Our Year 3 Multiply by 3 Reasoning and Problem Solving resource has been created for pupils who are already confident in recalling and using multiplication facts for the 3 times table. This resource has been differentiated 3 ways and requires children to apply their knowledge to real-life scenarios. Each worksheet comes complete with its own answer sheet enabling children to self or peer mark if required.

Differentiation:

(Developing) Questions to support knowledge of counting in 3s in order to multiply by 3 (up

to 12 groups of 3). All questions have pictorial support where each digit is represented.

(Expected) Questions to support knowledge of counting in 3s in order to multiply by 3

(up to 12 groups of 3). Where only one group of 3 is represented pictorially.

(Greater Depth) Questions to support knowledge of counting in 3s in order to multiply by 3

beyond 12 groups of 3 using their knowledge of the times tables facts up to 12 groups of 3.

No pictorial support provided and includes numbers represented as words.