Date
Time
LESSON
11 4
Multiplication Number Stories
1. 4 insects on the flower. How many legs in all?
insects
legs
legs
per insect
in all
6
?
4
Has 6 legs
Answer:
24
legs
Number model: Sample answers: 4 × 6 = 24
or 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24
2. 3 vans full of people. How many people in all?
vans
3
Answer:
Holds 10 people
30
people
people
per van
in all
10
?
people
Number model: Sample answers: 3 × 10 = 30
or 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
3. 9 windows. How many panes in all?
windows
9
Answer:
Has 4 panes
272
two hundred seventy-two
36
panes
panes
per window
in all
4
?
panes
Number model: Sample answers: 9 × 4 = 36
or 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 36
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Try This
Use the pictures to make up two multiplication number stories.
Has 7 candles
Has 8 legs
For each story:
Fill in the multiplication diagram.
Draw a picture or array and find the answer.
Fill in the number model. Answers vary.
Has 5 players
4.
per
in all
Answer:
Number model:
5.
per
in all
Answer:
Number model:
two hundred seventy-three
273
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Family
Note
In today’s lesson, your child solved multiplication number stories in which he or she found
the total number of things in several equal groups. Observe the strategies your child uses to
solve the problems below. The “multiplication diagram” is a device used to keep track of the
information in a problem.
To solve Problem 1, your child would identify the known information by writing a 6 under
cans and a 3 under tennis balls per can. To identify the unknown information, your child
would write a ? under tennis balls in all. After your child uses whatever means to solve the
problem—counters, pictures, arrays, and so on, they write a number model to summarize
how they solved the problem.
Please return this Home Link to school tomorrow.
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Show someone at home how to solve these multiplication stories.
Fill in each multiplication diagram.
Use counters or draw pictures or arrays to help you.
1. The store has 6 cans of tennis balls.
There are 3 balls in each can.
How many tennis balls are there in all?
cans
tennis balls
tennis balls
per can
in all
Number model:
356
tennis balls
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Answer:
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Date
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Time
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Family
Note
In today’s lesson, your child solved multiplication number stories in which he or she found
the total number of things in several equal groups. Observe the strategies your child uses to
solve the problems below. The “multiplication diagram” is a device used to keep track of the
information in a problem.
To solve Problem 1, your child would identify the known information by writing a 6 under
cans and a 3 under tennis balls per can. To identify the unknown information, your child
would write a ? under tennis balls in all. After your child uses whatever means to solve the
problem—counters, pictures, arrays, and so on, they write a number model to summarize
how they solved the problem.
Please return this Home Link to school tomorrow.
112 113
Show someone at home how to solve these multiplication stories.
Fill in each multiplication diagram.
Use counters or draw pictures or arrays to help you.
1. The store has 6 cans of tennis balls.
There are 3 balls in each can.
How many tennis balls are there in all?
cans
Answer:
18
tennis balls
per can
in all
3
?
tennis balls
answers: 6 × 3 = 18
or 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 18
Number model: Sample
356
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6
tennis balls
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2. Hamburger buns come in packages of 8.
You buy 4 packages.
How many buns are there in all?
packages
buns
per package
Answer:
buns
in all
buns
Number model:
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3. Make up and solve a multiplication number story below.
per
in all
Answer:
Number model:
357
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2. Hamburger buns come in packages of 8.
You buy 4 packages.
How many buns are there in all?
packages
buns
per package
buns
in all
4
8
?
Answer:
32
buns
answers: 4 × 8 = 32
or 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32
Number model: Sample
3. Make up and solve a multiplication number story below.
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Number stories vary.
per
in all
Answer:
Number model:
357