Repeated Addition | Math Stories | Arrays | Distributive Property | Associative Property |
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What is Repeated Addition?
An example of this is 4 + 4 + 4 + 4.
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What is 30 oranges?
The following is the answer to this math story:
Maria bought 6 bags of oranges. In each bag there are 5 oranges. How many oranges did Maria buy? |
What is 3 x 7 = 21?
Put the following into a multiplication sentence:
Mrs. Borst has 3 rows of flowers in her garden. In each row there are 7 flowers. How many flowers does Mrs. Borst have in her garden? |
What is the distributive property?
This is the property that has to do with breaking apart a problem into known factors.
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What is the associative property?
The following is the property that groups factors in a different order but allows you to arrive at the same sum.
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What is 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 30?
This is an addition sentence for 6 x 5 = 30
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What is 6 teddy bears?
The following is the answer to this math story:
James has 2 teddy bears. Kate has three times as many teddy bears as James. How many teddy bears does Kate have? |
What is 5 rows and 8 in each row?
Draw an array to match this multiplication sentence.
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What is 3 x 8 and 3 x 8, 4 x 8 and 2 x 8, or 5 x 8 and 1 x 8.
The following is an example of a way to break up 6 x 8.
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What is (4x3) x 2 = 4 x (3x2)
The following is an example of the associative property using the factors 4, 3, and 2.
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