What does “times” compare?
Read a multiplication equation as more than one numerical comparison.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Grade 4 maths.
Discover the idea, experiment with a picture, then try it yourself. 18 authored lessons available.
Give the story an equation
Keep the quantity labels while translating a comparison into an equation.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Find the missing comparison
Identify the unknown, represent the relationship, and solve it.
9 practice questions Let’s explore →Three more or three times?
Distinguish extra units from copies of a reference quantity.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Solve the whole story
Use the comparison meanings without planning choices.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Follow the quantities
Keep meanings and units through two connected calculations.
6 practice questions Let’s explore →Work back through the story
Recover starting amounts, missing changes and original shares.
5 practice questions Let’s explore →Bring the clues together
Use three connected steps or combine two independent branches.
3 practice questions Let’s explore →Choose your story route
Find useful amounts without a supplied planner.
6 practice questions Let’s explore →Uncover what happened earlier
Find missing starting amounts, changes and original shares.
5 practice questions Let’s explore →Solve the whole story
Choose a route through three linked calculations.
3 practice questions Let’s explore →What does the leftover mean?
Use the same division to answer different real questions.
10 practice questions Let’s explore →Pack, share and decide
Connect a whole-number division to the quantity the story asks for.
10 practice questions Let’s explore →Make room for every item
Solve fresh packing and sharing stories with your own method.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Explain the leftover
Decide why the quotient, remainder or one more container fits.
8 practice questions Let’s explore →Could that answer fit?
Use meanings, inverse operations and mental size checks.
6 practice questions Let’s explore →More than one useful estimate
Compare coherent rounding routes without changing the real story.
6 practice questions Let’s explore →A check is not proof
Use lower and upper bounds to rule out impossible answers.
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