Multiplication and division - The 4 times table - Starter

The 'Fluent in Four' revision exercise for Year 3 students, in their Autumn Term's Week 12 Day 1, offers a series of engaging mathematical challenges to enhance their understanding of basic arithmetic and the 4 times table. The first task encourages mental addition by asking students to add thirty-seven to twenty-five ones and two tens, which totals to eighty-two. Another problem presents an incomplete addition equation, where students must find the number that, when added to twenty-eight, equals eighty-five; the answer is fifty-seven. These exercises are designed to reinforce the students' ability to perform quick calculations and understand place value.

Further activities include practical counting exercises, such as counting beads in tens to determine a total quantity, and applying division to real-life scenarios, like calculating the number of fish tanks in an aquarium when there are forty-four fish with four fish in each tank, resulting in eleven tanks. Additionally, the worksheet presents a problem where Lara has twenty-four marbles and gives half to her sister, prompting students to divide the number of marbles to find out that each sister has twelve marbles. Through these varied tasks, students practice key mathematical concepts, including addition, division, and understanding fractions, in a fun and relatable context.