Year 3 pupils write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods. Year 2 pupils calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs.
Number sentences build on what children will have already learnt about number bonds. In the National Curriculum, number sentences are referred to as ‘mathematical statements’ – these are introduced from Year 1, where pupils read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (–) and equals (=) signs.
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