Howard County Schools
Exit Ticket 3.MD.5
Intended for use as an exit ticket, this learning exercise can be used as an extension to a lesson, test, or even homework. Learners complete three tasks that involve finding the area of a figure in square units. Young mathematicians can...
EngageNY
The Distributive Property and the Products of Decimals
Make multiplication of decimals easier by applying the distributive property. Pupils investigate how they can use the distributive property to multiply decimals. After learning the strategy, they work on some practice problems at...
California Education Partners
Window Washers
Aim high with a task on window washers. An assessment task challenges learners to determine the number of windows two people wash. They do this using a given number of window rows on each side of a building. In addition, they find the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Comparing Products
How can 5th graders show understanding that 30 x 225 is half of 60 x 225 without completing the computation? They can use an area model and draw it out. An array, or an open array, is an area model that allows for young learners to...
California Education Partners
Lashelles Garden
Let knowledge grow bountifully like plants in a garden. Given a diagram of a rectangular garden split into plots, scholars determine the area of the entire garden and the areas of the individual plots. As a culminating activity, they...
California Education Partners
Theater Field Trip
Here's an assessment task that's better than watching a show. Young mathematicians solve word problems involving multiplication and division with equal groups. They must find the total number of attendees on a trip to a theater based on...
Curated OER
Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication
The commutative property of multiplication applies not only to whole numbers but to fractions as well. Connor and Makayla explore and discuss the idea that 2/3 x 3 is the same as 3 x 2/3. Your 5th grade class will connect with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Math: 3rd Grade: Multiply With Arrays (Practice)
Math practice exercise on using arrays to multiply.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Math: 3rd Grade: Understand Multiplication With Arrays (Practice)
Math practice exercise on using arrays to multiply.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Math: 3rd Grade: Understand Multiplication Using Groups of Objects
Math practice exercise on using arrays and repeated addition to visualize multiplication.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Meaning of Multiplication
Practice representing multiplication as equal groups, repeated addition, or arrays. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. Video content is available for...