3.OA.5

the answer to a multiplication problem

• factor

• product

• quotient

the numbers that are being multiplied

• dividend

• quotient

• factor

an operation that gives the total number when you join equal groups

• multiplication

• division

• addition

represents objects in equal rows and columns

• equal groups

• multiplication

• array

a plan or way to solve a problem

• donkeys

• strategy

• addition

a multiplication fact that can be broken up into the sum of two other facts

• commutative property

• associative property

• distributive property

the order in which the factors are being multiplied does not change the product

• commutative property

• distributive property

• associative property

numbers or unknown numbers that are combined with operation symbols (5+2, 7X3)

• equation

• expression

• factors

a mathematical statement that uses an equal sign to show that two expressions have the same value

• expression

• equation

• strategy

the way in which numbers are grouped does not change the product

• commutative property

• distributive property

• associative property