Welcome to our �Maths lesson

L.O: To apply our multiplication knowledge

Flash back

3

8

2

8

+

=

Remember the column method.

Remember the column method.

Flash back

3

8

2

8

+

=

5

8

Remember the column method.

Remember the column method.

A GUIDE TO THE MTC

• MTC stands for ‘Multiplication Tables Check’.
• Online quiz for year 4 children in England, set by the government.
• Pupils demonstrate their times tables skills, which they’ve been practising for years.
• Helps us to know your children are ready for year 5 maths

• Must be taken in school between 1^st and 12^th June 2026�
• Start with 3 practice questions
• Then 25 multiplication questions (no division)
• For each question, you must enter an answer within 6s
• 3s pause between questions

• Full marks is 25/25 but there’s no pass mark
• How we will share your child’s results with you�
• Each school finds out the Local Authority and National average but not each other’s results.
• More guidance can be found here

The most important parts

How you can USE this information to play other games

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Times Tables Rock Stars: Play

Here are the average speeds of a child’s times tables

Choose the one that is more than 6 seconds to practise at home

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The National Curriculum expectations are:

By the end of Year 3- count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number AND recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables

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By the end of Year 4- count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000

AND recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

Let’s play a game of ‘Hit the button’.

• Now it’s your turn to play some fun games with your children.

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• Use the resources on your tables and interact playing these fun games to support your child’s tables knowledge.

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• You are more than welcome to take the paper resources home with you.