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Digital Multiplication Activities for 3rd Grade

Two things I know for sure is that students who are learning multiplication for the first time need practice – and – teachers need digital multiplication activities that their students in 3rd grade can access in the classroom and at home. 

Digital multiplication activities (arrays, repeated addition, Comm. Prop.) for 3rd grade are perfect whether they are in person or distance learning.

When students are introduced to multiplication, they need to see it expressed in ways they can connect to like repeated addition. Conceptually, this makes sense to them because they understand how addition works. They also need concrete ways to understand it – which is why I love to teach them how to use arrays to show multiplication equations. 

That’s where this digital resource came in – it gives 3rd graders who are learning multiplication practice using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication equations – but also introduces them to the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

Creating Multiplication Equations

Students are given instructions on a 4 square math mat on Google Slides to show their work.  The first square asks students to create a multiplication equation using the drag and drop numbers given. 
Give students valuable practice learning multiplication with this digital resource! This post shows you how to give students practice with repeated addition, arrays, and the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

Important vocabulary is included on each slide to help students learn and remember this new math language:
Factors – a pair of numbers multiplied together to form another number

Product – the number resulting from the multiplication of two factors

Repeated Addition

This box asks students to create a repeated addition equation to represent their multiplication equation. Students will make important connections to the relationship between addition and multiplication here, which can help them in the next box when they choose an array that represents their equation.
Give students valuable practice learning multiplication with this digital resource! This post shows you how to give students practice with repeated addition, arrays, and the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

Arrays

Most slides offer 2 – 3 options for choosing an array that matches the multiplication equation. Students will need to count the arrays to determine whether it is the correct arrangement – then drag and drop it into the 3rd box!
 
Give students valuable practice learning multiplication with this digital resource! This post shows you how to give students practice with repeated addition, arrays, and the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

Commutative Property of Multiplication

The fourth box gives students the opportunity to create a related equation based on the Commutative Property.  The purple half circle on each page gives the definition which will give students a quick reference point.
Give students valuable practice learning multiplication with this digital resource! This post shows you how to give students practice with repeated addition, arrays, and the Commutative Property of Multiplication.

I love giving students multiple opportunities to practice multiplication because I know that they need it! 
These digital multiplication activities for 3rd grade address the important building blocks of knowledge that students learning multiplication need in order to progress to the next step which is solving real-world word problems.
Plus it’s convenient and ready to go for use in the classroom or distance learning, so lesson planning is quick and easy!


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