Use Equal Groups to Multiply

On Iqleel, Grade 3 students will discover the meaning of multiplication by working with equal groups. They will learn to see multiplication as a fast way to do repeated addition and will practice writing multiplication equations to match pictures of equal groups. This skill builds the essential foundation for understanding what factors and products represent.

• Problem Solving and Logic
• Number Sense and Operations
• Whole Numbers
• Addition
• Word Problems
• Properties of Operations
• Multiplication
• Equal Groups
• Operations
• Array
• Factors
• Multiply
• Product
• Repeated Addition
• Equation

• AC9M3N04 — multiply and divide one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies
• 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.
• NY-3.OA.1
• 3.OA.A.1 — Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.
• 3.OA.A.1
• MA.3.NSO.2.2
• MATH.3.4.E
• G3.B2.1
• BC.MATH.G3.CONTENT.05
• SG.MATH.P3.NA.WN.3.2
• AB.MATH.G3.MAT3-OI1-GQ3-LO1
• ZA.CAPS.MATH.G3.NOR.1.8

• Model Repeated Addition for Equal Groups

• Multiply (by 2 and 5)
• Use a Number Line to Multiply
• Multiply (by 0 and 1)
• Multiply (by 9)