Beat the Calculator

Content Name

Beat the Calculator

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

Beat The Calculator is a very competitive, fun number fact game where children compete in pairs to be the first to shout out an answer. Although mainly used to practice speedy multiplication, it can easily be adapted for any of the four operations or to rehearse any of the key mental strategies (MC RAPA CoODA NumFa etc.). The instructions below show the game being used for multiplication, and then near doubles.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 6, Year 5

  Subjects:

  • Mathematics

  Topics:

  • Number - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
  • Number - addition and subtraction
  • Number - multiplication and division

  Programmes of Study:

  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 100s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 10s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 1s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
  • multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts
  • recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
  • recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
  • recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

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