Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

The Big Game

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

3

Overview

Elementary students practice multiplication facts using the scores from baseball and basketball games. 

    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.

    Unpacked Content

    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.
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