In this topic, students will:
use the distributive property to solve problems involving multiplication within 100
use the distributive property to break apart unknown facts with 3 or 4 as a factor
use the distributive property to break apart unknown facts with 6 or 7 as a factor
use the distributive property to break apart unknown facts with 8 as a factor
use strategies such as bar diagrams and arrays with known facts to solve multiplication problems
use the associative property of multiplication to group factors when multiplying 3 factors
Vocabulary:
Distributive property - this property states that a multiplication fact can be broken apart into the sum of two other multiplication facts
Associative property of multiplication - this property states that you can change the grouping of the factors and the product will be the same
At-home Practice:
Supplies:
A deck of cards (Remove face cards)
Divide the deck evenly among players. Place each deck face down. At the same time each player flips over 2 cards. Players multiply their cards together to find the product (answer). The player with the larger product wins all the cards. If players have the same product, they will flip over two more cards and multiply those. The player with the larger product wins the cards. Continue playing until 1 player has all of the cards.