Introduction to Multiplication

Arjun, Noah, and Michael decided to form groups for their school project. Can you guess how many groups they ended up forming?

• 4

• 3

• 12

Answer explanation

There are 4 groups. This is the correct choice.

Abigail, Jackson, and Henry are having a fun math race! They are trying to figure out which repeated addition sentence is correct. Can you help them?

• 3+3+3+3=12

• 4+4+4=12

Answer explanation

The repeated addition sentence is 3+3+3+3=12, which correctly shows the repeated addition of 3 four times to equal 12.

Elijah and Zoe are having a fun math race! If Elijah jumps 2 steps at a time and does it 4 times, how many steps does he jump in total?

• 2 x 2

• 4 x 2

• 4 + 2 

• 2 x 8

Answer explanation

The multiplication sentence that is the same as 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 is 4 x 2. This is because adding 2 four times is equivalent to multiplying 2 by 4.

Noah, Grace, and Abigail are having a fun day at the park. They decide to play a game where they form groups of 6. They end up forming 5 groups. Can you help them figure out which repeated addition sentence represents the total number of people in all the groups?

• 6 + 5

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6

• 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5

Answer explanation

5 groups of 6 is the same as adding 6 five times, which is 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6.

Ava, Aiden, and William decided to have a lemonade stand. If they each sold 10 lemonades and each lemonade cost $10, how much money did they make in total?

• $90

• $80

• $110

• $100

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 100 because when you add 10 ten times, you get 100.

Aria, Arjun, and Sophia are having a fun competition! They are trying to build the biggest rectangular array. Can you help them figure out which number model matches their rectangular array?

• Aria's model: 5+5+5=15

• Arjun's model: 3+3+3=9

• Sophia's model: 3+3+3+3+3=15

• Their combined model: 5+5+5+5+5=30

Answer explanation

The correct number model is 5+5+5=15 because it correctly represents the rectangular array.

Oliver, Zoe, and Isla are playing a game of tic-tac-toe. If Oliver wants to win, should he place his marker across the ___________?

• columns

• rows

Answer explanation

Rows go across in a table. Columns go down.

Aria and Mia are having a debate. Aria says columns go up and down, but Mia thinks it's rows. Who is correct?

• Aria (columns)

• Mia (rows)

Answer explanation

Columns go up and down, while rows go left and right. In this question, the correct choice is columns.

Henry, Grace, and Aria are having a fun math race! They stumbled upon this multiplication sentence: 7 x 5 = ?
Can you help them by choosing the correct repeated addition sentence that represents this multiplication?

• 7 + 5 = ?

• 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 = ?

• 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = ?

• 7 + 7 + 7 = ?

Answer explanation

The correct repeated addition sentence for the multiplication 7 x 5 is 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7.

Oliver, Anika, and Emma are playing a game of 'Array Detective'. They found an array and are trying to figure out the matching equation. Can you help them solve it?

• 5 x 3 = 15

• 3 x 5 = 15

• 4 x 3 = 12

• 3 x 4 = 12

Answer explanation

The equation 5 x 3 = 15 matches the given array. It is the correct choice because it correctly multiplies 5 and 3 to give the result of 15.