Max Maths, Year 3, Learn together, Division and multiplication (2)

In Max Maths for Year 3, students are encouraged to explore the relationship between multiplication and division through the use of a multiplication table. The exercise focuses on the number 32 and demonstrates how to derive both multiplication and division facts from the table. By looking at the rows and columns that intersect at the number 32, students can observe that 8 multiplied by 4 equals 32, and conversely, 32 divided by 4 equals 8. This illustrates that multiplication and division are inverse operations, and understanding one can help in understanding the other.

The multiplication table serves as a visual aid for students to see patterns and connections between numbers. For instance, they can also see that 4 multiplied by 8 equals 32, which reinforces the commutative property of multiplication – the idea that numbers can be multiplied in any order to get the same product. Similarly, when dividing 32 by 8, the result is 4. This hands-on activity not only helps students to write down the multiplication and division facts for the number 32 but also enhances their overall number sense and familiarity with the multiplication table, which is a fundamental tool in mathematics education at this stage.