Year 3

Using Dienes to multiply a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number

Year 3

Using Dienes to multiply a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn to multiply 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers using Dienes blocks. We will use visual representations to make multiplication processes clearer, and we will investigate when to regroup quantities when using Dienes blocks.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which is an example of partitioning?
10 divided by 2
Correct answer: 32 = 30 + 2
6 x 3
Q2.
Partitioning makes multiplying two digit numbers easier.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
13 x 5 =
45
55
Correct answer: 65
Q4.
17 x 3 =
121
24
Correct answer: 51
Q5.
18 x 4 =
Correct answer: 72
76
84
Q6.
Use what you know about place value to work out 180 x 4 =
Correct answer: 720
760
840

5 Questions

Q1.
What is 22 x 4?
66
80
Correct answer: 88
Q2.
What is the missing word? If there are ten or more ones, we must ______________ the ones into tens and ones.
partition
recombine
Correct answer: regroup
Q3.
Do you need to regroup ones into tens when calculating 11 x 7?
Correct answer: No
Yes
Q4.
Do you need to regroup tens when calculating 43 x 4?
No
Correct answer: Yes
Q5.
What do you need to regroup when calculating 45 x 5?
Ones
Tens
Correct answer: Tens and ones