Multiplication
Understand multiplication as equal groups and become fluent with times tables and bigger products.
What your child learns
- See multiplication as repeated addition and arrays
- Know the times tables up to 12 × 12
- Multiply larger numbers by splitting into tens and ones
Example
23 × 4 = 20 × 4 + 3 × 4 = 80 + 12 = 92.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
Multiply the numbers
2 × 9 = ?Show the answer
Answer: 18
2 × 9 = 18
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Question 2 · Level 3
Multiply the numbers
4 × 3 = ?Show the answer
Answer: 12
4 × 3 = 12
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Question 3 · Level 5
Multiply the numbers
27×19?Show the answer
Answer: 513
Split 19 into 10 + 9: (27 × 10) + (27 × 9) = 270 + 243 = 513
Try it at home
Practise one times table a week in the car — skip-count out loud.
Key takeaway
Order doesn't matter: 3 × 7 is the same as 7 × 3, so you only need to learn half the facts.
Practise multiplication with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.