Bring multiplication and division fluency to life with our interactive Mine Find: Multiplication & Division Fact Families POWERPOINT! This engaging, mining-themed game supports students in building confidence with fact families by helping them visually identify and match related multiplication and division facts. With its click-to-play format and built-in feedback, it’s the perfect way to consolidate core number facts in a fun and hands-on way.

Students work through a series of colourful mine cart puzzles. Each cart requires a complete fact family made up of two multiplication and two division facts. Students select gems - each labelled with a number sentence - and place them into the mine cart slots. If the combination is correct, they move on to the next puzzle. This activity encourages reasoning, pattern recognition and mental recall, all while keeping students engaged in an interactive game format.

Mine Find: Multiplication & Division Fact Families POWERPOINT is ideal for use on an interactive whiteboard or personal device and works well in whole-class warm-ups, small group rotations or independent practice. With editable slides, it can be easily customised to suit your class level, making it perfect for reinforcing known facts or introducing new ones.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and complete multiplication and division fact families
• ✅ Strengthen fluency and mental recall of basic number facts
• ✅ Apply reasoning to recognise the inverse relationship between operations
• ✅ Practise number fact matching in a visual and interactive format
• ✅ Engage in collaborative problem-solving through gameplay

What’s Included:

• Editable PowerPoint game with multiple mine cart puzzles
• Clickable gem selections and slots for each cart
• Built-in interactive functionality for self-checking
• Instructions for use and ideas for differentiation

Materials Needed:

• PowerPoint-compatible device or interactive whiteboard
• Optional: scrap paper, whiteboards or number lines for student support

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint in presentation mode for full interactivity.
2. Students click on a gem and then a mine cart slot to place it.
3. They complete each cart with a correct fact family of two multiplication and two division facts.
4. Gems can be deselected and swapped as needed.
5. Continue through the slides to complete all mine cart challenges.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up at the start of your maths block
• 💡 Play in pairs to encourage discussion and support
• 💡 Assign as a maths rotation activity for independent reinforcement
• 💡 Track student fluency by noting speed and accuracy over time
• 💡 Use editable slides to differentiate for different multiplication ranges

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Remind students that every fact family includes four number sentences
• 💛 Use the editable version to insert your own gem numbers
• 💛 Provide visual aids like arrays or number bonds to scaffold understanding
• 💛 Encourage students to verbalise the fact family before clicking

Mine Find: Multiplication & Division Fact Families POWERPOINT turns fact family practice into an exciting, visual puzzle - perfect for building fluency and confidence through interactive and student-friendly learning.