Recall multiplication facts, and corresponding division facts, in the 10, 5, 2, 4 and 8 multiplication tables (1)

Description

While pupils are learning the individual multiplication tables, they should learn that:

• the factors can be written in either order and the product remains the same
• the products within each multiplication table are multiples of the corresponding number, and be able to recognise multiples
• adjacent multiples in, for example, the 8 multiplication table, have a difference of 8.

Language focus “six fours are twenty-four”.

Pupils should learn to make the connection between multiplication and division facts as they learn each multiplication table, rather than afterwards.

Language focus “4 times 5 is 20, so 20 divided by 5 is 4.”