 40 divided by 4, then 28 divided by 4)
Rounding and Compensating (Compensation)
WALT to solve multiplication problems by taking some off or putting some on
(e.g. solving 58 x 5 by solving 60 x 5 then subtracting 2 x 8)
Stage 6-7 Strategies:
This is where you learn more advanced strategies or learn to use them with decimals.
Multiplying using Rounding & Compensating
WALT multiply using rounding & compensating.
Dividing using Place Value or Rounding & Compensating (Compensation)
WALT divide using place value or rounding and compensating.
Using Proportional Adjustment.
WALT multiply and divide using proportional adjustment
(Doubling and Halving, Trebling and Thirding)
Dividing by Changing both numbers.
WALT to solve division problems by changing them to simpler problems that have the same answer.
WALT solve division problems that have remainders.
(e.g. 59 divided by 8 = 7 r3)
WALT multiply multi-digit whole numbers.
(e.g. 52 x 45)
Multiplying using Place Value & Written Forms.
WALT work out multiplication problems using written working forms.
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
Solve problems that involve multiplying and dividing decimals using place value estimation and conversion to known fractions, e.g. 0.4 × 2.8 = 1.12 (0.4< 2 1 ) 8.1 ÷ 0.3 = 27 (81÷ 3 in tenths)
Solving Multiplication and Division problems using all the number strategies
WALT to multiply and divide using our whole number strategies. I will pick the best strategy for the number problem.
Stage 7-8:
If needed, fold back to these basic strategies:
Stage 4-5 Strategies:
This is a basic level to help you understand what multiplication and division actually mean.
WAL that skip counting and repeated addition are the same as multiplying.
WALT solve division problems by equal sharing in ones, twos and fives.
WALT use doubling to solve some multiplication problems.
WALT multiply using ways other than skip counting.
WALT solve problems by counting the number of groups we have made.