Connecting Multiplication and Division: Part III

Learning Resource Type

Learning Activity

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

3

Overview

This activity should be used as extra practice or an assessment after students have been introduced to the relationship between multiplication and division. Students will find the fact family for a given array and then solve a word problem where they must write the multiplication and division equation that represents the problem. 

Phase

After/Explain/Elaborate
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 3

MA19.3.3

Solve word situations using multiplication and division within 100 involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities; represent the situation using models, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number.

UP:MA19.3.3

Vocabulary

  • Equal groups
  • Arrays
  • Measurement division
  • Factor
  • Product
  • Quotient
  • Partitive division
  • Represent
  • Unknown

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Multiplication situations can be related to division contexts by identifying the total number of groups and the number of items in a group.
  • Strategies to solve problems involving multiplication and division.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use models, drawings, and equations to represent a multiplication or division situation.
  • Use symbols to represent unknownquantities in equations.
  • Solve word situations with multiplication and division within 100 involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a word problem with an unknown product is a multiplication problem, and a word problem with an unknown number of groups or an unknown group size can be thought of as a division problem or a multiplication problem with an unknown factor.

Learning Objectives

Students will solve problems using multiplication and division involving arrays. 

Students will represent a problem using equations with a symbol for the unknown number.

Activity Details

Students will use the Connecting Multiplication and Division Assessment sheet to find the fact family for a given array. After completing this task, the students will solve a word problem where they must write a multiplication and division equation that represents the problem. This activity may be done independently or with partners. It can be used as an assessment or extra practice.

Assessment Strategies

The activity sheet Connecting Multiplication and Division Assessment will be taken as an assessment. 

Background / Preparation

Each student will need a copy of the Connecting Multiplication and Division Assessment.

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