Math lesson plan · 5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 45 minutes
Long multiplication: four-digit by two-digit
Multiplication and division
CCSS 5.NBT.B.5England: Y6 Multiplication and division
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Long multiplication: four-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: Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit
Leads to: the next skill in this area.
Materials: Counters for arrays, Multiplication grid, Base-ten blocks, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 5 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- 420 × 46 = ? → 19320Prompt: Multiply 420 by the ones digit of 46, then by the tens.
- A farm packs 423 boxes of strawberries with 16 strawberries in each box. How many strawberries is that? → 6768Prompt: Work out 423 × 16.
- Zara worked out 386 × 36 and got 3474. Zara forgot that the second row is 386 × 30, not 386 × 3. What is the correct answer? → 13896Prompt: The tens row needs a zero placeholder.
Hook · 5 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: four-digit by two-digit. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 10 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: 1803 × 85 = ?
- Step 1: 1803 × 5 = 9015
- Step 2: 1803 × 80 = 144 240
- Step 3: 9015 + 144 240 = 153 255
- Answer: 153255
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 10 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- 7558 × 44 = ? → 332552Prompt: Use long multiplication: ones row, then tens row.
- A stadium has 2272 seats. It is full for 16 matches. How many tickets is that altogether? → 36352Prompt: Work out 2272 × 16.
You do: independent practice · 10 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 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 5 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- A stadium has 4015 seats. It is full for 38 matches. How many tickets is that altogether? → 152570Prompt: Work out 4015 × 38.
- 3768 × 48 = ? → 180864Prompt: Use long multiplication: ones row, then tens row.
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: Long multiplication: three-digit by two-digit.
- 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
- 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