Multiplication
Strategies to Multiply and Divide
Properties of Operations
Equations and Expressions
Division
100

The numbers that are multiplied together to get a product

Factors

100

A pictorial representation of multiplication or division where length and width represent factors.

Area Model

100

The product of any number and zero is zero.

Zero Property

100

A set of related multiplication and division equations using the same numbers

Fact Family

100

Split evenly, shared equally, divvy up, quotient, half, and "into groups".

Division

200

The final result or answer of a multiplication problem.

Product

200

Objects arranged in equal rows and columns to show multiplication or division.

Array

200

The product of any number and one is that number.

Identity property

200

Operations that undo each other; multiplication and division are inverse operations. Addition and subtraction are also inverse operations

Inverse Operations

200

The number being divided.

Dividend

300

Times, product, doubled, tripled, groups of, per, and "times as many".

Multiplication

300

 A strategy where you multiply parts of a number (like by its place value) and then add them together.

Partial Products

300

Changing the order of the factors does not change the product

Commutative Property

300

A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign to show that two expressions have the same value

Equation

300

The number you are dividing by.

Divisor

400

The number that tells you how many times to multiply the multiplicand.

Multiplier

400

The traditional step-by-step procedure used to solve a computation.

Standard Algorithm

400

Changing the grouping of factors does not change the product.

Associative Property

400

The specific value that the variable is standing in for.

Unknown

400

The answer to a division problem

Quotient

500

The product of a given number and any whole number (e.g., skip counting).

Multiple

500

A linear model used to represent the parts and total of a problem.

Strip Diagram

500

Multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend by the number and then adding them together.

Distributive Property

500

A letter or symbol used to represent a number we do not know yet.

Variable

500

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided into equal whole groups.

Remainder