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✖️ 3rd grade math · Multiply & Divide

Equal groups

3 × 4 means 3 groups with 4 in each. Count by 4s three times: 4, 8, 12.

Worked example

4 plates with 5 stickers in each. How many stickers? 4 × 5 = ?
Answer: 20
4 × 5 means 4 groups of 5. Count by 5s, 4 times: 5, 10, 15, 20. So 4 × 5 = 20.

For grown-ups: Multiplication as equal groups. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 3.OA.A.1
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Practices multiplication as equal groups (3.OA.A.1). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 2 baskets with 2 acorns in each. How many acorns? 2 × 2 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 4
    2 × 2 means 2 groups of 2. Count by 2s, 2 times: 2, 4. So 2 × 2 = 4.
  2. 5 boxes with 4 stickers in each. How many stickers? 5 × 4 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 20
    5 × 4 means 5 groups of 4. Count by 4s, 5 times: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. So 5 × 4 = 20.
  3. 2 plates with 4 pebbles in each. How many pebbles? 2 × 4 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 8
    2 × 4 means 2 groups of 4. Count by 4s, 2 times: 4, 8. So 2 × 4 = 8.

Before and after

Learn first: Arrays: rows and columns (2nd)

Comes next: Missing factor (3rd)

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Equal groups (3rd grade)

  1. 5 bags with 10 acorns in each. How many acorns? 5 × 10 = ?
  2. 2 plates with 10 acorns in each. How many acorns? 2 × 10 = ?
  3. 5 bowls with 5 stickers in each. How many stickers? 5 × 5 = ?
  4. 2 bowls with 10 stickers in each. How many stickers? 2 × 10 = ?
  5. 4 boxes with 2 apples in each. How many apples? 4 × 2 = ?
  6. 2 baskets with 2 buttons in each. How many buttons? 2 × 2 = ?
  7. 5 plates with 5 acorns in each. How many acorns? 5 × 5 = ?
  8. 2 plates with 5 stickers in each. How many stickers? 2 × 5 = ?
  9. 4 boxes with 4 strawberries in each. How many strawberries? 4 × 4 = ?
  10. 5 baskets with 2 cookies in each. How many cookies? 5 × 2 = ?
  11. 5 bags with 2 apples in each. How many apples? 5 × 2 = ?
  12. 4 jars with 4 shells in each. How many shells? 4 × 4 = ?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 20
  3. 25
  4. 20
  5. 8
  6. 4
  7. 25
  8. 10
  9. 16
  10. 10
  11. 10
  12. 16

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