:Multiplication Examples
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Approach: Independent  Level: Year 4 and year 8  
Focus:Multiplying without a calculator.
Resources: None.
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Questions / instructions:

Write your answers in the boxes. You can use the shaded area to do your working.
 
% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
y8
1.
34
x 2
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68
65 (61)
94 (95)
2.
43
x 7
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301
26 (18)
80 (76)
3.
412
x 3
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1236
45 (34)
90 (88)
4.
726
x 5
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3630
23 (19)
82 (76)
5.
3074
x 6
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18444
11 (8)
65 (58)
6.
74
x 23
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1702
•
61 (53)
7.
6243
x 34
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212262
•
45 (37)
 

Total score:

 

 

 

  
• not asked for Year 4
7
•
25 (20)
6
•
28 (23)
5
6 (5)
19 (20)
4
12 (8)
12 (15)
3
12 (7)
7 (9)
2
18 (18)
4 (7)
1
20 (25)
2 (4)
0
32 (37)
3 (2)
Commentary:
Year 8 students performed much better than year 4 students on multiplication tasks. There was a small improvement between 1997 and 2001 for both years: 10 percent more year 4 students got at least 3/5 correct, and 9 percent more year 8 students got at least 5/7 correct.
 
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