Written Multiplication
Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout
Lesson
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“Written Multiplication means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Small counters or grid paper
- Paper and pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Three rows of four counters make 12. Write 3 × 4 = 12.
Optional challenge. For Written Multiplication, add one harder example after success.
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Written Multiplication means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Small counters or grid paper; Paper and pencil. Adult models 3 × 4 as three groups of four, then writes the product. Child builds three multiplication examples as equal groups and records each product. Done: three correct products with groups matching the writing. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Marta's Multiplication Error
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Finding Marta’s error supports careful written multiplication. Not every mental-only estimate.
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Public Illustrative Mathematics task page. The .html address responds HTTP 308 to this URL. An anonymous GET of this URL on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. Where a teacher solution is present, it is on the same page as the student task; this check did not find a separate locked student view. An adult can use the student view section and should not read a solution aloud. Advertising was not observed in the fetched HTML text; that is not a browser, device, or ad-free guarantee. This is a paper or discussion task, not an automatically marked interactive game. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. Diagrams on the page use missing or filename-only alt text, so they are not an accessible image equivalent. Accessibility still depends on an adult describing the picture.
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Check understanding
- Set out and solve 47 × 6 using short multiplication
- Set out and solve 234 × 5 using short multiplication with carrying
- Check the answer using estimation (e.g. 234 × 5 ≈ 200 × 5 = 1000)
“Can your child work out '347 × 6' by setting it out formally in a column — multiplying each digit separately and carrying where needed?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 8–10
Standards