Grade 3 - Multiplication Unit

Standards covered:

  • 3.4 Number and operations
    • 3.4D

      Determine the total number of objects when equally-sized groups of objects are combined or arranged in arrays up to 10 by 10.

    • 3.4E

      Represent multiplication facts by using a variety of approaches such as repeated addition, equal-sized groups, arrays, area models, equal jumps on a number line, and skip counting.

    • 3.4F

      Recall facts to multiply up to 10 by 10 with automaticity and recall the corresponding division facts.

    • 3.4G

      Use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties.

The Multiplication Unit involves identifying a variety of models to represent the process of multiplication in order to learn how to use it to solve problems. Questions to answer may include:

  • How do multiplication situations differ from addition situations?
  • How do equal-sized groups model multiplication situations in the world outside the classroom? What real-world examples of equal-sized groups can you think of?
  • How do arrays and area models represent multiplication situations in the world outside the classroom? What real-world examples of arrays can you think of?
  • Given a multiplication equation, how can you create a situation to match it?

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N/A: Denotes standards that are not applicable to problem solving.

The N/A classification refers to TEKS Standards that cannot be assessed through problem solving.

For this reason, tasks have not been included for these particular standards.

K.7A K.7B K.9B K.9C K.9D

Summative Assessment Task

Students determine the solution to 6 x 3 and draw a representation of their findings using circles and stars.

Instructional Tasks/Formative Assessments

Students determine if Amy will get the same total of pom-poms whether she buys packages of four pompoms or packages of seven pompoms.

Students create a story problem to match the equation 6 x 4 and determine the solution.

Using given information, students determine a math story and its solution.

Students determine if a problem matches 6 x 5.

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