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  • Year 1: Multiplication and Division

    • solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher.

  • Year 2: Multiplication and Division

    • recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
    • calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs
    • show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of one number by another cannot
    • solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts.

  • Year 3: Multiplication and Division

    • recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
    • write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods
    • solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects.

  • Year 4: Multiplication and Division

    • recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
    • use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers
    • recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations
    • multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout
    • solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two digit numbers by one digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects.

  • Year 5: Multiplication and Division

    identify multiples and factors:

    • identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of 2 numbers
    • know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) 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
    • divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context
    • multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000
    • 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: Multiplication and Division

    • multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication
    • divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context
    • divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context
    • 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.

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