Year 3 Multiply by 4 Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 3 Multiply by 4 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of multiplying numbers by 4 within a problem solving context. Pupils will identify how many members are in each team based on the clues and given criteria. They will then calculate how many puppets each time has for the competition.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Multiplication and Division
Mathematics Year 3: (3C6) Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables

Mathematics Year 3: (3C7) Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods

Mathematics Year 3: (3C8) Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects