Year 5 - Multiplication & Division

Take multiplication and division outdoors with active, hands-on lessons that blend problem solving, number hunts, and exciting challenges. From square and cube numbers to factors, multiples, and prime numbers, children will consolidate their skills while staying active, engaged, and motivated.

Lesson Plans

Identifying multiples, factors, factor pairs and common factors

During this outdoor lesson, children will combine games and movement with finding factors and multiples, creating designs to consolidate learning about factor pairs and identify common factors.

Learning objective:

To identify multiples, factors, factor pairs and common factors.

Understanding and identifying prime numbers

Develop children’s understanding of the terms prime, composite and prime factor with this outdoor lesson. They will have the opportunity to go on a number hunt in your outdoor space while taking part in counting games to secure their knowledge.

Learning objective:

To understand and identify prime numbers.

Understanding and identifying square and cube numbers

In this creative and engaging outdoor lesson, your children will use natural materials and other resources to discover the square and cube numbers. They will also consolidate learning about multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 in an active starter activity.

Learning objective:

To understand and identify square and cube numbers.

Solving problems involving multiplication and division

The main activity of this outdoor lesson involves your children using the formal written methods of multiplication and division to solve problems. The answers will take them on a hunt around the school grounds to locate a prize! Children will also reinforce their skills and understanding of mental calculation.

Learning objective:

To solve problems involving multiplication and division.

Solving practical maths problems

In this fun and active outdoor lesson, your children will solve multiplication and division problems practically in addition to recapping related vocabulary and mental calculation strategies in the starter.

Learning objective:

To solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes.
To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign.
To solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates.

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