Multiplication and Division (1) - Factors - Starter

The educational resource provides a series of activities designed to enhance Year 5 students' understanding of multiplication, division, and the concept of factors during the Autumn term. The 'Fluent in Four - Revision' section challenges students with a calculation that involves subtracting double the value of 251 from the sum of forty-nine ones and eight hundreds. Students are encouraged to calculate the result and demonstrate their understanding of place value and subtraction. The lesson also includes an exercise where students use place value counters to solve the equation 566 minus 351, reinforcing their comprehension of the subtraction process.

Further exercises include a table where students must identify whether given numbers are multiples of 7, 9, or 6, by ticking or crossing the correct box. For instance, the number 53 is not a multiple of any of the three, while 30 is a multiple of 6. Another task requires students to subtract 2,632 from 3,634 using the formal method, which involves arranging the numbers in columns and subtracting each place value. Additionally, the material teaches division by 100 through a visual representation using place value counters, where students learn to shift the counters two columns to the right to find the result, such as dividing 4 by 100 to get 0.04. These activities aim to strengthen students' arithmetic skills and their grasp of number properties.