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Year 3 Multiplication and Division: Pip's Times Market

Year 3 Multiplication and Division: Pip's Times Market

Learn Year 3 multiplication and division, from times-table facts to written methods, by baking, sharing and solving puzzles at Pip's market stalls.

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What you'll learn

  • Write a fact family of four facts, like 3 × 4 = 12
  • Use doubling and known facts to work out facts like 3 × 40
  • Multiply a 2-digit number mentally by partitioning into tens and ones
  • Use the column method, exchanging 10 ones for a ten
  • Divide 2-digit numbers by sharing tens, then ones, and check by multiplying
  • Solve missing-number, scaling and correspondence word problems

Chapter by chapter

  1. Writing multiplication and division statements Free to try

    Year 3 maths · 1

  2. Using times-table facts: doubling and multiplying tens

    Year 3 maths · 1

  3. Multiplying two-digit by one-digit numbers mentally (partitioning)

    Year 3 maths · 1

  4. Written method: multiplying two-digit by one-digit numbers in columns

    Year 3 maths · 1

  5. Dividing two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers

    Year 3 maths · 1

  6. Missing number problems with multiplication and division

    Year 3 maths · 2

  7. Scaling problems: times as many, times as tall

    Year 3 maths · 2

  8. Correspondence problems: 3 hats and 4 coats make 12 outfits

    Year 3 maths · 2

  9. Master Challenge (10 questions)

What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:

  1. Year 3 maths: Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods
  2. Year 3 maths: Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects

About this adventure

Times Market is an interactive maths game that teaches children aged 7–9 Year 3 multiplication and division, matching the national curriculum in England. Players write and work out times and divide facts, multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, and solve missing-number, scaling and correspondence problems.

At each stall, Pip the robot guides the child through hands-on scenes: baking rows of cupcakes to make an array, bundling 10 ones into a ten, sharing cookies into jars and dressing Pip in different hats and coats. Key ideas include the fact family, partitioning a number into tens and ones, exchanging in the column method, and the inverse, which means division undoes multiplication.

Every step is spoken aloud with captions. Practice questions use a number keypad, with a hint after a wrong try, and a 10-question Master Challenge checks everything at the end.

Questions and answers

How do you multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number in Year 3?

Split the 2-digit number into tens and ones, multiply each part, then add the answers. For 23 × 3, work out 20 × 3 = 60 and 3 × 3 = 9, then add them to get 69. This is called partitioning.

What is a correspondence problem in maths?

A correspondence problem is one where every item in one group is matched with every item in another group. For example, 3 hats and 4 coats make 3 × 4 = 12 different outfits, so children multiply rather than add the two numbers.

What does 'times as many' mean in a scaling problem?

'Times as many' means you multiply the starting amount. If Sam has 5 stickers and Mia has 4 times as many, Mia has 5 × 4 = 20 stickers, not 5 + 4. Children often add by mistake, so the game shows both side by side.

What age is this multiplication and division game for?

It is made for children aged 7 to 8 in Year 3, following the national curriculum in England. It also works well for 9-year-olds who want to revise times-table facts, written methods and word problems before moving on.

What does Times Market include and how long does it take?

Times Market has 8 chapters, each with an animated intro, guided activities and practice questions, plus a 10-question final challenge. Playing everything takes about an hour, and children can start any chapter from the market map.

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