Math lesson plan · 5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 30 minutes
Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit
Multiplication and division
CCSS 5.NBT.B.5England: Y5 Multiplication and divisionEngland: Y6 Multiplication and division
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit.
- I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
- I can explain each step and say why it works.
- I can check my answer and spot a mistake.
Before and after
Needs first: Multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers; Multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number
Leads to: Long multiplication: four-digit by two-digit; Multi-step problems with larger numbers
Materials: Counters for arrays, Multiplication grid, Base-ten blocks, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 4 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers; Multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- 500 × 8 = ? → 4000Prompt: Multiply the hundreds, tens and ones separately.
- Use long multiplication: 26 × 66 → 1716Prompt: Multiply 26 by the ones digit of 66.
- 553 × 4 = ? → 2212Prompt: Multiply the hundreds, tens and ones separately.
Hook · 3 min
- Show an array of chairs, eggs or windows and ask how many there are without counting one by one.
- Share the objective: Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 7 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: 157 × 48 = ?
- Step 1: 157 × 8 = 1256
- Step 2: 157 × 40 = 6280
- Step 3: 1256 + 6280 = 7536
- Answer: 7536
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 6 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- 847 × 14 = ? → 11858Prompt: Multiply 847 by the ones digit of 14, then by the tens.
- A farm packs 247 boxes of strawberries with 51 strawberries in each box. How many strawberries is that? → 12597Prompt: Work out 247 × 51.
You do: independent practice · 7 min
- Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
- Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.
The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 3 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- 870 × 58 = ? → 50460Prompt: Multiply 870 by the ones digit of 58, then by the tens.
- Kofi worked out 228 × 34 and got 1596. Kofi forgot that the second row is 228 × 30, not 228 × 3. What is the correct answer? → 7752Prompt: The tens row needs a zero placeholder.
Watch out for
- Thinking multiplying always makes a number bigger.
- Dropping a zero in long multiplication when moving to the tens row.
Support and stretch
Support
- Review first: Multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers.
- Use concrete materials: counters for arrays.
- Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
- Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.
Stretch
- Move on to: Long multiplication: four-digit by two-digit; Multi-step problems with larger numbers.
- Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
- Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.
Homework and more practice
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/grade-5.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder