L3 Count in Multiples of 50

Support your pupils in understanding counting in multiples of 50 with this engaging Year 3 Autumn maths lesson, part of the Working Without Worksheets series. This carefully planned lesson connects new learning to prior knowledge of counting in 5s, helping children identify and explain the relationship between multiples of 5 and multiples of 50. Through a mixture of discussion, visual aids, and practical tasks, pupils explore patterns in the 50 times table and apply their knowledge to real-world problems. Using 50p coins and a seed packet counting activity, children develop their place value understanding while practising counting forwards and backwards in 50s. The resource includes animated teaching slides, hands-on group activities, and problem-solving tasks such as finding how many seed packets are needed to plant 450 flowers. Pupils are encouraged to reason about patterns and use doubling and place value strategies to predict multiples. This complete lesson includes: Clear learning objectives linked to the National Curriculum: “Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number.” Assessment opportunities to check fluency and reasoning. Key questions to promote mathematical discussion. Common misconceptions and teacher notes to support differentiation. A perfect resource to strengthen children’s number sense, fluency, and problem-solving skills — helping them make clear links between multiplication, place value, and real-life contexts.