EYFS/Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Recognising and Using repeated Using arrays. Partitioning. Using column column making equal addition by drawing multiplication multiplication – groups. groups of/lots of. Using Base 10 Using column abstract only but (abstract). (concrete and multiplication may need repeat of – Doubling making Using repeated recording introduced with Y4 first. Up to 4-digit x – two groups. addition by pictorially) for place value counting along a x 1-digit. counters. Up to 4-digit x Using repeated number line. and 2-digit addition. 2- and x 1- Using repeated Counting in addition by jumping multiples. along a number line. Use of concrete manipulatives Using arrays – – counters, cubes, shows groups of Numicon and other clearly – classroom objects. emphasises commutativity of multiplication. Multiplication
Multiplication EYFS/Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Recognising and making equal groups. Doubling – making two groups. Using repeated addition. Counting in multiples. Use of concrete manipulatives – counters, cubes, Numicon and other classroom objects. Using repeated addition by drawing groups of/lots of. Using repeated addition by counting along a number line. Using repeated addition by jumping along a number line. Using arrays – shows groups of clearly – emphasises commutativity of multiplication. Using arrays. Using Base 10 (concrete and recording pictorially) for x 1-digit. Partitioning. Using column multiplication – introduced with place value counters. 2- and x Using column multiplication – abstract only but may need repeat of Y4 first. Up to 4-digit x 1- and 2-digit column multiplication (abstract). Up to 4-digit x
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