Multiplication - using mental grouping strategies to learn 4 times tables

These worksheets teach children to use partial products to give them effective strategies to learn their times tables. It shows how to use grouping strategies to find their number facts quickly.
One worksheet is designed to teach the strategies and to teach understanding of the concept of multiplication. One worksheet is designed to assess pupils understanding of the strategies and their number sense. By completing the assessment sheet, children show if they understand the concept of multiplication and if they can apply flexible strategies. The assessments offer more challenge than conventional times table tests.
The same sheets are printed with arrays to allow children to circle the groupings, if they need more support.
Check out the free 12x sheets also available on the TES to see if the resources will be useful. There are many more tables available including two pages of worksheets for each of the times tables 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x, 12x, 13x, 14x and 15x as a premium resource.

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