Focus on Multiplication

Resources

• Grid Method Masters for photocopying
• Maths challenges with multiplication
• Long multiplication poster
• Grid paper
  • Grid-Large
  • Grid-Medium
  • Grid-Small

Games

• Multiplcation dice game boards (using 2 normal dice and 1 dice numbered 7 to 12)
• How to play:
  • AIM: to get either an entire row/column or diagonal on the board OR 6 answers
  • There are 4 different boards in the document
  • two (or more) learners share a board and 3 dice (as described above). If you need to, divide into 2 teams
  • 1st pair (or team) throws the dice and use addition and multiplication only to find an answer that is on the board
  • if they find an answer, they mark that answer for their team. If they cannot find an answer they pass dice to the other pair / team
  • Winning pair / team is first to get either an entire row/column or diagonal on the board OR 6 answers
• Example: throw 8, 5 and 4 with the dice
  • Possible answers could be:
  • Add 5 & 4 = 9, multiply by 8 to get 72
  • Add 8 & 4 = 12, multiply by 5 to get 60
  • Add 8 & 5 = 13, multiply by 4 to get 52
  • Look for these answers on the board

Guest speaker: Zanele Mofu resources

• ZM Multiplication Presentation
• ZM Activities for developing Multiplication and Division

Last Modified: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:25:20 SAST