Associative Property of Multiplicaiton

​Learning Target:

I can use the Associative Property to multiply three numbers together.​

​Friendship Property

No matter how you group or join the factors, the product is the same.​

Multiple Choice

What tells us to multiply 2 and 3 first?

• It doesn't matter which numbers are in the parenthesis.

• Always do the math operation in the parenthesis first.

Multiple Choice

The Associative Property states that we can multiply factors in any order and get the same product.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The associative property means...

• You can group the factors however you want
• You can flip flop the order
• The answer to a multiplication problem
• Adding

​Table Talk

​How can you solve this problem?

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​2 x 3 x 4 =

Multiple Choice

What is the product?

• 24

• 18

• 32

• 48

​Table Talk - white boards

​What are two different ways to solve...

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​1 x 6 x 4 =

Multiple Choice

What was the product of this equation using the Associative Property?

• 34

• 24

• 23

• 12

​Let's Practice using the Associative Property some more...

Multiple Choice

2 x (2x5)

• 20

• 15

• 18

• 21

Multiple Choice

3 x (2x4)

• 20

• 18

• 24

• 30

Multiple Choice

(7x5) x 1

• 20

• 25

• 35

• 40

Multiple Choice

(2x3) x 5

• 24

• 20

• 35

• 30

Poll

How are you feeling?