This task requires students to find dates of birth where the square of the year (the last two digits) gives the day and the month, e.g. 26/01/51, because 51² = 2601.

Students then need to use Fermi estimates to calculate how many people might have been born on these...

This game, aimed at primary level, allows children to practice multiplication problems. Children move along a track landing on different numbers, mainly from the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables. To move they must say the pair of numbers (factors) which will multiply together to give a nearby product on the board. The...

A series of eight simultaneous equations are given and the initial challenge is to discover the single point of intersection of the lines. On each of the examples given the intersection takes as...

This short clip is the first of a suite of videos which look at progression in multiplication at primary level. It follows Sam, a Key Stage One teacher as she reinforces children’s understanding of the concept of multiplication using the interactive whiteboard. Children are asked to match pictorial representations...

This resource features two short tasks that involve finding multiple solutions to equalities and inequalities.

The first task is to find two solutions to

x² = 121

The examples then increase in difficulty, with an example being to find two solutions to

(x – 1)(5x⁴ –...

Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.

In this activity a set of numbers is referred to as multiple free if there is no pair of numbers in the set such that one is a multiple of the other and the challenge is to find the largest multiple free set from the first...

This resource contains two interactive excel files dealing with aspects of multiplication of integers and decimals.

Long Multiplication...

This SMILE resource contains three packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of multiplication, from exploring the two times table to expressing a number as the product of its primes.

Multiplication pack one contains sixteen work...

This resource from SMILE contains 15 activities focusing on multiplication, arranged in order of difficulty. The activities address different aspects of multiplication and are appropriate for a range of working styles. Each activity is accompanied by teachers' notes, which give guidance on whether the activity is...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Three students explores multiplication and division. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

The first sheet...

This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles multiplication and division in a variety of ways. The five Multiplication and division facts spreadsheets have a four by four blank multiplication table that generates random numbers...

This series of interactive excel sheets explore multiplication and division by doubling and halving. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

The first sheet displays an...

This resource, provided by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, explores why multiplication does not always increase the size of a number. It explains how, by putting the term multiplying into a context with which students can identify and making a situation meaningful, this common...

From the Integrating Mathematical Problem Solving project by Mathematics for Education and Industry (MEI), this activity for post-16 students shows how money which circulates has a greater effect than could be expected. The activity starts by students predicting on what they will spend their wages when they get a...