How to use this sheet

  • Have the child circle each group or each row of the array before writing anything.
  • Read the multiplication aloud as groups: "3 groups of 4."
  • Act out sharing problems with small objects and plates, one at a time to each plate.

Common mistakes

  • Counting all the objects and writing that as the number of groups. Ask how many groups there are, then how many in each.
  • Making groups that are not equal. Every group must have the same number.
  • Mixing up rows and columns of an array. Rows go across, like rows of seats.

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