Multiplication Strategies

What are equal groups?

• Groups that have the same number of items in each.

• Counting up (or backwards) by numbers larger than 1.

• A maths sentence with numbers and a multiplication symbol.

• Adding the same number over and over again.

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

I had 6 $2 coins. How much money do I have altogether?

Choose the strategy that DOES NOT belong.

• 
• 6 x 2

• 6 + 2

• 6 groups of 2

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

What is repeated addition?

• Counting up (or backwards) by numbers larger than 1.

• Adding the same number over and over again.

• Groups that have the same number of items in each.

• A maths sentence with numbers and a multiplication symbol.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

Four students each had 6 bakugans. How many bakugans did they have altogether?

Choose the strategy that DOES NOT belong.

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6

• 4 groups of 6

• 
• 4 + 4 + 4 + 4

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

 $3\ \times\ 4$  

Choose the correct story for this multiplication number sentence.

• I have 4 baskets of oranges. Each basket has 6 oranges each. 

• I have 3 pencil cases. Each pencil case has 5 pencils in each. 

• I have 3 baskets of apples. Each basket has 4 apples each. 

• I have 3 strawberries. My friend has 4 oranges. 

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

I had a birthday party and invited 5 friends. Each friend took a lolly bag home that had 7 lollies in each. How many lollies were there altogether?

Choose the strategy that DOES NOT belong.

• 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7

• 
• 7 groups of 5

• 5 groups of 7

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

What is skip counting?

• Adding the same number over and over again.

• Counting up (or backwards) by numbers larger than 1.

• A maths sentence with numbers and a multiplication symbol.

• Groups that have the same number of items in each.

Tags

CCSS.1.NBT.A.1

The classroom had 10 iPad's. Each iPad had 3 apps downloaded onto them. How many apps were they all together?

Choose the strategy that DOES NOT belong.

• 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30.

• 10 groups of 3

• 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

• 

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Five families went on a holiday to Queensland. Each family had a mum, a dad and a child. How many people went on this holiday to Queensland?

Choose the strategy that DOES NOT belong.

• 5 x 3

• 5, 10, 15.

• 3 + 5

• 

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

 $7\times4$  

Choose the correct story problem for this multiplication number sentence.

• I had 4 lollies and my friend had 7 lollies. 

• I had 7 lolly bags. Each lolly bag had 4 lollies in it. 

• I had 4 lolly bags. Each lolly bag had 5 lollies in it. 

• I had 7 lolly bags. My friend had 4 lolly bags. 

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3