Apply the Distributive Property
Use the Distributive Property to solve multiplication facts.
3rd Grade - Math - Build on Known Multiplication Facts
About This Skill
On Iqleel, Grade 3 students will learn how to apply the Distributive Property of multiplication. They will practice breaking down a tough multiplication problem into two simpler ones, then adding the products together, such as solving 6 × 7 by thinking (6 × 5) + (6 × 2). This powerful strategy, often visualized with an array, is a key part of algebraic thinking and helps students solve any multiplication fact.
Skills & Topics
- Algebra and Equations
- Problem Solving and Logic
- Number Sense and Operations
- Whole Numbers
- Expressions & Equations
- Properties of Operations
- Multiplication
- Equations
- Factors
- Operations
- Multiply
- Array
- Distributive Property
- Product
Curriculum Alignment
- 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.2: Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods.
- NY-3.OA.5
- 3.OA.B.5: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)
- 3.OA.B.5
- MA.3.AR.1.1
- MATH.3.4.G
- G3.B2.1
- BC.MATH.G3.CONTENT.05
- SG.MATH.P3.NA.WN.3.5
- AB.MATH.G3.MAT3-OI1-GQ3-LO1
- ZA.CAPS.MATH.G3.NOR.1.12