Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100: Years 3 and 4 tutorials
Great new step-by-step tutorials which look at what happens when 2 and 3-digit numbers are multiplied by 10, as well as dividing 3-digit numbers by 10.
These tutorials explain clearly that the value of a digit depends on its place and that by moving a digit one place to the left increases its value by 10. Hence 50 is 10 times larger than 5 and 500 is ten times larger than 50.
Part of the aim of these tutorials is to get away from the idea of, ‘adding a nought’ when multiplying by 10.
Year 3 Finding ten times a number Year 4 Finding ten times a hundreds number Year 4 Finding a hundred times a 2-digit number Year 4 Dividing by 10.