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Planning notes

Level/Framework stage/Group: 3

Duration/Date: May

Mult concepts and number sense

Focus Achievement Objectives

Change the order of the factors to make a multiplication problem easier.

Identify factors and multiples of numbers.

Identify highest common factors and least common multiples.

Multiply by 10s, 100s, 1000s, and other multiples of 10.

Derive multiplication facts from 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Find fractions of whole number amounts using multiplication and division.

GM3-2: Find areas of rectangles and volumes of cuboids by applying multiplication.

Find fractions of a set using multiplication and division.

NA5-2: Use prime numbers, common factors and multiples, and powers (including square roots).

A Prime Search

Level Four

Number and Algebra

Units of Work

In this unit we use rectangular models or arrays to explore numbers from one to fifty. We systematically identify all the factors of numbers, and are introduced to prime numbers.

Almost Squares

Level Three

Number and Algebra

Figure It Out activities

This is a level 3 number activity from the Figure It Out series. It relates to Stage 6 of the Number Framework.

Card Arrays

Level Three

Number and Algebra

Figure It Out activities

This is a level 3 number activity from the Figure It Out series. It relates to Stage 6 of the Number Framework.A PDF of the student activity is included.

Roughly how many?

Level Three

Number and Algebra

Numeracy activities

In this activity we look at cubes which have been roughly sorted into arrays and decide about how many there are. We use our knowledge of multiplication facts to estimate the number of cubes.

Is there Room?

Level Three

Geometry and Measurement

Figure It Out activities

This is a level 3 measurement activity from the Figure It Out theme series.A PDF of the student activity is included.

Fred's Rent-a-Fence

Level Three

Integrated

Figure It Out activities

This is a level 3 number and measurement activity from the Figure It Out series.A PDF of the student activity is included.

Multiplying Tens

Level Three

Number and Algebra

Numeracy activities

Homework sheet: stage 6 – 7 Revision of add-sub and mult-div domains

Level Three

Level Four

Number and Algebra

Secondary activities

These exercises and activities are for students to use as a week’s homework to practice number properties

Simple Solutions

Level Three

Number and Algebra

Figure It Out activities

These are level 3 algebra and number problems from the Figure It Out series.A PDF of the student activity is included.

Across Lake Taupō

Level Four

Integrated

Rich learning activities

The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using multiplicative and/or additive strategies to solve a measurement problem.

Factor Patterns

Level Four

Number and Algebra

Figure It Out activities

This is a level 4 number activity from the Figure It Out series. It relates to Stage 7 of the Number Framework. A PDF of the student activity is included.

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