Solve word problems using one of the following strategies: draw an array, draw equal groups, skip count forward, repeated addition, or multiplication sentences.
This fruit-themed activity will help your students connect repeated addition for 5's and 6's in order to see how multiplication works. It serves as a great visual for budding mathematicians, and kids will love adding up the different groups of fruit!
Improve your pattern-recognition and estimation skills as you practice multiplication and division. Children use techniques like breaking down numbers and fast addition to arrive at the correct answer — and to understand the concepts behind the process!
Give your students a chance to practice multiplication and division word problems with a partner. Use this worksheet with the Stepping Through Multiplication & Division Word Problems lesson.
The distributive property is a great tool to help with mental math and simplifying larger multiplication problems. Use this scaffolded resource with your students as an introduction to the distributive property.