Partitioning Pirate and Penguin
Help your students understand how to partition to solve simple multiplication problems. This resource is perfect for students who are struggling to understand how partitioning can help them solve simple multiplication problems.
With Our Partition Pirate and Penguin, students can pretend to ‘chop’ and ‘break apart’ arrays. They will begin to ‘see’ the distributive property of multiplication and understand how to make solving multiplication problems a breeze!
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays and to divide a set of objects into equal sized groups.
- We are learning to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays.
- We are learning to divide a set of objects into equal sized groups to solve simple problems.
Curriculum alignment
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.