Step 2 Objective
Understand the principles of the commutative, associative and distributive laws as they apply to multiplication.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Probing questions
How could you use counters to show me that 3 × 8 has the same answer as 8 × 3? etc.
How could you use counters to show me that 4 × (5 + 2) has the same answer as 4 × 5 + 4 × 2? etc.