Model Repeated Addition for Equal Groups

Turn repeated addition into multiplication.

3rd Grade - Math - Understand Multiplication

About This Skill

On Iqleel, Grade 3 students will discover the connection between addition and multiplication. They will learn to write a repeated addition equation (like 5 + 5 + 5) to match a picture of equal groups. This skill shows that multiplication is a fast way to add and builds a strong foundation for solving multiplication problems.

Skills & Topics

  • 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

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.3
  • 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.B2.6
  • ZA.CAPS.MATH.G3.NOR.1.8
  • BC.MATH.G3.CONTENT.05
  • SG.MATH.P3.NA.WN.3.2
  • AB.MATH.G3.MAT3-OI1-GQ3-LO1

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