Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division - Multiply 4-digits by 2-digits - Starter

The educational resource provides a series of mathematical challenges suited for Year 6 students, focusing on multiplication and geometry during the Autumn Term's fourth week. One task involves multiplying a four-digit number by a two-digit number, specifically 839 by 64. The process is broken down into partial products—multiplying 839 by 4 and then by 60—before combining these to find the final product. This exercise not only reinforces multiplication skills but also demonstrates the concept of place value and the distributive property of multiplication.

Another aspect of the resource is dedicated to geometry, where students are asked to calculate the missing angles in various shapes, enhancing their understanding of angle relationships and properties of geometric figures. Additionally, the resource encourages students to find the area of compound shapes by decomposing them into simpler parts. For instance, a composite shape is divided into two rectangles, and students are instructed to label and calculate the area of each part separately. The first rectangle, labelled A, measures 8m by 7m, and the second, labelled B, measures 1m by 2m. By calculating the area of each rectangle and then summing these areas, students practice their skills in finding the total area of complex shapes.