Year 2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 2nd January 2018

This week we have been focusing on multiplication and division.  We have been detectives and tracked down and spotted patterns in our numbers and number sequences.  We have used lots of vocabulary and begun to write number sentences involving multiplication and division.  Using equipment and pictures of groups of objects we have begun to understand how multiplication describes groups of objects and how these can be represented in different ways.  Some of the words we have been using this week are:
Product (What you get when you multiply two or more numbers)
Repeated Addition (How you can show a multiplication using addition: 5x2= 2+2+2+2+2)
Commutative property (you can do it in any order 3x5 has the same answer as 5x3)
Array (A square or rectangle of dots representing a multiplication)
Groups of../ Lots of..
I would be interested in hearing if any of the children are remembering what these words mean or can explain any of the principals even if they can't remember the exact vocabulary.
This week's home learning relates to this learning, please see previous blog.