Purpose:
You can help your child to recall the multiplication basic facts.
What you need:
Puzzle board. (PDF, 26 KB) You can print this or make your own.
What to do:
Cut out the puzzle and give the pieces to your child.
Ask your child to arrange the pieces back into the 3 by 3 grid so that sides of the touching pieces match. For example, 5 x 5 needs to match 25.
Two hints you may wish to give your child:
- When the puzzle is complete none of the pieces will be orientated so the numbers are upside down.
- The piece with 2 blank sides belongs in the top left corner of the puzzle.
What to expect your child to do:
To use their multiplication basic facts to solve the puzzle.
Variation:
Make your own puzzle. Puzzles where every fact has a different answer are easier to solve.
He Kupu Māori:
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porotēteke
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upside down
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pangahono
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jigsaw puzzle
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hono (a)
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join
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whakarea (tia)
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multiply
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whakareatanga
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multiplication
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otinga
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result/answer
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He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- He rite tēnei ki te pangahono. (This is like a jigsaw puzzle.)
- E iwa ngā kāri hei honohono māu. (There are nine cards for you to put together.)
- Honoa ngā kāri kia hāngai tonu ia whakareatanga ki te otinga e tika ana. (Put the cards together so that each multiplication aligns with its answer.)
- Hei tauira, me hāngai tonu te whakareatanga o te ono ki te waru (6 x 8) ki te whā tekau mā waru (48). (For example, the multiplication 6 x 8 should align with 48.)
- Whakareatia te ono ki te waru (6 x 8), ka hia tēnā? (Multiply 6 by 8. How many is that?)
- Ko te kāri e wātea ana ētahi taha e rua, koia te kāri tīmatanga – me whakatakoto ki te kokonga runga mauī. (The card with two blank sides is the starting card – it should go in the upper left hand corner.)
- Kāore he tuhinga porotēteke i ngā kāri. (None of the writing will appear upside down.)
Download a file of this activity:
PDF (288KB)