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100

Name the strategy shown below.

7 x 4 =

7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 28

Repeated Addition 

100

Eli bought two packs of gum and each pack had four pieces. How many pieces of gum did Eli have? 

Eli had eight pieces of gum.

100

 25

x 2

5_

50

100
2 x 4 = 

8

100

 32

x 5

160

200

14 x 6 =

6 groups of 14

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Array Model

200

Tia bought 6 boxes of oranges. There are 42 oranges in each box. How many oranges did Tia buy?

Tia bought 252 oranges.

200

 72

x 3

21_

216

200

5 x 3 =

15

200

 58

x 4


232

300

62 x 7 = 

            60                 l            2            l         Partial Products

    l    7x60= 420        l         7x2= 14     l                   420

7  l                            l                          l                   +14

    l                            l                          l                    434    

Area Model

300

Felix is training for a mini marathon. Each day Felix plans on running for 350 minutes. If he runs for 7 days, how many minutes will Felix run for?

Felix would run for 2,450 minutes in 7 days.

300

 528

x   6

_,168

3,168

300

7 x 10 = 

70
300

 334

x  7

2,338

400

  1

  672

 x   4

2,548

Standard Algorithm 

400

Sylas opened a new donut shop. Each day he makes 1,249 donuts. How many donuts would Sylas make in 8 days?

Sylas would make 9,992 donuts.

400

2,427

x     6

14,_62

14,562

400

7 x 6 = 

42

400

5,316

x     5

26,580

500

Solve the multiplication problem. Show two strategies.

523

x  6

3,138

plus 2 strategies 

500

Lizzy is training for a food eating contest. Each time Lizzy trains she eats 9 jumbo bags of Blue Takis. Each jumbo bag of Blue Takis has 3,548 chips in each. How many Blue Takis chips does Lizzy eat every time she trains?

Lizzy eats 31,932 Blue Takis chips.

500

6,313

x     7

4_,191

44,191

500

9  x 9 = 

81

500
6,827

x     7

47,789

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