What’s included in the Year 4 Efficient Multiplication Homework resource and why is it useful?

Year 4 Efficient Multiplication Homework is a set of worksheets to consolidate this step after it has been taught, at home or in class. Each set has been carefully designed to help you meet each child where they are at to ensure progress for every child, not just the average child. The content includes 3 levelled worksheets and a full answer sheet, covering choosing efficient methods to multiply 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.

Developing

• Q1 solving a 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication in the most efficient way. Times table support provided.
• Q2 deciding if a given multiplication has been solved efficiently or inefficiently. Calculation involves partitioning and addition.
• Q3 creating a 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication calculation and solving it using an efficient method. Times table support and scaffolding provided.

Expected

• Q4 solving a 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication in the most efficient way.
• Q5 deciding if a given multiplication has been solved efficiently or inefficiently. Calculation involves partitioning and addition with the possibility for a more efficient method using subtraction.
• Q6 creating a 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication calculation and solving it using an efficient method. Scaffolding provided.

Greater Depth

• Q7 solving a 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication in the most efficient way.
• Q8 deciding if a given multiplication has been solved efficiently or inefficiently. Calculation involves partitioning, addition and subtraction with the possibility for a more efficient method using doubling and halving or alternative ways of partitioning and subtraction.
• Q9 creating a 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication calculation and solving it using an efficient method. Scaffolding provided.

How do our maths homework resources work?

Our maths homework resources are not part of our adaptive maths resources, but they can be used alongside for consolidation purposes and to give children more opportunities to practise.

To teach this full step, head to Year 4 Efficient Multiplication lesson page.

This resource is designed to align to White Rose Maths version 3. Classroom Secrets Limited is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to White Rose Education Limited. Our products are original to Classroom Secrets Limited and any reference to White Rose Maths is solely for the purpose of indicating compatibility and does not imply any association with White Rose Education.