This sequence of calculator games can be found in Year 3 and Year 4 Knowing Number Facts.

7x table calculator game

This can be found in our Year 4 resources under Knowing Number Facts.

6x table calculator game

By year 4 children should be confident enough to count on in steps of 50 or 25. This can be useful when using money or length. Here we have a straightforward free maths worksheet that looks at counting in these steps. Some of the counting on in fifties start with multiples of 50 but the later questions don’t, but children should quickly see the patterns involved.

Counting in steps of 50 or 25_(1)

This page is an excellent illustration of how knowing ‘tables’ and understanding place value can make other maths much simpler. These questions are all multiplying multiples of ten by a single digit.

If you know that 7 x 8 = 56 then 70 x 8 can be done ‘in your head’ very quickly.

probably the hardest questions on this sheet are those set out like this:

490 x 7 = ??

The best way to approach this is to ask what times 7 makes 49? and work from there.

Multiply 2-digit multiples of 10 (pg 1)

What have we got today? It’s the second in our multiplying by 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 worksheets, suitable for year 4 children or those who are beginning to know their tables.

The best way to learn tables is to recite them out loud eg ’4 times 3 is 12, then shorten it to,  ’4 3s are 12′, with the ultimate aim of being able to say the product for any two single digits without having to work it out.

Multiplication 3x 4x 6x 8x 10_(pg 20

How well are tables known? Here is a quick sheet to see how well the 3x, 4x, 6x, 8x and 10 times tables are known. Probably the two hardest of these are the 6 times and 8 times tables and whilst it is well worth knowing that the six times table is double the 3x table and that the 8x table is double the 4x table, there is nothing to beat actually knowing all tables off by heart, so that any answer can be given just as quickly as answering the question ‘What is your name?’

Children who know their tables well will find this page very easy. If they don’t know them it can take a surprisingly long time!

Multiplication 3x 4x 6x 8x 10x_(pg 1)

Complicated? Why not try the game and see just how easy it is.

Multiples of 4_larger numbers

Here we have the second page which looks at the vocabulary used for multiplication questions. This can used as a quick check to see how well the language is understood as well as how well tables are known. Terms such as ‘lots of’, ‘multiply by’, ‘times’, ‘multiplied by’ are all important to know.

This can be found in our year 4 Calculations section but there are also a lot of other multiplication pages in our Four Rules section.

Multiplication_with_words_(pg 2)

Here is another in our series of multiplication and addition, suitable for Year 4 upwards.

The rule is that multiplication should be worked out before the addition and in most of these questions that is fairly straightforward. However the questions towards the end are quite tricky.

Let’s look at 70 + ?? x 4 = 150

The best way to go about this is to go in reverse order; subtract 70 from 150 which leaves 80.

Then work out what number multiplied by 4 makes 80, which is 20.

Therefore the missing number is 20.

It is best to check this by going back to the original question; multiply 20 by 4 = 80 and then add 80 and 70 = 150, making the statement true.

Many children will find these very difficult to work out as they require several steps.

Multiplication with addition_(3)

By year 4 it is expected that children have a pretty good knowledge of their tables, but, of course, they also need to know when multiplication is the correct option. This depends on having a good understanding of the vocabulary involved.

Here we have a worksheet which uses a  variety of different terms to multiply, including ‘lots of’, ‘times’, ‘multiply’, ‘multiplied by’ and the ‘nine fives’ type of question where the vocabulary is missing! This page can be found in our year 4 calculations section, although there are many other multiplication worksheets in our Four Rules section.

Multiplication_with_words_(pg 1)