properties
Associative Property
Distributive Property
word problems.
vocabulary
100

what property tells us that 0 multiplied by any factor equals 0 

Zero property

100

(8x3)x5=3x(___x___)

3x(8x5)

100

 Jamal broke up a large array into a 3 × 6array and a 4 × 6 array. What was the large array? Show your work.

7 x 6 (I will check white boards) 

100

There are 9 rows of chairs. Each row has 7 chairs.
How many chairs are there in all?

➡️ 9 × 7 = 63 

100

what are factors?

numbers that we multiply together 

200

what 2 new properties did we learn about in topic 3 

distributive property and associative property

200

associative property can also be known as the _____ property 

grouping

200

Original: Liam bought 5 paint sets. Each set has 2 paintbrushes and 4 paints.
Question: How many items does he have in total?

you need to write out your equations and dray the array for each set 

 (5 x 2) + (5 x 4) = 10 + 20 = 30 

I will check white boards

200

James has 8 drawers, and each drawer has 4 pairs of socks.
How many pairs of socks does he have?

➡️ 8 × 4 = ___

200

when we are justifying our reasoning we our __________

Explaining how we got our answer.

300

what does the distributive property tell us? 

That we can break a multiplication fact (or array) into 2. 

300

A bookstore uses 6 books in each display. There are 2 displays on each of the bookstore’s 4 walls. How many books are used in the displays? (use your counters to make the arrays if needed)*you need your equation!!

6 x 2 x 4 = 48

300

3X5 make and break this array using the distributive property. write out the full equation 

___x___=(__x__)+(___x___)

I will come around and check 

300

Alma has 6 bags of beads. There are 8 beads in each bag. How many beads does Alma have? (write out your equation!)

8 X 6 = 48

300

the answer in multiplication is called the

 product

400

associative property is called the _______ property 

grouping

400

A bakery has bagels displayed on 4 shelves. Each shelf has 2 baskets. Each basket has 8 bagels. How many bagels are displayed in all? Write an expression that represents the amount.

(4 x 2) x 8 (i will check boards) 

400

 Find the equation for the whole array.  justify your reasoning.  (use counters) 

(3 × 8) + (4 × 8) =

7X8

400

Each of 4 tables has 2 boxes of pizza.
Each box has 8 slices.
write the equation using the associative property 

(4 × 2) × 8 = 4 × (2 × 8)

400


The product of a given number and any other whole number is called a

multiple

500

Name the 5 properties and describe what they tell us 

zero, associative, commutative, identity, and distributive (will check for meanings) 

500

There are 2 boxes, and each box has 3 bags of balloons.
Each bag has 4 balloons.
How many balloons are there in all?

(2 × 3) × 4 = 2 × (3 × 4) 


24

500

Original: A bakery gets 8 boxes. Each box has 3 chocolate and 5 vanilla cupcakes.
Question: How many cupcakes were ordered?

make the array(s) and write your equations. JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER ALOUD. 

(8 x 3) + (8 x 5) = 64 

500

There are 4 schools, and each school has 3 basketball teams.
Each team has 2 players.
How many basketball players are there in total?

➡️ 4 × 3 × 2 =24

500

A number sentence that uses an equal sign (=) to show the value to its left is the same as the value to its right is called an

Equation 

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