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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.

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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 content descriptions	ACMNA031 Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays ACMNA032 Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations ACMNA056 Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts ACMNA057 Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies ACMNA075 Recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts ACMNA076 Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder
National numeracy learning progression	Multiplicative strategies - MuS3, MuS4, MuS5, MuS6, MuS7 Quantifying numbers Additive strategies
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