Short multiplication – Year 4 maths lesson

For parents: how to use this lesson

You don't need to know this topic yourself. The lesson explains each step on screen, the way Mr Euclid, our Head of Maths, likes it: one tidy step at a time. Every answer is marked straight away with a worked explanation, so you never have to mark anything.

1. Read what your child will learn together.
2. Press Start the lesson below and sit with your child for the teaching and the worked examples (about 19 minutes).
3. Let them do the practice on their own. They choose Getting started, On track or Challenge – start on On track and move up after a few right in a row.
4. Finish with the exit ticket and the talk question: “Why do we add the carried number after multiplying the next digit?”
5. Later that day or the next day: the homework (20 minutes), then a practice test.

Watch out for

• Adding the carried digit before multiplying, instead of after. Say the order out loud: "multiply, then add the carry".
• Not carrying, so the answer is far too small. Compare with the estimate; check with the grid method.

Miss Hypatia's tip for home: Work out the cost of several items at the same price, e.g. 4 tickets at £12.