Looking for a purposeful way to help students tackle multiplication and division with confidence and understanding?
This resource is designed to explicitly teach students how to use bar models to represent and solve multiplication and division problems, supporting them to visualise quantities, relationships and unknowns through meaningful word problems.
Rather than relying on guesswork or disconnected procedures, students use bar models to represent partβpartβwhole and comparison relationships, helping them reason logically and choose efficient solution strategies. Each problem promotes flexible thinking, strong number sense and a deeper conceptual understanding of multiplication and division.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
πΏ Explicitly teach and reinforce multiplication and division using bar models
πΏ Support students to visualise number relationships in word problems
πΏ Small group or guided maths instruction
πΏ Whole class rotations or maths stations
πΏ Relief-teacher-friendly lessons with minimal prep
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
π ¦ 40 Bar Model Word Problem Task Cards
2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x multiplication (10 cards)
2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x division (10 cards)
6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x and 12x multiplication (10 cards)
6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x and 12x division (10 cards)
π ¦ Differentiation Strategy Support
Empty bar model cards for independent problem solving
Partially filled bar model cards for extra scaffolding
Challenge on every card to record the number sentence
π ¦ Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF (minimal colour and black & white)
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
π ¦ Self-Checking Options - No Teacher Marking!
Self-checking Google Form
Self-checking PDF cards to print double sided (question on the front, answer on the back)
π ¦ Student Recording Supports
2 recording sheets: answers only, or bar models and answers
Empty bar model worksheet with six models per page
Answer key included
π ¦ Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google Slides and Google Form
Teaching suggestions
Printing instructions for the self-checking cards
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
πΏ Explicit strategy support β builds confidence and number sense
πΏ Word problems that encourage thinking & reasoning
πΏ Minimal prep β just print and go or assign digitally
πΏ Works for whole class, small groups or interventions
πΏ Helps students see multiplication and division as strategic thinking
Looking for a purposeful way to help students tackle multiplication and division with confidence and understanding?
This resource is designed to explicitly teach students how to use bar models to represent and solve multiplication and division problems, supporting them to visualise quantities, relationships and unknowns through meaningful word problems.
Rather than relying on guesswork or disconnected procedures, students use bar models to represent partβpartβwhole and comparison relationships, helping them reason logically and choose efficient solution strategies. Each problem promotes flexible thinking, strong number sense and a deeper conceptual understanding of multiplication and division.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
πΏ Explicitly teach and reinforce multiplication and division using bar models
πΏ Support students to visualise number relationships in word problems
πΏ Small group or guided maths instruction
πΏ Whole class rotations or maths stations
πΏ Relief-teacher-friendly lessons with minimal prep
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
π ¦ 40 Bar Model Word Problem Task Cards
2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x multiplication (10 cards)
2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x division (10 cards)
6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x and 12x multiplication (10 cards)
6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x and 12x division (10 cards)
π ¦ Differentiation Strategy Support
Empty bar model cards for independent problem solving
Partially filled bar model cards for extra scaffolding
Challenge on every card to record the number sentence
π ¦ Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF (minimal colour and black & white)
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
π ¦ Self-Checking Options - No Teacher Marking!
Self-checking Google Form
Self-checking PDF cards to print double sided (question on the front, answer on the back)
π ¦ Student Recording Supports
2 recording sheets: answers only, or bar models and answers
Empty bar model worksheet with six models per page
Answer key included
π ¦ Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google Slides and Google Form
Teaching suggestions
Printing instructions for the self-checking cards
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
πΏ Explicit strategy support β builds confidence and number sense
πΏ Word problems that encourage thinking & reasoning
πΏ Minimal prep β just print and go or assign digitally
πΏ Works for whole class, small groups or interventions
πΏ Helps students see multiplication and division as strategic thinking
