Array
Order and Grouping
Place Value
Word Problems
Meaning of Multiplication
100

Draw an array to represent: 3 x 5

Label your rows and columns

What is the product?

3 rows x 5 columns = 15 total

100
Does the order of the factors matter when you are multiplying?

No, you can put them in any order and still get the same product. 

100

What is the product of 3 x 90?

270

100

I have 2 pots of 3 flowers. How many flowers do I have in all? 

6 flowers in all

100

Define the word: Product

The answer to a multiplication equation

200

Draw an array to represent: 6 x 1

Label your rows and columns

What is the product?

6 rows x 1 column = 6 total 

200

Multiply these three factors: 3, 7, and 2

What is the product?

42

200

Explain the rule to use if you are multiplying with a factor that ends in a 0 or more than one 0

You take away the zero/zeros and add them back to the product in the end

200

A shelf has 6 rows. Each row holds 7 books. How many books fit on the shelf?

42 books fit on the shelf

200

Define rows and columns 

Rows represent the equal groups and go side to side 

Columns represent the items in the equal groups and go up and down 

300

If I want to split up the rows in this expression, which factor would I split up?

5 x 9

5

300

Show how to break apart one of the factors in this expression then find the product: 

9 x 8 

Sample answer: 

(9 x 5) + (9 x 3) =

45 + 27 = 72

300

What is the product of 50 x 6?

300

300

A toy store puts 9 toy cars in each pack. If they make 8 packs, how many toy cars do they have?
 

72 toy cars

300

Define the word: Factor

a number that you multiply 

400

Draw an array for 2 x 7 

Split up the columns 

What is your new expression using parenthesis? 

What is the product?

Sample answer : 

(2 x 5) + (2 x 2) = 

10 + 4 = 

14 

400

Multiply these three factors: 6,8, and 9

Find the product 

432

400

What is the product of 10 x 100?

1,000

400

A school buys 5 boxes of crayons. Each box has 12 packs of crayons. Each pack has 4 crayons inside.
How many crayons did the school buy in total?

  • 12 packs × 4 crayons = 48 crayons per box

  • 48 × 5 boxes = 240 crayons

400

Explain what all of these symbols and numbers are called: 2 x 9 x 3 = 54

2 is a factor

x means multiply 

9 is a factor

x means multiply 

3 is a factor

= means equal 

54 is the product 

500

What is the equation for this array? What is the product?

4 x 8 = 32

500

Show two different ways to group two of the factors in this expression and solve BOTH using parenthesis: 

2 x 4 x 7

Possible answers: 


(2 x 4) x 7 

(7 x 2) x 4

500

What is the product of 80 x 500?

40,000

500

A snack table has 3 trays.
Each tray has 5 bowls, and each bowl has 12 pretzels.
If the teacher wants twice as many pretzels for the party, how many pretzels does she need in all?

5 × 12 = 60 pretzels per tray
60 × 3 = 180 pretzels
Twice as many = 180 × 2 = 360 pretzels

500

What is multiplication? 

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