We started our new topic by looking at Multiples of 3. We began the lesson by recapping the 3 times table and looking at the multiples before and after different numbers.

In our Shared Practise, we used a hundred square to find all the multiples of 3 up to 100 and then looked at the things we already knew about multiples of 3.

 

The Ready task was to be able to find missing multiples of 3 from number lines.

The Steady task involved us using known facts to work out larger multiples of 3. First we split the number into tens and ones and then we multiplied each number by 3. Finally, we added the two answers together to get the multiple of 3. 

Our problem solving tasks; Go and Turbo made us apply our knowledge of the 3 times table to problems. Go asked us to find out whether 3-digit numbers were in the 3 times table or not. We used the following method to work this out:

1. Take your 3-digit number and add together the digits

471 - 4 + 7 + 1 = 12

2. Then look at your digit sum answer. If it is in the 3 times table then your larger number is also in the 3 times table. 

4 + 7 + 1 = 12. 12 is in the 3 times table so 471 is also in the 3 times table.