Understanding angles (age 8+)
Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas
Typical age: 8–9 years
“If your child needs to carpet a room that is 5 m by 4 m, can they work out how much carpet to buy — using multiplication rather than counting squares?”
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