A Parent’s Guide to Multiplication
What is Multiplication?
Multiplication is an operation used to find the total number of objects
that are put into equal groups. Multiplication allows you to do
repeated addition quickly and efficiently. In a multiplication problem,
the numbers are called factors, and the answer is called the product.
It is best for students to memorize multiplication facts. Fact
memorization will allow students to be successful in mathematics in all
grade levels and across math genres such as geometry and money.
There are several strategies that children can use when they are
beginning to multiply.
Skip Counting
Make an Array
Repeated Addition
Verbally count by 2’s,
3’s, 5’s etc.
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
3x5=15
3 rows of 5 blocks or
objects, 15 altogether
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4 + 4 + 4 = 12
Skip count on a number
line.
3x4= 12
Multiplication & Technology
Fun Ways to Practice
Multiplication
Websites
www.multiplication.com
www.mathplayground.com
www.fun4thebrain.com
www.hoodamath.com
www.math-play.com
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Apps for Smart Phones
LEM
2014
Multiplication Genius x19 (free)
Splash Math 3rd Grade (free)
Number Bubbles (free)
Multiplication Flash Cards (free)
Sushi Monster (free)
Math Ninja HD (free)
AB Math Lite (free)
Happy Math Multiplication Rhymes
(free)
Math Blaster HyperBlast (free)
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Roll 2 dice, and then multiply
the numbers together.
Play Multiplication War with a
deck of cards. Each person
draws two cards, then multiply
them together. The person
with the largest product wins
the round.
Create a memory game–one
card contains the factors, the
other contains the product.
Keep flashcards in the car. See
how many you can get right
during a red light.
Create equal groups of food
(cereal, grapes, candies), then
come up a with multiplication
sentence.