Meanings of Multiplication
Properties
Add to, Put Together/Take Apart, Take From, and Compare and fraction fun
100

3 × 5 means what?

3 groups of 5 = 15 ✅

100

what property is this 3 × 4 = 4 × 3

Commutative

100

Maria had 6 apples. She bought 4 more. How many apples does she have now?”

ADDT to 

200

Create a real-life example for 5 × 3

5 baskets with 3 apples each

200

what  is this question showing 

2 × 3) × 4 = 2 × (3 × 4)

200

There are 12 red marbles and 8 blue marbles. How many in all?”

Put Together/Take Apart problem

300

7 × 10 = ?

70

300

what is this showing 5 × (2 + 3) = (5 × 2) + (5 × 3)

Distributive

300


There were 20 pencils. 5 were given away. How many are left?”

Take From

400

4 × 7

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400

what  is this 5+3=3+5

 Properties of Addition

Commutative Property

400

MAke any take from question 

make it your own 

500

used Multiply 23 × 15 using partial products.

20×10=20020×5=1003×10=303×5=15

Add them together:

200+100+30+15=345✅200 + 100 + 30 + 15 = 345 ✅200+100+30+15=345✅ 

500

what is this (2+4)+6=2+(4+6)

Associative Property

500

Liam has 15 stickers. Ava has 10 stickers. How many more does Liam have?”

COMPARE