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Rolling Repeated Addition

Rolling Repeated Addition
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Description

This activity has been created as a fun activity to practice making equal groups to represent multiplication. Students roll 6 or 10-sided dice to create an array and then have a partner check their work. A great teaching resource when introducing early multiplication skills.

Take photos and use as formative assessment and track student progress.
 

Suitable for
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9M2N05 9

Multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies

ACMNA031 8.4

Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays

ACMNA032 8.4

Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

MA1-1WM old

Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols

MA1-6NA old

Uses a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division

MA1-FG-01 new

Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems

VCMNA108

Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays

VCMNA114

Apply repetition in arithmetic operations, including multiplication as repeated addition and division as repeated subtraction

VCMNA109

Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

Differentiation

Modifications

Work with a partner to complete.
Students can complete the representation using concrete materials only. 
Students can verbally explain the number sentences using repeated addition and multiplication.
 

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