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Multiplication arrays

Turn rows and columns of dots into multiplication facts.

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Both the number of rows and the dots per row are chosen from this range.

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Arithmetic

What you’ll practice

Express a rectangular array as rows multiplied by the number of dots in each row.

Count the rows and the dots in each row. Their product gives the total, so you can connect a picture of equal groups with a multiplication equation.

How this skill works

Count the rows and then count the dots in one row. Multiplying these counts finds the total without counting every dot separately.

Turning the array swaps the row and column counts but does not change the total. Both corresponding multiplication equations describe the same number of dots.

Worked example

An array has 3 rows with 4 dots in each row. Write a multiplication equation.
  1. There are 3 equal rows.
  2. Each row contains 4 dots, so 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.
  3. The matching equation is 3 × 4 = 12.

Answer: 3 × 4 = 12

Teaching notes

  • Count complete rows before counting individual dots.
  • Use the turned array to explain why 3 × 4 and 4 × 3 have the same result.
Practice questions
  1. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 6 rows and 5 dots in every row.

  2. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 5 rows and 2 dots in every row.

  3. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 4 rows and 4 dots in every row.

  4. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 6 rows and 5 dots in every row.

  5. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 4 rows and 3 dots in every row.

  6. Write a multiplication equation for this array.

    An array with 5 rows and 6 dots in every row.

Answers and steps
  1. 6 × 5 = 30
    1. There are 6 rows of 5: 6 × 5 = 30.
  2. 5 × 2 = 10
    1. There are 5 rows of 2: 5 × 2 = 10.
  3. 4 × 4 = 16
    1. There are 4 rows of 4: 4 × 4 = 16.
  4. 6 × 5 = 30
    1. There are 6 rows of 5: 6 × 5 = 30.
  5. 4 × 3 = 12
    1. There are 4 rows of 3: 4 × 3 = 12.
  6. 5 × 6 = 30
    1. There are 5 rows of 6: 5 × 6 = 30.