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Multiplication and division: multiply and divide by 3, 4 and 8

This guide provides a sequence of small steps starting with a recap of prerequisite understandings. Explore multiplication concepts of equal groupings before a focus on multiplying and dividing by 3, 4 and 8.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching
Keywords	repeated addition, arrays, times tables, skip-counting, sharing, grouping, bar model, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Multiplication and division, Place value
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M2N05 Multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies AC9M3A03 Recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts AC9M3N04 Multiply and divide one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies 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 AC9M4N06 Develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P8) Multiplicative strategies (P5, P6, P7) Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P4) Number and place value (P7)
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