Topics 2 and 3 Patterns and Properties in Multiplication

Samuel was arranging his collectible cars on the shelf while cleaning his bedroom.

• The shelf had 5 rows.
• He put 4 cars in each row.

How many cars did Samuel put on the shelf?

• 9

• 16

• 20

• 25

Mr. Bissinger is setting up tables and chairs for a staff meeting.

• There are 7 tables.
• Each table has 9 chairs.

How many chairs does Mr. Bissinger have?

• 2

• 16

• 36

• 63

Maria bought 5 boxes of cupcakes at the bakery. Every box has 6 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did Maria buy?

• 1

• 11

• 30

• 35

The farmer has 6 baskets with 8 pieces of fruit in each basket. How many pieces of fruit does the farmer have?

• 14

• 42

• 48

• 56

Charlie has 24 stickers. He wants to share them equally between himself and three friends. How many stickers should each person get?

• 28

• 20

• 8

• 6

Juan needed to buy apples to make juice. He bought 9 bags of apples with 8 apples in each bag. Which expression can be used to find the total number of apples Juan has?

• 9 + 5

• 9 x 8

• 9 ÷ 8

• 9 - 8

Which of the following shows a way that 3 x 6 could be solved?

• (1 x 3) + (2 x 3)

• (3 x 5) + (3 x 1)

• (5 + 3) x (1 + 3)

• (3 x 2) + (3 x 3)

Lizzy couldn’t remember the product of 3 x 7. She decided to break the array for 3 x 7 into two multiplication combinations that she knew. Which two expressions below could be used to find the product of 3 x 7?

• (1 x 2) + (2 x 5)

• (7 x 1) + (7 x 2)

• (3 + 2) x (3 + 5)

• (7 + 1) x (7 + 2)

Which equation shows why the two arrays have the same number of squares?

• 2 x 3 = 3 x 2

• 2 x 1 = 3 x 1

• 2 + 3 = 3 + 2

• 2 + 2 = 3 + 3 + 3

Sue set up her toy cars in an array.

• There are 6 rows.
• There are 5 cars in each row.

How many toy cars does sue have?

• 11 cars

• 25 cars

• 30 cars

• 36 cars