Understanding Multiplication

Leo, Natalia, and Erik are playing a game of 'Guess the Multiplication'. Can you guess which multiplication they are thinking of?

• Leo says it's '2 X 5 = 10'

• Natalia thinks it's '3 X 3 = 9'

• Erik is sure it's '2 X 4 = 8'

• Or, is it 'THIS ANSWER WILL GIVE ME NO POINTS'?

Leo, Natalia, and Erik are playing a game of 'Guess the Multiplication'. Can you guess which multiplication they are thinking of?

• Leo says it's '2 X 5 = 10'

• Natalia thinks it's '3 X 3 = 9'

• Erik is sure it's '2 X 4 = 8'

• Or, is it 'THIS ANSWER WILL GIVE ME NO POINTS'?

Laura, David, and Jades are at a fruit market. Laura buys 3 bags of apples, each bag containing 4 apples. How many apples does Laura have in total?

• 7

• 10

• 12

• 5

Jades has 4 boxes of chocolates and each box contains 6 chocolates. Can you help Erik find the multiplication sentence for this?

• 4 X 6 = 24

• 4 X 8 = 32

• 48

• 6 X 8 = 48

Sofia, Sophia, and Jose are at a fruit market. They see a vendor selling apples in bundles. Each bundle has 3 apples and the vendor has 6 bundles. How many apples are there in total?

• 36

• 33

• 66

• 18

Jades and Laura are organizing a bookshelf. Jades asks, 'Laura, can you guess how many books this shelf can hold?'

• Jades thinks the shelf can hold 4 rows and 8 columns of books, so 4 X 8 =32

• Laura believes it's 4 rows and 4 columns, so 4 X 4 =16

• Ian suggests it's 3 rows and 3 columns, so 3 X 3 = 9

• Or could it be 4 rows and 5 columns, as Erik thinks, so 4 X 5 = 20?

Julian, Leo, and Valeria are collecting seashells at the beach. Julian has 5 buckets and each bucket contains 2 seashells. Can you help them find out how many seashells Julian has in total?

• 10

• 8

• 52

• 22

Jose, Liv, and Natalia are at the grocery store. They are trying to figure out how many apples they will have if each of them buys a bag of 6 apples. What do you call the answer when you multiply numbers together?

• sum

• factor

• product

• array

Sophia, Sofia, and Julian are playing a game of 'Grocery Store Detective'. They found a price tag and are trying to figure out what it is. Can you help them? Here are their guesses:

• Sophia says it's '5 apples X $6 = $30'

• Julian thinks it's '6 oranges X $4 = $24'

• Sofia believes it's '5 bananas X $5 = $25'

• Julian suggests it's '5 oranges X $4 = $20'

Sofia, Elisa, and Amaya are at a fruit market! Sofia quickly asks, 'Hey guys, if one apple costs 3 dollars, how much would 7 apples cost?' Can you help them find the answer?