Mastering Multiplication Strategies for 3rd Graders

The video tutorial covers strategies for multiplying numbers, explaining multiplication as combining equal groups. It introduces multiplication sentences, detailing factors and products. The tutorial emphasizes memorizing multiplication facts and presents four strategies: arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, and number lines. Each strategy is explained with examples. The video concludes with a review and additional resources for further learning.

What is the term used to describe the result of a multiplication operation?

• Sum

• Product

• Difference

• Quotient

What does the second factor in a multiplication sentence tell us?

• How many groups

• How many pieces in each group

• Total pieces

• Number of rows

How many main strategies are there to help with learning multiplication?

• Four

• Three

• Six

• Five

In an array, what does the first factor represent?

• Total objects

• Number of columns

• Number of groups

• Number of rows

If you have 3 rows and 5 columns in an array, how many total objects do you have?

• 20

• 8

• 10

• 15

Which strategy would you use to visualize multiplication by arranging objects in rows and columns?

• Repeated addition

• Array

• Number lines

• Equal groups

Using the equal groups strategy, how many pieces are in each group if there are 2 groups of 8?

• 2

• 16

• 8

• 10

What strategy involves adding the second factor repeatedly?

• Repeated addition

• Array

• Equal groups

• Number lines

How many jumps would you make on a number line if the first factor is 3?

• 6

• 4

• 3

• 5

What is the product of 3 times 4 using a number line?

• 9

• 7

• 15

• 12