1. E2-E3 Multiplication Curriculum links
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Aug Kindly contributed to by Danielle Nelson, Guildford College.
Curriculum links
For underpinning the following Functional Maths coverage & range statements:
Entry 2 Use doubling and halving in practical situations
Entry 3 Solve practical problems involving multiplication and division by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
Adult Numeracy: N1/E2.5, N1/E3.5

2. MULTIPLICATION

3. WHAT IS MULTIPLICATION?
Multiplication is a quick way to add together equal numbers.
For example:
is the same as X 4
However you work out the answer it will be 12

4. So
John has 3 dogs, each dog has 4 legs. How many legs are there in total??

5. 3 lots of 4 3 groups of 4 3 sets of 4+
= 12 4 +
We can say:
3 lots of 4 3 groups of sets of 4
3 times multiplied by 4 4

6. Try these problems....
If there are 3 teachers and each teacher has 5 books, how many books are there in total?
How would you write this calculation?

7. So teachers
x books
_______
1 5

8. Can you complete these??? 9 6 4 x 8 x 5 x 7 How did you do???
x x x 7
__________ __________ ___________
__________ __________ ___________
How did you do???

9. Multiplying by 10
So you have now got the hang of using sets and multiplying single numbers what happens when we use bigger numbers?