| one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher | recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers | recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables | recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12 |
| calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs | write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods | use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers |
| show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of one number by another cannot | solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects | recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations |
| solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts | | multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout |
| | | solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two digit numbers by one digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects |
