Multiplication and division - Assessment

In an assessment for Year 3 students focusing on multiplication and division, the tasks are designed to gauge understanding and fluency in these fundamental arithmetic operations. The assessment begins with a real-life scenario where students must calculate the total number of bunches of grapes for eight people, each having seven bunches. The problem requires students to complete sentences that form the basis of multiplication concepts, such as identifying equal groups and determining the total quantity. The assessment continues with exercises involving arrays, where students must fill in the blanks to complete number sentences that represent the visual model provided.

Further on, practical applications of multiplication and division are presented. For instance, students must figure out how many boxes are needed to store a given number of cars, with a specific quantity per box, testing their division skills. The assessment includes a bar model to visually represent and solve a multiplication problem. Students are also asked to express their confidence in multiplication and division, and to identify statements that are equivalent to a given multiplication expression. Additionally, the assessment includes a scenario where students must calculate the combined cost of two items, one being a multiple of the other's price, and to deduce a missing digit in a division problem that results in a whole number. The assessment concludes with a challenge to list all possible answers to a division problem and to complete missing numbers in various number sentences, reinforcing the relationship between multiplication and division.