ARRAYS & EQUAL GROUPS
REPEATED ADDITION/BASIC FACTS
WORD PROBLEMS
100

What multiplication fact matches the array shown below? x x x x x x       x x x x x x      x x x x x x         x x x x x x

6 x 4

100
How can you solve 8 x 6 with repeated addition?
8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8= 48 or 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 48
100
There are 4 bags of oranges on the table. Each bag has 2 oranges in it? How many oranges are there altogether?
There are 8 oranges altogether.
200

What multiplication fact is represented by the equal groups shown below? X X X     X X X      X X X      X XX

4 X 3

200
What multiplication problem will help you solve this repeated addition problem? 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
2 x 5 = 10
200
Sarah has 5 friends. She gives each friend 3 stickers. How many stickers is she giving to her friends in all?
She is giving out 15 stickers.
300
Michael has 3 dogs. To show how many paws they have in all, what will your equal groups look like? How many groups? How many in each group?
You can draw 3 groups of 4 or 4 groups of 3.
300
What is 5 x 6?
30
300
Four monkeys ate some bananas for a snack. Each monkey had six bananas. What is the total number of bananas that they ate?
They had 24 bananas total.
400
Which array shows 2 x 7 = 14 A.) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x or B.) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Choice A shows an array to represent 2 x 7 = 14. (Choice B has 14 x's but they are not in even rows and columns.)
400
What is 3 x 8?
24
400
There are four groups of desks in our classroom. Five desks are at each group. How many students can sit at a desk in our classroom?
There are enough desks for 20 students.
500

Which array matches the equal groups drawn here? 

x x x x x    x x x x x   x x x x x    x x x x x 

A.) x x x x   x x x x   x x x x   x x x x   x x x x 

B.) x x x x x   x x x x x   x x x x x    x x x x x

Both A AND B represent the equal groups. 4 rows of 5 AND 5 rows of 4 are both acceptable ways to draw this array.

500
What is 9 x 4?
36
500
CHALLENGE!!!!! There are 7 third grade classes. Each class has about 20 students in it. Approximately how many students are there in third grade at Welch Elementary?
There are about 140 students.