Draw A Picture
Arrays
Tape Diagrams
Distributive and Commutative
100

Mrs. Payne arranges all her desks into 10 equal groups of 2. How many desks are in the classroom? Show a picture and multiplication sentence in your work.

10 x 2 = 20 

She has 20 desks in her room. 

100

Draw an array that shows 2 rows of 4

Check boards for answers. 

100

Braxtons class has 21 students. In the class he organizes them into 3 table groups. How many students will be at each table? Use a tape diagram to show your work, and write a division equation.

21 / 3 = 7 

He has 7 students at each table. 

100

Use the commutative property to fill in the blanks.

3 x 4 = _____

4 x __ = _____

3 x 4 = 12

4 x 3 = 12

200

Mrs. Prestia is growing carrots for her bunnies she makes 5 pots with 3 carrot seeds in each. How many carrots will she have? Draw a picture and write a multiplication sentence to show your work. 

5 x 3 = 15 

15 Carrots 

200

Draw an array that shows 5 rows of 3

Check boards for answers

200

Rivers class has to separate 40 pencils into 8 pencil bags. How many pencils will be in each bag? Use a tape diagram to show your work, and write a division equation. 

40 / 8 = 5

There will be 5 pencils in each bag

200

If 5 x 6 = 30. Use the commutative property to show another equation.

6 x 5 = 30

300

Mrs. Christy buys 4 boxes of books. Each box has 6 books in it. Draw a picture and write a multiplication equation to show how many total books she bought. Then explain what the Product of the answer represents. 

4 x 6 = 24 

The product is 24 and represents the total number of books she bought. 

300

Draw an array that shows 3 x 4

3 rows going down 4 going to the side

300

David grades 6 stacks of papers every day of the week. How many stacks of papers does se grade in total in a week? Use a tape diagram to show your work, and write a multiplication equation. 

6 x 7 = 42

He grades 42 stacks of papers. 



Yes... there is a 6 and 7 ;)

300

use the numbers 4, 8 and 32 to show the commutative property. 

4 x 8 = 32

8 x 4 = 32

400

Ms. Schmitz buys 2 labubus every day for 5 days. How many Labubus did she buy in total? Draw a picutre and write a multiplication equation. Then write a related division sentence. 

2 x 5 = 10

10 / 5 = 2 

400

Draw an array that shows 8 x 2 and then 2 x 8. Make sure to lable which equation goes with which array. 

Check boards for answers

400

Hazel buys 4 bags of fluff balls. There are 10 fluff balls in each bag. How many total fluff balls does she buy? Use a tape diagram to show your work, and write an equation. 

4 x 10 = 40

she has 40 total fluff balls

400

Mr. Park buys a tray of fruit for a class party. There are 3 rows of  3 peaches and 2 rows of 3 pears. Use "o" to show the peaches and 'x' to show the pears. Then fill in the blanks to this equation. 

(__ x 3) + ( __ x 3) 

9 + ___  = ____

Total equation: ___ x 3 = ____

( 3 x 3) + ( 2 x 3) 

9 + 6 = 15

Total equation: 5 x 3 = 15

500

The 3rd grade teachers make 9 piles of books. There are 7 books in each pile. How many books do they stack in all? Draw a picture and write a multiplication equation to show your work. Then write a related division equation. 

9 x 7 = 63

63 / 9 = 7

there are 63 books stacked in all

500

How is an array that shows 3 x 6 similar to an array that shows 6 x 3?

Answers may vary bust should include something like: 

They have the same totals

They have the same factors

Commutative property

500

Dany, Sara, Parwaan, and Nathalie all go to the store. They each pick out 4 flowers. How many total flowers do all of them have together? Use a tape diagram to show your work, and write a division equation. 

4 x 4 = 16 

They have 16 total flowers 

500

Lucian has 4 rows of 2 baseball cards, and 3 rows of 2 basketbll cards. How many total cards does he have? Use "o" to show baseball cards in the aray and "x" to show basketball cards in an array, then fill in the blanks. 

(__ x 2) + ( __ x 2) = 

___+ ___  = ____

Total equation: ___ x 2 = ____

( 4x 2) + ( 3 x 2) = 

8 + 6  = 14

Total equation: 7 x 2 = 14