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commutative
Exercise 10.1 diagonal
Focus extend
1 Complete these rows from the multiplication square. product
Think about how you can use one row to help you
complete another row.
× 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 Use the multiplication grid in question 1 to help you find
the numbers in the fact family for 32. Write the fact family.
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3 Extend each sequence. What is the term-to-term rule for each sequence?
a 8, 12, 16, 20, , , .
The term-to-term rule is .
b 26, 31, 36, 41, , , .
The term-to-term rule is .
d 27, 24, 21, 18, , , .
The term-to-term rule is .
Practice
4 Complete these rows from the multiplication square.
Think about how you can use one row to help you
complete another row.
× 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 Which eight numbers are included four times in the
multiplication grid?
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6 Choose a number that is included in the multiplication
grid twice. Write its fact family.
Challenge
7 Which numbers are included three times in the multiplication grid?
Explain why.
8 Sanjay wonders why there is no zero row or column on
the multiplication square. Explain why to Sanjay.
9 Jinghua wants to write a sequence with the term-to-term
rule – 9. Where could she look on the multiplication square
to get started?
10 17 and 29 are two of the numbers in a sequence.
What could the sequence be? What is the term-to-term rule?
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10.2 Playing with multiplication and division
10.2 Playing with multiplication
and division
Exercise 10.2
distributive
Focus quotient
1 Multiply each set of three numbers in any order remainder
to simplify the calculation and find the product. simplify
a 2×3×5 b 4×5×6
c 5×5×4 d 9×3×2
2 Complete these simplified multiplications.
10 × 5 = ×3=
14 × 5 = + 18 × 3 = +
4×5= ×3=
3 Complete each division. Make sure you include any remainders.
You could use counters to help you.
a 20 ÷ 2 = b 20 ÷ 3 =
c 20 ÷ 4 = d 20 ÷ 5 =
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Practice
4 a Choose three 1-digit numbers to multiply together
to make an easy calculation. Find the product.
× × =
b Choose three 1-digit numbers to multiply together
to make a difficult calculation. Find the product.
× × =
What makes this calculation difficult?
5 Find each product.
Simplify the calculation or use a different method.
a 11 × 5 = b 19 × 2 =
c 13 × 3 = d 15 × 4 =
6 Find at least three different solutions to this
division calculation.
25 ÷ = r1
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7 Six children share a bag of 50 sweets between them
equally. How many sweets does each child get?
Write the division calculation that shows the result.
Challenge
8 Three different numbers from 2 to 10 are multiplied together.
The product is 120. What could the numbers be?
Find two different solutions.
9 Complete the multiplication grid using any method that you choose.
× 13 16 19
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10 A school orders 60 glue sticks to be shared
equally between five classes. When the glue
sticks arrive, three extra free glue sticks have
been added to the box.
Write the division calculation to show how
the school shares the glue sticks.
11 A division calculation has a remainder of 8.
What does this tell you about the calculation?
12 Complete each division calculation.
a ÷ 2 = 7 r1 b ÷ 3 = 4 r2
c ÷ 4 = 7 r2 d ÷ 3 = 9 r1
e ÷ 10 = 7 r6 f ÷ 9 = 4 r3
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10.3 Extending multiplication and division
10.3 Extending multiplication
and division
Exercise 10.3 approach
Focus interpret
1 Estimate the product of 27 × 5. Record the multiplication
calculation in a grid and find the product.
Estimate:
×
2 Complete this division calculation.
86 ÷ 4 =
Estimate of 80 ÷ 4 = 20 is a bit more than 20.
86
– 40 10 groups of 4
46
3 The bicycle maker has 19 wheels.
How many bicycles can she make?
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4 Three children can sit at a small table.
How many small tables are needed for 37 children?
Practice
5 Estimate then find the product for each multiplication.
a Estimate: b Estimate:
46 × 5 = 89 × 2 =
c Estimate: d Estimate:
67 × 3 = 78 × 4 =
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6 Estimate and then find the answer for each division.
a Estimate: b Estimate:
53 ÷ 2 = 91 ÷ 4 =
c Estimate: d Estimate:
97 ÷ 3 = 74 ÷ 5 =
7 The timber store is making three-legged stools.
The store has 35 stool legs.
How many stools can they make?
8 A taxi can carry four people.
Ten people want to go to a show.
How many taxis do they need?
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Challenge
9 Choose which numbers to multiply by 2, 3, 4 or 5 to find
the smallest and greatest product.
Remember to estimate the product before you multiply.
68 37 86
93 45 69
74 96 39
Smallest product:
Estimate:
Greatest product:
Estimate:
10 Using the numbers in question 9, choose a number to divide
by 2, 3, 4 and 5. Remember to estimate before dividing.
Estimate:
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11 I have $25. Computer games cost $4.
How many computer games can I buy?
How much change will I get?
12 How many 3 cm lengths of ribbon can be cut from 1 metre of ribbon?
How long is the piece left over?
13 I am thinking of a number. I multiply it by 3 and add 2 to
get the answer 83. What is my number?
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