This activity is a great lesson to do before our ‘simple addition’ task cards as it’s slightly more adult led. Students will look at dividing a group of sticks into equal groups and seeing if there are any left over. It’s a great way to introduce multiplication and division to your students in a very visual and practical way.
Teaching directions:
- Give your students an amount of time (1-2 minutes works well) to collect as many sticks as they can.
- Come back together with their sticks and get them to work through the differentiated worksheets.
- You can either let students complete the worksheet individually / in small groups or go through the worksheet as a group or class together.
- As you go through the sheet, try to introduce them to vocabulary such as ‘divide, division, share, remainder, etc.
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| Multiplication-Sticks-Teacher-Guide.pdf | Download |
| Multiplication-Sticks-Activity-Sheets_-Diff.-1.pdf | Download |
| Multiplication-Sticks-Activity-Sheet_-Diff.-2.pdf | Download |
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4-6, 7-9
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Topics
Division, Multiplication, Number
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This activity is a great lesson to do before our ‘simple addition’ task cards as it’s slightly more adult led. Students will look at dividing a group of sticks into equal groups and seeing if there are any left over. It’s a great way to introduce multiplication and division to your students in a very visual and practical way.
Teaching directions:
- Give your students an amount of time (1-2 minutes works well) to collect as many sticks as they can.
- Come back together with their sticks and get them to work through the differentiated worksheets.
- You can either let students complete the worksheet individually / in small groups or go through the worksheet as a group or class together.
- As you go through the sheet, try to introduce them to vocabulary such as ‘divide, division, share, remainder, etc.