Multiplication Strategies Teaching Resources
Introduce multiplication strategies to your students this school year with the help of worksheets, games and more activities designed to demystify multiplication for young math students!
From using arrays to skip counting, this collection of printable and digital teacher resources has been created with your lesson planning and your students in mind. You'll find resources aligned with the Australian maths curriculum, as well as editable options that can be easily differentiated for your students.
New to teaching multiplication or just looking for some handy tips and tricks? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Are Multiplication Strategies?
Multiplication is one of the core maths operations that students learn in elementary school, and it's important to outfit the with tools — or strategies — that help them understand and solve multiplication problems more easily.
In essence, that is what multiplication strategies are — methods students can use to find the product of any multiplication problem, based in core mathematical principles.
These aren't tricks that sometimes work but may also end up leaving students frustrated when they come across a problem where the 'trick' doesn't work. Multiplication strategies are problem solving avenues that can be applied to any multiplication problem.
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Area Model Multiplication Small Group Activity
Review multiplication using the area model with this small group activity.
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Fact Family Arrays Match-Up Game
Play this fact family arrays matching game with your students to give them practice identifying multiplication and division fact families.
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Place Value Slider Set
Break out this place value slider set for a hands-on way to demonstrate multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by powers of ten.
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Large Multiplication Chart (Blank)
Use this 4-page blank multiplication chart to teach your students about finding products, multiples and number patterns.
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Printable Maths Mats - Graphic Organisers
Practise working on specific math concepts with our set of 5 printable math graphic organisers.
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Mental Maths Multiplication Posters
Use this set of multiplication posters in your classroom when teaching different mental maths strategies.
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Multiples Posters 1–12
Reinforce skip-counting and listing multiples of a number with this muted rainbow number display.
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Multiplying and Dividing by Multiples of 10 Interactive Task Cards
Practise multiplying and dividing by multiples of 10 with this engaging interactive task card activity.
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Multiplication Array Puzzles
Guide your students to match arrays, multiplication facts and repeated addition sentences with this set of puzzles.
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Multiplication With Models Worksheet
Guide your students to determine the product of single-digit factors with various multiplication models.
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Skip Counting and Multiplication Differentiated Worksheet
Use this differentiated worksheet set to provide independent practise using skip counting to solve multiplication expressions.
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Skip Counting by 2,3,4,5, & 10 Mystery Picture
Have your students uncover a mystery picture by solving skip counting problems to and multiply by 2,3,4,5 & 10.
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Number Line Multiplication – Worksheet Pack
Guide your students to solve number line multiplication problems with this worksheet pack.
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Number Talks – Multiplication Strategies Task Cards
Help your students build number sense skills and sharpen their understanding of how to multiply 2 digits by 1 digit with this set of 24 task cards.
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Roll and Multiply Interactive Activity
Teach your students the multiplication strategy of repeated addition using this colourful interactive dice game!
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Multiplying With Equal Groups – Small Group Bingo
Download this multiplication bingo game to help students understand the concept of using equal groups.
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Array, Array, Go Away Dice Game
Reinforce how to match arrays and multiplication facts with this printable dice game.
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I Have, Who Has? – Multiplication Representations
Use this whole-class game to reinforce your students’ understanding of the different representations of multiplication.
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Multiplication With Arrays Task Cards for Year 2
Help your students master their understanding of multiplication arrays with this set of 20 task cards.
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Fact Family Matching Game (Multiplication and Division)
Use this engaging and fun game to practise fact families and the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Equal Groups Multiplication Activity
Engage your students with a hands-on activity to practise making equal groups to represent multiplication.
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Fill-in-the-Blank Multiplication Chart Task Cards
Improve student recall of multiplication facts with this set of 24 task cards.
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Multiplication with Arrays – Teaching Presentation
Teach your students how to connect multiplication with arrays with this 20-slide teaching presentation.
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Activities for Multiplication and Division - Monkey Jungle Escape Room
Complete activities for multiplication and division like this escape room with your students to give them an engaging way to practise solving problems by modeling equal groups.
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Using the Area Model for Multiplication Interactive Task Cards
Give your students digital practise with area model multiplication by assigning this set of 24 interactive task cards.
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Multiplication With Equal Groups Matching Activity
Reinforce how to relate multiplication and equal groups with this printable matching activity.
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Number Talks – Multiplication Representation Task Cards
Help your students discover different ways to represent multiplication with this set of number talk cards.
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Colour by Number – Repeated Addition and Multiplication
Guide your students to connect repeated addition with multiplication by completing this colour-by-code multiplication worksheet.
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Skip Counting by 2,3,4,5 and 10 Board Game
Have students correctly answer problems involving skip counting and multiplication to be the first to lay down 4 game pieces in a row!
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I Have Who Has: Skip Counting by 2,3,4,5,10
Teaching skip counting? Introduce your students to our I Have Who Has - style whole class games with this fun and interactive card activity!
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Multiplication With Equal Groups – Colour by Number Worksheet
Guide your students to determine a multiplication problem for an equal groups model with this colour-by-number worksheet.
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Equal Groups Bracelet Designs – Multiplication Worksheets
Challenge your students to design bracelets by using the equal groups multiplication strategy with this set of maths worksheets.