Year 1 - Multiplication and Division
New Curriculum
- 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.
Non-Statutory Guidance
Through grouping and sharing small quantities, pupils begin to understand: multiplication and division; doubling numbers and quantities; and finding simple fractions of objects, numbers and quantities.
They make connections between arrays, number patterns, and counting in twos, fives and tens.
Links and Resources
| Programmes of Study statements | Activities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | ||
| Solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of a teacher. | ||||
Actvity A - Noah’s Ark
Give the children the opportunity to count in twos, finding the total number of animals on board the Ark. As the children gain fluency counting in twos, start at different numbers and perhaps changing from using concrete objects, to jumping in twos along a number line. Further uses could be to find the number of groups of two on the ark, again initially using tangible objects, then moving on to using a number line and demonstrating repeated subtraction.
Activity B - Whole class counting sessions
For this activity the children themselves are the objects to count. You can count in twos to find the number of shoes in a group, count fingers on hands in fives and number of toes in tens. To extend the children you can ask them to model how to write down this calculation or alter it to practise their division facts from the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Activity C - NRICH Share Bears:
A lovely investigation involving the children in division by sharing, and early introduction to the concept of remainders.
