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You can multiply by 6. And you can use drawings or objects to help you.
Example
Multiply. Use drawings or objects if you need help.
Baby giraffes are 6 feet tall. A zookeeper wants to measure 7 baby giraffes using a different piece of string each time. How many feet of string does she use?
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Emily plans to bring apples to share with her friends at school. She wants to give each of 6 friends 3 apples each. How many apples will Emily bring to school?
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Gabe earns money by helping his neighbors shovel snow. If he can shovel 2 sidewalks in an hour, how many sidewalks can he shovel working 6 hours in a day?
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You can multiply by 7. You can use drawings or objects to help you.
Example
Multiply. Use drawings or objects if you need help.
Why does it make sense that the product in Exercise 6 is greater than the product in Exercise 7?
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Steve walks his dog for 5 minutes every day. How many minutes does Steve walk his dog in 1 week?
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Steve decides to walk his dog for more time each day. He will begin walking his dog for 9 minutes every day. Now how many minutes will Steve walk his dog in 1 week?
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You can multiply by 8. You can use drawings or objects to help you.
Example
Multiply. Use drawings or objects if you need help.
Complete the 8s multiplication chart.
Ms. Lybbert has 8 rose bushes in her garden. Each bush has 9 roses. How many roses does she have in all?
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Ms. Lybbert sells 2 of her rose bushes. How many roses does she have now?
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You can multiply by 9. You can use drawings or objects to help you.
Example
Multiply. Use drawings or objects if you need help.
Complete the 9s multiplication chart. Complete the sentences to tell what patterns you see in the answers.
When you multiply a factor by 9, the two digits in the answers add up to ___________.
The factor multiplied by 9 is 1 ___________ than the digit in the tens place of the answer.
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You can multiply by 10. The product always has a 0 in the ones place.
Example
Here are some 10s multiplication facts:
Multiply.
Carmen has 6 dimes. How many cents does she have? ___________
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Example
You can multiply numbers by multiples of 10. Use what you know about place value.
Multiply. Draw pictures or use objects if you need help.
Most people eat about 3 pounds of food every day. How many pounds of food would 70 people eat in one day?
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You can multiply three factors. Group the numbers first.
Examples
Use ( ) to group the factors in two different ways. Find each product.
Write the missing factor.
(5 × 1) × 8 = ___________ × (1 × 8)
3 × (3 × 1) = (3 × ___________) × 1
(2 × 2) × 4 = 2 × (2 × ___________)
An octopus has 4 pairs of arms. How many arms do 3 octopuses have? Write a multiplication sentence with three factors using ( ). Then solve.
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Breaking a factor into smaller numbers can help you multiply.
Examples
Write the missing numbers. Find each product.
Taylor says 4 + 4 is the only way to break apart 8. Is she correct? If not, write three more ways.
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A multiplication table can help you see patterns in numbers.
Example
The blue boxes show how to find 3 × 2 = 6.
Look at the numbers. Complete these rows from the table. Write your answer in the box.
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You can multiply by 1 through 10. There are different ways to find the same product.
Examples
Multiply. If you need help, use drawings or objects, break the numbers apart, or use a number line.
Many apples have 5 seeds. There are 7 apples in a fruit bowl.
How many seeds do the apples have in all? ___________
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Pictures can provide information. Sometimes you need to use this information to solve a problem.
Example
Use the picture to help you solve.
Mrs. Fields is buying raisins for 18 students. How many 3-packs should she buy so that each student gets 1 box? Multiply to solve.
Which pattern correctly describes the raisins? Circle it.
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Sometimes it takes more than one step to solve a problem.
Example
A farm has 9 ducks. The farm has 3 times more chickens than ducks.
How many more chickens than ducks are there?
Write an equation. Use a letter for the number you don’t know.
Answer the hidden question. Then solve the problem.
Henry is making fruit cups for 4 people. Each person will get 2 cups. He has 24 cherries. He wants to share the cherries equally among the cups. How many cherries should he put in each fruit cup?
Latoya reads 5 pages of a book every day. The book has 45 pages. After 1 week, how many more pages are left to read?
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Six children belong to a reading club. Every month each child reads 6 books. But last month one of the children read 8 books. How many books did the reading club read last month?
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Multiply
Each dance class has 6 students. There are 4 classes. How many dance students are there?
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Bruno says 2 × 9 = 28. How can you tell he made a mistake?
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Use ( ) to group the factors in two different ways. Then find each product.
Find 7 × 8 by breaking apart 8. Use 5 as one of the addends. Show your work.
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Look at the rows and columns for 2 and 4. Why are the numbers even? Explain using what you know about patterns.
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This is part of the row for 9 in a multiplication table.
What number comes next in the row? How do you know?
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Latrell is making ladybugs based on a drawing in his science book. He uses 1 pipe cleaner for each leg. Every ladybug has 6 legs. How many ladybugs can he make if he has 30 pipe cleaners? Write a multiplication equation. Use a box for the unknown number. Then solve.
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Pedro stores 80 songs on his MP3 player. He listens to 2 different songs each day. How many songs are left for Pedro to listen to after 10 days? Write an equation using a letter for the number you don’t know. Then solve.
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