Students write multiplication sentences for arrays and equal groups, draw arrays for two facts, test turning an array around, and solve two story problems.
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This page teaches what multiplication means through pictures. Students write a multiplication sentence for each dot array and each set of equal circles, find 4 × 7 and 2 × 8 and draw them as arrays, and decide whether 5 rows of 3 and 3 rows of 5 give the same product. Two story problems, about crayons in cups and rows of tomato plants, ask for the unit word after the answer. The key accepts factors in either order, since 5 × 4 also describes 4 rows of 5.
In Part A, ask students to say "4 rows of 5" or "3 groups of 7" before writing. Students who count every dot one by one get the total but not the two factors the sentence needs.
When students draw the Part B arrays, rows often end up with different numbers of dots. Have them count each row before they count the total.
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Students write multiplication sentences for arrays and equal groups and draw arrays for 4 × 7 and 2 × 8. Division is not covered.
Students write and solve multiplication sentences for two equal-group story problems. Division and groups of halves, fourths or thirds are not covered.
Students find 5 × 3 and 3 × 5 with arrays and see that the order does not change the product. It is one short item, and the link to division is not covered.
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