Multiplication Word Problems with Factors up to 10

Students practice solving multiplication word problems with factors up to 10. They identify the factors in each story, decide what the answer represents, and use multiplication strategies such as known facts, arrays, or breaking a number apart. This connects story situations to facts and flexible multiplication thinking.

In a multiplication word problem, look for the factors. The factors are the numbers you multiply. Think about what the answer will count. Then choose a strategy. You can use a known fact, an array, or break a number apart. Example: A gallery has 4 rooms. Each room has 8 paintings. The factors are 4 and 8. Think: 4 x 8. Break 8 into 4 + 4. 4 x 4 = 16 4 x 4 = 16 16 + 16 = 32 So, there are 32 paintings in all.

• Number Sense and Operations
• Problem Solving and Logic
• Whole Numbers
• Properties of Operations
• Equations
• Operations
• Word Problems
• Commutative Property of Addition/Multiplication
• Factors
• Multiplication
• Multiply
• Product

• AC9M3N04 — multiply and divide one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies
• NY-3.OA.3
• 3.OA.A.3 — Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
• 3.OA.A.3
• MATH.3.4.K
• G3.B2.7
• ENG-MATH-Y3-MD.3 — Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects.
• MA.3.AR.1.2

• Model Repeated Addition for Equal Groups