Multiplication Patterns
What is the answer in a multiplication problem?
product
Which expression is equivalent to 3x8?
2x8 + 6x8
or
2x8 + 1x8
2x8 + 1x8
There are 8 poets who write for a literary magazine. For an upcoming issue, each poet wrote 2 poems. How many poems are there in all?
16
x x x x x
x x x x x
x x x x x
3x5
2x3 = 3x___
2
What will the product have in the ONES PLACE when one factor is 2?
0,2,4,6,8
Decompose the 6 to solve 6x8
6x8
5x8 + 1x8
40+8
48
At a local school, 5 students each wrote 7 letters to students in another country. How many letters were written in all?
35
x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x
2x8
3x6 is equivalent to 6x__?
3
When one factor is a 1, the product will be what?
The same as the other factor
Decompose the 7 to solve 7x6
7x6
5x6 + 2x6
30+12
42
Alice has 7 envelopes. Each envelope contains 3 sheets of paper. How many sheets of paper are there in all?
21
x x
x x
x x
x x
x x
5x2
9x1 = 1x___?
What will be in the ONES PLACE when multiplying by 5?
0 or 5
Decompose the 8 to solve 7x8
7x8
7x5 + 7x3
35 + 21
56
A teacher has 8 boxes of chalk. Each box has 8 pieces of chalk. How many pieces of chalk does the teacher have?
64
x x x x x x
x x x x x x
x x x x x x
x x x x x x
4x6
8x6 = 6x?
8
What will be in the ONES PLACE when one factor is a 10?
0 or zero
Decompose the 9 to solve 8x9
8x9
8x5 + 8x4
40 + 32
A seed company filled 9 bags with seed. They put 9 grams of seed in each bag. How many grams of seed are there in all the bags combined?
81
x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x
3x9
6x5 = 5x?
6