🌟 Overview
Explore multiplication and division in Year 2 using repeated addition, arrays, equal groups, sharing and grouping strategies. Students learn how to multiply and divide by one-digit numbers, explain their thinking and choose a strategy that helps them solve each question.
They build confidence with equal groups, skip counting, making arrays, turning arrays to show commutativity, sharing into equal parts and grouping into sets. Students also learn how multiplication and division are connected and how to use arrays to solve simple word problems.
📂 Subtopics Included
Includes engaging videos and worksheets for. Please click on the link to access the worksheets and videos for each subtopic:
| Step | Lesson | What You Learn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ➕Repeated Addition for Kids: How to Count Groups | Use repeated addition to add equal groups. Write number sentences such as 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12 and connect to “4 groups of 3”. Build the foundation for multiplication using counters, ten frames and number lines |
| 2 | 🟦Arrays for Kids: What Are Arrays in Math? Year 2 Multiplication Made Easy | Arrange objects into rows and columns to make arrays. Name arrays as “3 fours” or “4 threes”, turn arrays to show 3 × 4 = 4 × 3, and connect arrays to repeated addition and multiplication facts |
| 3 | ✂️ Division for Kids: Sharing and Grouping Explained in Year 2 Math | Share objects equally between friends or group objects into equal sets. Use arrays and equal groups to model division questions such as 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and connect to related multiplication facts . |
📚 Curriculum Reference
This topic and its worksheets are aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (Version 9.0).
Code: AC9M2N05 – Multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies
🔗 Related Learning Areas
These topics work well alongside AC9M2N05:
- 🔢 Recognise, Represent and Order Numbers to 1000 (AC9M2N01)
- 🔟 Partition, Rearrange, Regroup and Rename Two- and Three-Digit Numbers (AC9M2N02)
- ➕ Addition & Subtraction(AC9M2N04)
- 🧩 Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20 (AC9M2A02)
- 📈 Additive Number Patterns and Missing Numbers (AC9M2A01)
- ✖️ Multiplication and Division: Doubling and Halving (AC9M2A03)
- 💰 Money: Count, Represent and Make Simple Purchases (AC9M2N05)
📝 Helpful Tips
- Start with real objects before number sentences. Use counters, buttons, blocks, toy cars, pencils, snacks or LEGO bricks to show equal groups, arrays, sharing and grouping.
- Build quick recall of multiplication facts using skip counting, ten frames, arrays and fact families. Practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables first, then connect to related division facts.
- Teach children that different strategies can help with different questions
- Connect multiplication and division:
- Use the same array to show 3 × 4 = 12, 4 × 3 = 12, 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 12 ÷ 4 = 3
- Show that division is the reverse of multiplication
- Use bar models and drawings to help children visualise word problems before writing number sentences