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🧮 3rd Grade · Math3.OA.A.3Unit 1: Meaning of multiplication

Multiplication word problems

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🎯 Objective: Students solve equal-group and array word problems within 100.

Lesson outline

  1. Read: “There are 6 bags with 4 apples in each. How many apples?” Ask what the groups and the size are.
  2. Model a drawing and the equation 6 × 4 = a; solve and write the answer in a sentence.
  3. Pairs solve three problems (equal groups, arrays, measurement) and compare drawings.
  4. Exit: a class has 5 rows of 6 desks. How many desks?

Lesson 4 of 5 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

3.OA.A.3

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grade 3 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Interpret products as equal groups (5 × 7 = 5 groups of 7)
  • Use arrays, equal groups and number lines to multiply

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🎯 Practice: Multiplication & division within 100🖨️ Worksheet: Multiplication Facts 2–10📚 All 3rd Grade skills🎮 Learning games⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Meaning of multiplication”

  1. Equal groups
  2. Arrays
  3. Skip-counting on a number line
  4. Multiplication word problems
  5. Multiplying by 2, 5 and 10

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