OUR LADY’S BISHOP ETON SCHOOL WRITTEN CALCULATIONS POLICY
MULTIPLICATION
MULTIPLICATION
Skills needed
Method
Expectation
FOUNDATION STAGE
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Talk about groups
of objects
Use appropriate
vocabulary
Make equal sets of
objects (counting
2s, 5s, 10s)
Doubles to 10
Practical; through play-led
learning
Link to practical problem
solving activities involving
equal sets of groups
through play-led learning.
YEAR 1
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Groups of…
Count forwards and
backwards in 1s,
2s, 5s & 10s
Understand the
concept of equal
grouping
Doubles to 14
Counting in 2s 5s 10s
YEAR 2
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Count up and back
in 2s 5s 10s
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Recognise and talk
about an array
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Jump on equal
steps along a
numbered number
line
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Count on using a
number line
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Doubles to 50
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Represent repeated
addition and arrays as
multiplication.
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Use practical and
informal written methods
and related vocabulary to
support multiplication
2x4
2+2+2+2
4x2
4+4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
OUR LADY’S BISHOP ETON SCHOOL WRITTEN CALCULATIONS POLICY
MULTIPLICATION
YEAR 3
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Know the result of
x by 0 and 1
Understand place
value (can partition
TU)
Know by heart
2,5,10 x facts and
related division
Understand zero as
a place holder
Know how to x 2
digit numbers by
10
Double 2 digit
numbers (multiples
of 5 and 10)
Represented in grid
method style
Use practical and
informal written methods
to multiply two digit
numbers by a one digit
number (13 x 4) – target
x tables
Understand that
multiplication is the
inverse of division.
Derive and record related
x sentences.
Missing numbers x =
TU x U (teen numbers eg
19 x 4)
YEAR 4
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As Year 3
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Multiply 2 and 3
digit numbers
mentally by 10 and
100
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Know by heart
2,3,4,5 and 10 x
tables
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Use known facts to
calculate unknown
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Explain mental x
strategies orally
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Add 2/3 digit
numbers
Develop and use written
grid methods to record,
support and explain
multiplication of two digit
numbers by a one digit
number (56 x 6) – all X
tables and
introduce 2 digits x 2
digits in grid.
(moving onto TU x TU)
33
x2
66
Introduce TU x U in short
column method without
carrying.
OUR LADY’S BISHOP ETON SCHOOL WRITTEN CALCULATIONS POLICY
MULTIPLICATION
YEAR 5
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As Year 4
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Understand place
value of decimals
to 2 places
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Know by heart all x
facts to 12 x 12
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Relate 8 x 7 = 56
to 8 x 0.7 = 5.6
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x 2/3 digit
multiples of 10
mentally eg 20 x
50
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Grid Method TU x TU
Refine and use efficient
written methods to
multiply
HTU x U
TU x TU
U.t x U
Column method short
multiplication
HTU x U and U.t x U
326
X1 2 4
1304
6.03
x 4__1__
24.12
Use column
addition
‘Long multiplication’
column method.
5 6
x1 24 7
3 9 2
1 11 2 0
1 5 1 2
YEAR 6
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As Year 5
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Multiply whole and
decimal numbers
mentally
(Informal methods from
previous years still used
as an alternative)
Use efficient written
methods to multiply
integers and decimals by
a 1- or 2-digit integer:
ThHTU x U
HTU x TU
U.t x U/TU