Y3 Maths

How Many Ways? Lesson

This Year 3 How Many Ways? lesson covers the prior learning of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, before moving onto the main skill of identifying the possible combinations from two groups of objects.

The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.

National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 3: (3C8) Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, before moving onto the main skill of how many ways? There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

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Modelling PowerPoint

Modelling PowerPoint

This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

1 Prior Learning

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This Year 3 How Many Ways? lesson covers the prior learning of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, before moving onto the main skill of identifying the possible combinations from two groups of objects. 

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 The Three Times Table Game checks pupils' understanding of the three times table.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 The 8 Times Table Game has been designed to check pupils' understanding of the 8 times table.

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Matching Activity

Matching Activity

This 4 and 8 Times Table Matching Game checks pupils’ understanding of facts from the 4 and 8 times tables.

2 Practical Activities

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Supporting Activity

Supporting Activity

This How Many Ways? supporting activities sheet contains suggestions for additional tasks you might wish to use to support pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the lesson.

2 Varied Fluency

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 How Many Ways? Game has been designed to check pupils’ understanding of identifying the different combinations of two sets of objects.

2 Reasoning & Problem Solving

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This how many ways? extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the how many ways? lesson.

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Mixed Practice

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of how many ways?

Reasoning and Problem Solving from the old Resource Pack
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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Discussion Problem

Discussion Problem

This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 How Many Ways? Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of identifying the different combinations of two sets of objects.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Additional Activities

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Consolidation of Steps 8-9 Year 3 Multiplication and Division Learning Video Clip

Consolidation of Steps 8-9 Year 3 Multiplication and Division Learning Video Clip

It’s almost festival time! Join Vodi and Efna as they welcome home their dad and look at how much food has been brought back to the village. Pupils will help them work out how many different combinations of food can be created and the different combinations of clothing Vodi can wear for the festival.

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Consolidation Pack

Consolidation Pack

This Multiplication and Division Consolidation Year 3 resource will help your pupils consolidate their understanding of Spring Block 1: Multiplication and Division.

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Home Learning Pack

Home Learning Pack

This Spring week 3 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets