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Foundations of Multiplication


Chapter 1: The idea of multiplication
LO 1: Discovering the limitations of addition
LO 2: Finding if repeated addition is common
LO 3: Exploring if repeated addition a simple method
LO 4: Making repeated addition faster
LO 5: Nuanced understanding of the preposition ‘of’
LO 6: Explaining ‘5 of 4 books’
LO 7: Knowing the ‘x’ sign
LO 8: Finding a universal definition of multiplication
LO 9: What do we need to know more about multiplication
LO 10: Examples to introduce multiplication to a Grade II child
LO 11: Researching the collection of 2 apples, 3 bananas, 3 oranges and 2 apples
LO 12: Introduction to mathematical tables – ‘A of B’ in practice
LO 13: Using math manipulatives to visualize multiplication tables

Chapter 2: Multiplication - Operation
LO 1: Knowing all about the operational relationship of addition and multiplication
LO 2: Appreciating multiplicand
LO 3: Appreciating multipliers
LO 4: Appreciating product
LO 5: Validating multiplier and multiplicand in algebraic expressions
LO 6: Offering five everyday examples of the expression 4 x 3
LO 7: Evaluating the expression 5 x 3 chairs
LO 8: Evaluating the expression 2 apples x 2
LO 9: Evaluating the expression 2 x 2 apples
LO 10: Evaluating the expression 2 apples x 2 apples
LO 11: Evaluating the expression 2 apples x 2 oranges
LO 12: Evaluating the expression 2 bags x 3 apples
LO 13: Evaluating the expression 2 bags x 3 apples/bag
LO 14: Explaining the expression 0 x 7
LO 15: Multiplying Multiple Numbers
LO 16: Real-life examples of 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5

Chapter 3: Multiplication - The Process
LO 1: Visualising multiplication expressions out of same-number addition expressions
LO 2: Visualising multiplication expressions
LO 3: Learning how products are formed
LO 4: Discovering the process/method of multiplication
LO 5: The Long Multiplication Method
LO 6: Confirming if there a method for one-digit multiplication
LO 7: Exploring multiplication from the left and the right of numbers

Chapter 4: Multiplication - Process (Application)
LO 1: Multiplying two-digit number by one-digit number
LO 2: Multiplying three-digit number by one-digit number
LO 3: Multiplying three-digit number by two-digit number
LO 4: Multiplying more than two numbers
LO 5: Multiplying numbers that end in zero
LO 6: Revisiting the idea of carry
LO 7: Mapping the possible values of carry
LO 8: Relating carry and multiplication
LO 9: Detailing the arithmetic expression 10 x 100

Chapter 5: Multiplication - Properties
LO 1: Showcasing all the interpretations of multiplication
LO 2: Comparing 3 x 4 and 3 x 2 x 2
LO 3: Comparing multiplication and stretching.

Chapter 6: Multiplication - Summing Up
LO 1: Commenting on the mathematical expression b x c = bc
LO 2: Knowing multiplicative identity of numbers
LO 3: Figuring out the relationship between multiplier, multiplicand, and factors