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Mental multiplication and division

Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including multiplying by 0 and 1, dividing by 1, and multiplying together three numbers

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Can your child work out things like '6 × 0', '1 × 35', or '100 ÷ 100' instantly in their head — using what they know rather than working everything out from scratch?

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Builds on
All times tables to 12×12ages 8–9Mental multiplication requires known table facts
Place value of each digitages 8–9Place-value knowledge supports mental strategies like 40 × 6
Mental multiplication and divisionthis skill · ages 8–9
Unlocks
Mental multiplication and division (age 9+)ages 9–10Y4 mental ×÷ using known/derived facts is prerequisite to extending with larger numbers

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M4A02high confidenceYear 4 · Algebra

recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts up to 10 x 10 and related division facts; extend and apply facts to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator

AC9M3A03high confidenceYear 3 · Algebra

recall and demonstrate proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10; extend and apply facts to develop the related division facts

AC9M5A01medium confidenceYear 5 · Algebra

recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number facts

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA3-RN-01medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 3
MA2-RN-01medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M4A02high confidenceMathematics · Level 4 · Algebra strand
VC2M3A03medium confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Algebra strand
VC2M3N05medium confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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