Week 02 · Multiply: equal groups
Number Hunt
Number Hunt
// Groups, arrays and stories
⏱ about 15 min
Saturday: Number Hunt
Chris and Bennie walk around the trail cabins with a notebook.
"Let us hunt for arrays and equal groups," says Chris.
"Windows have panes in rows."
"Egg cartons have cups in rows, too," says Bennie.
"Every array we find is a multiplication!"
Hunt for arrays and groups
Look around your home or yard with a grown-up.
Find things set out in equal rows or equal groups.
Write the multiplication for each one.
Try it: Number Hunt
Find an egg carton, a muffin tin or a window with panes.
Count the rows and how many in each row.
Find two things that come in equal groups, like socks in pairs.
Write the multiplication and the product for each.
Count the rows and how many in each row.
Find two things that come in equal groups, like socks in pairs.
Write the multiplication and the product for each.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
An egg carton has 2 rows of 6 cups. How many cups?
3 × 4 = ?
Five friends each have a pair of socks. How many socks?What does 6 × 3 mean?
◇ ARRAY HUNT WITH A GROWN-UP
Take turns finding an array at home.
Tell your partner the rows and how many in each row.
Your partner says the multiplication and the product.
Find five arrays together.
Tell your partner the rows and how many in each row.
Your partner says the multiplication and the product.
Find five arrays together.
On paper, draw your favorite array from the hunt. Write its multiplication.
For a grown-up
This week your child learned that multiplying counts equal groups.
4 × 6 means 4 groups of 6.
Arrays, jumps on a number line and lengths are also equal groups.
Ask them to make up a story for 3 × 5.
4 × 6 means 4 groups of 6.
Arrays, jumps on a number line and lengths are also equal groups.
Ask them to make up a story for 3 × 5.
Great hunting! Next week Lucy helps us divide.