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✖️ Multiplication

Turn slow adding into speedy math! Master groups, arrays, and times tables.

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~15 min

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🔢 Math

subject

Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Explain multiplication as repeated addition using equal groups, arrays, factors, and products.Multiplication is a fast way to add equal groups. Arrays show multiplication as rows and columns. The numbers being multiplied are factors, and the answer is the product.
Use the commutative property, times tables, the times-ten pattern, and real-life multiplication.Order does not change a product (commutative property). Times tables build quick recall, multiplying by 10 adds a zero, and multiplication solves everyday problems.

Questions this course answers

What does multiplication really do?

Multiplication is a fast way to add the same number repeatedly, such as 4 times 3 meaning four groups of three.

If you have 5 plates with 2 cookies each, how many cookies total?

Five equal groups of 2 is 5 times 2, which equals 10 cookies.

In 6 times 2 equals 12, what is 12 called?

The answer to a multiplication problem is called the product; 6 and 2 are the factors.

If 3 times 8 equals 24, what does 8 times 3 equal?

The commutative property means order does not matter, so 8 times 3 also equals 24.

What is a quick trick for multiplying a whole number by 10?

Multiplying a whole number by 10 just adds a zero to the end, so 7 times 10 equals 70.

You buy 3 packs of juice with 6 boxes in each pack. How many juice boxes?

Three groups of 6 is 3 times 6, which equals 18 juice boxes.

Grounded in trusted sources

How to Teach Multiplication: Steps, Ways, and Activities - SplashLearn (splashlearn.com/blog/how-to-teach-multiplication)
Commutative Property of Multiplication - SplashLearn (splashlearn.com/math-vocabulary/multiplication/commutative-property-of-multiplication)
Common Core and Multiplication - Mathematics For Elementary Education I (openwa.pressbooks.pub/math131/chapter/common-core-and-multiplication)
How to Use a Multiplication Array - Kate's Homeschool Math Help (kateshomeschoolmath.com/multiplication-array)

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