Multiplication Vocabulary
Multiplication patterns
Estimate Products
Multi-Digit Multiplication
Multiplication properties
100

The product of a given number and any nonzero whole number.

Multiple

100

10 x 4

100 x 4

1000 x 4

40

400

4000

100

Estimate the product: 31 x 45

1,500

100

1098 x 7

7,686

100

Changing the order of factors does not change the product.

Commutative Property

200

The answer to a multiplication problem

Product

200

30 x 9

300 x 9

3,000 x 9

270

2,700

27,000


200

Estimate the product:  $8.22 x 318

$2,400
200

76,057 x 3

228,171

200

A multiplication fact that can be broken apart into the sum of two other multiplication facts.

Distributive Property


300

A place in a data set where several data points are closer together.

Cluster

300

70 x 2 

700 x 2 

7000 x 2

140

1,400

14,000

300

Estimate the product:  $2.50 x 96

$300


300

68 x 24

1,632

300

Changing the grouping of addends does not change the product.

Associative Property


400

A small multiplication answer you get by breaking big numbers apart by place value before adding them all together for your final total

Partial Product

400

80 x 6

800 x 6

8000 x 6

480

4,800

48,000

400

Estimate the product:  861 x 23

18,000

400

154 x 360

55,440


400

The product of 0 and a number is 0.

Zero Property 


500

A process that determines which multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on a number is closest to.

Rounding

500

60 x 7

600 x 7 

6000 x 7

420

4,200

42,000


500

Estimate by clustering: $1.99 + $2.41 + $2.08 + $1.75

$8

500

229 x 526

120,454

500

The product of 1 and a number is that number.

Identity Property

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