Multiply and divide numbers by 10 (keeping to whole number quotients) 1

Description

Pupils should be able to:

• use and understand the language of 10 or 100 times the size
• understand division as the inverse action
• relate multiplying by 10 or by 100 with the idea of multiplying a quantity of items

Language focus

“23, made 100 times the size, is 2,300.”

“23 multiplied by 100 is equal to 2,300.”

“First we had 23 ones. Now we have 23 hundreds.”

“1,450 is 10 times the size of 145.”

“1,450 divided by 10 is equal to 145.”

“First we had 145 tens. Now we have 145 ones.”