Use this differentiated no-prep activity to practise solving and estimating sums involving multiplication and division of decimal numbers.

The solution to each sum matches a letter in the code key. Students solve the sums to identify all the letters, then unscramble them to make a word.

This download includes six levelled worksheets:

• Level 1: Multiplication to 10 and Division with 10, 100 and 1000 (Code Answer: THEME PARK)
• Level 2: Multiplication to 50 and Division to 10 (Code Answer: CARNIVAL)
• Level 3: Multiplication to 400 and Multiplication of Two Decimals (Code Answer: FESTIVAL)

These worksheets can be easily suited to any ability level and context depending on how they are used. Try having students estimate their answers to guess the final word, then check their estimates with a calculator. You can provide a whiteboard for students to calculate using long multiplication and long division or challenge your extension students to use only mental strategies. The options are endless!

Top Teacher Tip: want to practise both multiplication and division? Print each level double-sided to save paper.