Word problems
A garden has 4 rows of plants with 3 plants in each row. How many plants are there in all?
There are 12 plants.
This property says that anything multiplied by zero is zero.
The Zero Property of Multiplication
18
4 x 3
12
6 x 2
12
There are 6 trays of cupcakes with 5 cupcakes one each tray. How many cupcakes are there in all?
There are 30 cupcakes.
This property says that anything multiplied by one is that same number.
The Identity Property of Multiplication
5 x 5
25
5 x 7
7 x 4
28
There are 48 basketballs.
This property says you can switch your factors and your product will be the same.
The Commutative Property of Multiplication
3 x 7
21
6 x 6
36
3 x 8
24
There are 3 pages of stickers. Each page has 3 rows with 3 stickers in each row. How many total stickers are there?
There are 27 stickers.
This property says that a multiplication fact can be broken apart into the sum of two other multiplication facts.
The Distributive Property of Multiplication
8 x 5
40
7 x 6
42
6 x 5
30
A photo book has 8 pages. On each page, there are 4 rows with 2 photos in each row. How many total photos are there?
There are 64 photos in all.
This property says that you can change the groupings of factors and the product will be the same.
The Associative Property of Multiplication
9 x 9
81
8 x 7
56
72