How many quads?
In this lesson students revise and extend fluency of recall of the 4× facts. Students develop proficiently in multiplying and dividing by four, understanding the patterns in multiples of four, and applying strategies for mental multiplication with an emphasis on visual and numerical pattern recognition.
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| Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra |
| Topics | Patterns and algebra, Multiplication and division |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M4A02
Recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts up to 10 x 10 and related division facts; extend and apply facts to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator |
| Numeracy progression |
Multiplicative strategies (P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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