3-9 Exploring Multiplication Squares

3-9 Exploring Multiplication Squares

Mental Math and Fluency

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You have 2 homework pages each school day. How many homework pages do you have in a 5-day school week?

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A cook places 10 grapes in each of 7 fruit cups. How many grapes are there in all?

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Kara has 5 stickers on each page of her journal. Her journal has 8 pages in it. How many stickers does Kara have in all?

Math Message

On your whiteboard or in your math notetaking notebook, draw an array that has 3 rows of Xs with 3 Xs in each row.

Record a number sentence that matches your array.

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How many total Xs did you draw?

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What is your number sentence that matches your array?

Multiple Choice

What overall shape did your array make?

• square

• triangle

• circle

• trapezoid

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Draw a square array with factors of 4.

What is the product?

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Draw an array that matches the number model:

6x6

What is the product?

Multiple Choice

What shape was your 6 x 6 array?

• circle

• trapezoid

• square

• triangle