This week in Maths, Year 2 have been very busy learning to multiply by 5, following our previous learning of how to multiply by 2 and 10.
The children have been excited to learn the mathematical terms ‘factor’ and ‘product’ and to know that multiplication is ‘commutative’ which means you can multiply the factors in any order and get the same product. The children in Bears and Giraffes are very proud to be able to talk like a mathematician!
The children have been counting in 5s forwards as well as backwards, looking at equal groups of 5 (arrays) and filling in missing numbers for equations and solving word problems involving the multiplication of 5.
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- Our challenge this week!
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- Multiplication is commutative
How you can help at home:
- Practice counting in 5s- tapping knees as you count.
- Make arrays of 5 objects ie pencils, pasta shapes and marbles and count them (we often ask the children, “What do you see? What do you notice?” which really helps them explain their thinking)