Investigating Number Patterns

In Year 3, to help us recognise different number patterns within each of the times tables, we used the digit wheel  and number lines to help us  determine if there were any patterns.

We spotted lots of different patterns such as, any even number when multiplied will only give an even multiple and when an odd number is multiplied the multiples are in a pattern of even, odd, even, odd.

We also discovered different repeating patterns within each of the times tables. This will help us to consider whether our answers are sensible during our weekly Ninja Multiplication Challenge and when we are multiplying larger numbers.