This displays the instructions for this game.

This displays the Getting started on page 94.

This displays an example using an array to work out 8 x 6 using 8 x 5, and then some multiplications which are close to fives or tens facts. Students are asked to break them up into tables they know.

This displays the materials (blocks) for finding 4 x 7 from 2 x 7.

and 8 x 9 from 2 x 9.

Students are then asked to use materials to show two more.

Give students some play money.

This displays a story for the multiplication 5 x 40.

The working is shown using play money.

This displays a table with multiplication of numbers such as 4 x 20, 5 x 60, 40 x 60, 200 x 40 etc.

Ask students to predict the number of digits that will be in the answer.

You could fill in the table by copying it onto the board, using it with a smart board or pdf writer, or projecting it onto a surface you can write on.

Once the table is filled in ask students to look for a pattern/rule.

Ask students why, for example, 2 x 300 and 8 x 500 look similar but give answers with different numbers of digits.

This displays a sheet with four multiplications.

Ask students which strategies are best to use with each one and why.