Understanding Single Digit Multiplication Page 2
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3Understanding Single Digit Multiplication Mini-Lesson
What
Time What the teacher is doing
students are
doing
Place 6 wooden cubes/unifix/counters of the
Introduction:
Whole group:
same colour on the first 6 boxes on the cube sheet. This
Watch or
is one 6 (i.e.1x6):
assist (e.g.
by laying the
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numbers of 6s
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onto the cube
Using alternate colours for each number of 6, continue
2 min
sheet).
placing wooden cubes/unifix/counters on the cube sheet.
This shows two 6s (i.e. 2x6):
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Continue up to ten 6s (i.e. 10x6).
On a separate 100-chart, circle each product of
Introduction:
Whole group:
the numbers of 6s in a bright pen. A geometric pattern
Identify the
appears:
geometric and
ones-digit
patterns.
3 min
Ask students to identify patterns that appear, including:
geometric patterns (i.e. how circled numbers appear in
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diagonals, columns and rows)
the ones-digit pattern (i.e. 6, 2, 8, 4, 0, 6, 2, 8,
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etc. – observe that they are all even numbers).
For each pair of students, give 2-4
work
Direct pairs of students:
In pairs:
numbers from this list: numbers of 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s,
on the same
8s, 9s and 10s. Have each pair do the same as was done
activity for
with the numbers of 6s and record their findings on the
2-4 of these
100-chart sheet. [Note, you can give numbers in related
numbers:
sets (e.g. 3s, 6s & 9s).]
numbers of
2s, 3s, 4s,
5s, 7s, 8s,
As students work, ask scaffolding
Prompt student thinking:
9s, 10s, (up
questions e.g.:
to 10x for
Is 2 x 3 the same as 3 x 2? Why?
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each number).
What ones-digit patterns do you notice? Are the ones-
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20 min
Record
digits even/odd?
findings on
Are all digits used for the numbers of 4s?
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100-chart
What do you notice about how the numbers of 8s are laid
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sheet.
out on the 100-chart? Are there patterns in the rows,
columns or diagonals? E.g. in the 100-chart above, there
are 2 circled numbers in every second column.
What numbers have been circled in more than one 100-chart?
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E.g. the numbers of 8s (8, 16, 24, etc.) can be found in
the numbers of 2s.
What are some numbers that have many factors? What are
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some numbers that have no factors? [Note, you may need to
discuss what a factor is.]
Developed by the Maths Association of Victoria in collaboration with Maths Pathway.
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