Grade 2 · Unit 1: Number and place value

More times tables

The 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 tables.

Cows have 4 legs – count in fours!

Legs and wheels

A cow has 4 legs. How many legs on 6 cows? Count in fours: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24. Times tables make this quick.

Doubling links

The 4 table is double the 2 table. The 8 table is double the 4 table. The 6 table is double the 3 table.

Any order

Turn the array around: 3 × 6 = 6 × 3 = 18. Multiplying works in any order. In 3 × 6 = 18, 3 and 6 are factors and 18 is the product.

Split to multiply

To multiply 13 by 4, split 13 into 10 and 3. 4 × 10 = 40 and 4 × 3 = 12. 40 + 12 = 52.

The 9 table trick

9 × 4 = 36, and 3 + 6 = 9. Or work out 10 × 4 = 40 and take away 4: 36. Every multiplication fact gives division facts: 36 ÷ 9 = 4. The 4 is the quotient.

Two steps

A shop has 3 boxes of 8 eggs. 5 eggs break. Step 1: multiply to find all the eggs: 3 × 8 = 24. Step 2: take away the broken ones: 24 − 5 = 19.

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