Step-by-step Maths Level 4 · Times tables 3 and 4 · Summary
Step-by-step Maths Level 4 Times tables 3 and 4: summary and key words
Part of the Step-by-step Maths Level 4 times tables 3 and 4 chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| The 3 times table | Count in threes; each answer is one more group of 3 |
| The 4 times table | Count in fours; double twice to check |
| Missing numbers and division | Ask what times the number makes the total; count in steps |
| Order of the numbers | Swapping the numbers in a multiplication gives the same total |
| Equal groups | Groups × the number in each group = total |
Can you…?
- I can recall the 3 times table facts, in any order
- I can recall the 4 times table facts, in any order
- I can find a missing number in a multiplication or division
- I can show that 3 × 4 and 4 × 3 give the same total
- I can solve a one-step word problem with equal groups of 3 or 4
Key terms
- times table
- the list of multiples of one number
- multiple
- a number in the times table of another, such as 12 is a multiple of 3
- equal groups
- groups with the same number in each
- inverse
- the operation that undoes another; division undoes multiplication