Multiplication and division

In this article for teachers, Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington explore the differences between 'recording mathematics' and 'representing mathematical thinking'.

This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010.

Bernard Bagnall recommends some primary school problems which use numbers from the environment around us, from clocks to house numbers.

This article for teachers looks at how teachers can use problems from the NRICH site to help them teach division.

This article for teachers describes how modelling number properties involving multiplication using an array of objects not only allows children to represent their thinking with concrete materials, but it can also assist them in forming useful mental pictures to support memory and reasoning.