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What is the answer to a multiplication equation called?
product
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1 x 5
Remember: ____ groups of ____
1 group of 5
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Remember: ____ groups of ____
5 x 1
5 groups of 1
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Grace made gift bags of cookies for her five friends. She put 3 cookies in each bag. How many cookies did she give to her friends?
15 cookies
5 x 3
5 groups (gift bags) of 3 (cookies inside)
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Which two addends can you break the factor of 9 into?
4 and 2
4 and 5
3 and 3
6 and 2
4 and 5
4 + 5 = 9
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The parentheses in an equation mean ______.
Example:
23 x (2 + 3) =
do that equation first
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3 x 3
3 groups of 3
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3 x 4
3 groups of 4
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Bobby had a party and invited 10 of his good friends. He gave each friend 4 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did her share with his friends?
40 pieces of candy
10 x 4
10 groups (friends) of 4 (pieces of candy for each friend)
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3 x 9 = (3x6) + (3x3)
300
What is the rule when you multiply a number by 0? Use examples.
the answer will always be 0
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5 x 3
5 groups of 3
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7 x 6
7 groups of 6
300
Richard made cupcakes for his birthday. He put 5 candies on the top of each cupcake. Seven friends came to the party. How many pieces of candy in all were on top of the 7 cupcakes?
35 candies
7 x 5
7 groups (7 cupcakes) of 5 (candies on top of each cupcake)
300
24
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What is the rule when you multiply a number by 1?
Use examples.
the answer will always be the other factor that is not 1
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9 x 2
9 groups of 2
400
8 x 10
8 groups of 10
400
Dean made 4 different types of muffins. He made a dozen (12) of each kind. How many muffins did he make in all?
48 muffins
4 x 12
4 groups (types of muffins) of 12 (dozen muffins of each kind)
400
Select the situation that can be represented by 4 x 4.
