Year 4 - Multiplication

Send your Year 4 class on a dynamic outdoor maths adventure, where they will master factor pairs, multiplication strategies, and times tables through hands-on activities and games. Pupils will explore arrays, place value grids, and natural loose parts, consolidating multiplication facts and understanding of number relationships in an active, collaborative style.

Lesson Plans

Multiplying by 100

Lead your Year 4 class on an exciting outdoor maths adventure as they actively master multiplying 2-digit numbers by 100. Your class will use place value grids and natural loose parts to explore number movement, making connections between multiplying by 10 and 100.

Learning objective:

To multiply by 100.

Recalling the 6 times table

Guide your Year 4 class to master the 6 times tables with this exhilarating outdoor maths lesson. Pupils will actively recall multiplication facts through a dynamic “Hit the Button” challenge and a competitive missing number game using natural resources.

Learning objective:

To recall the 6 times tables.

Recalling the 9 times table

Lead your Year 4 class to confidently master the 9 times table with this exciting outdoor maths lesson. Pupils will actively practise their multiplication skills through an engaging number track challenge and a lively sponge-throwing game across multiple multiplication stations.

Learning objective:

To recall the 9 times table.

Recalling the 7 times table

Prepare your Year 4 class for an exciting outdoor maths lesson as they master recalling the 7 times table through engaging, hands-on activities. Pupils will confidently create multiplication flowers and play a giant game of Snakes and Ladders, actively solidifying their multiplication facts.

Learning objective:

To recall the 7 times table.

Multiplying together three numbers

Spark your Year 4 class’s excitement for an outdoor maths lesson as they master multiplying three numbers together. Children will confidently investigate different calculation strategies, solve multiplication problems by hunting for digit cards, and demonstrate the associative law of multiplication.

Learning objective:

To multiply together three numbers.

Finding factor pairs

Send your Year 4 class on an exciting outdoor maths investigation as they master finding factor pairs. Pupils will confidently uncover factor pairs through hands-on array creation and a thrilling “factor bug” activity using natural loose parts.

Learning objective:

To find factor pairs.

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