Equal Groups
There are 3 equal groups with 4 objects in each group. What multiplication equation represents the groups?
Answer: 3 × 4 = 12
An array has 3 rows with 4 stars in each row. Write a multiplication equation.
3 × 4 = 12
What multiplication equation represents 3 groups of 5?
3 × 5 = 15
In the equation 4 × 5 = 20, what are the factors?
4 and 5
There are 4 plates with 3 cookies on each plate. How many cookies are there?
4 × 3 = 12 cookies
What does 5 × 2 mean?
5 groups of 2, or 5 groups with 2 in each group.
How many objects are in an array with 5 rows and 2 objects in each row?
10 objects
Draw an array to represent 2 × 6. How many objects are in the array?
An array with 2 rows of 6, for a total of 12 objects.
In 3 × 6 = 18, what could the 3 represent?
The number of equal groups.
There are 5 baskets with 2 apples in each basket. Draw a picture and write an equation to solve the problem.
5 × 2 = 10 apples. Drawing should show 5 equal groups of 2.
Draw a picture to show 4 groups of 3. Then write a multiplication equation.
4 groups of 3 = 4 × 3 = 12
Draw an array to represent 4 × 3.
4 groups of 3 = 4 × 3 = 12
In 7 × 4 = 28, what could the 7 represent?
The number of equal groups.
In 3 × 6 = 18, what could the 6 represent?
The number of objects in each group.
There are 3 rows of chairs with 6 chairs in each row. How many chairs are there?
3 × 6 = 18 chairs
There are 6 bags with 2 apples in each bag. Write a multiplication equation and solve.
6 × 2 = 12 apples
There are 6 bags with 2 apples in each bag. Write a multiplication equation and solve.
6 × 2 = 12 apples
Write a word problem that could be solved using 3 × 8.
Answers will vary. Example: “There are 3 bags with 8 apples in each bag. How many apples are there?”
There are 5 groups with 4 students in each group. What do the factors 5 and 4 represent?
5 represents the number of groups, and 4 represents the number of students in each group.
Mia has 4 bags. Each bag has 5 marbles. Write an equation and solve. What does each factor represent?
4 × 5 = 20. The 4 represents the number of bags. The 5 represents the number of marbles in each bag.
Explain what 7 × 3 means using the words “groups” and “each.”
7 groups with 3 in each group.
Explain what 7 × 3 means using the words “groups” and “each.”
7 groups with 3 in each group.
A teacher puts 24 pencils into 6 equal groups. Draw an array, write a multiplication equation, and explain what the factors represent.
6 × 4 = 24. There are 6 groups with 4 pencils in each group. The factors are 6 and 4.
Write a multiplication equation where one factor represents 6 groups and the other factor represents 3 objects in each group. Solve.
6 × 3 = 18
A teacher has 6 boxes. Each box contains 4 pencils. Draw a picture, write an equation, and solve. Explain what the factors represent.
6 × 4 = 24 pencils. 6 represents the number of boxes/groups. 4 represents the number of pencils in each box.