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The ideas in this lesson are taken from Math Mammoth Multiplication 1 book that I sell at MathMammoth.com. This lesson plan does not contain all the problems included in the Multiplication book.


Multiplication and Addition
Free lesson plan from HomeschoolMath.net

The symbol  ×  indicates multiplication.
Multiplication means to have many groups of the same size.

 

There are five groups, and each group has two elephants.

5 × 2 = 10

 

how many
 groups

how many
in each group

We can solve
it by adding.

5

×

2

   =    

2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10

five times two elephants is

ten elephants

 

There are three groups, and each group has four dogs.

3 × 4 = 12




 

how many
 groups

how many
in each group

We can solve
it by adding.

3

×

4

   =    

4 + 4 + 4 = 12

three times four dogs is

twelve dogs

1. Draw dots in groups to match the multiplications.

 a.  2 × 6

   

 
b.  4 × 2

2. Fill in the missing parts. Write a multiplication. You can solve it by adding.

1. a.

___ groups, ___ scissors in each. 

____ × ____  scissors = ____ scissors

___ + ___ + ___ + ___

b.




___ groups, ___ rams in each. 

____ × ____  rams = ____ rams

___ + ___ + ___ + ___

c.

___ groups, ___ bears in each. 

____ × ____  bears = ____ bears

___ + ___ + ___

d.

___ groups, ___ carrots in each. 

____ × ____  carrots = ____ carrots

___ + ___

3. Write an addition and a multiplication sentence for each picture.

a.

___ + ___ + ___ + ___ + ___ = ____

 ____ × ____ = ____

b.

 
___ + ___ + ___ = ____

____ × ____ = ____

c.



___ + ___ + ___ = ____

 ____ × ____ = ____

d.
 

 
___ + ___ = ____

____ × ____ = ____

4. Now it is your turn to draw. Draw balls or sticks. Write the multiplication sentence.

a.  Draw 3 groups of seven sticks. 

 

 

 

____ × ____  = ____

b.  Draw 2 groups of eight balls.

 

 

 

 

c.  Draw 4 groups of four balls.

d.  Draw 5 groups of two balls.

5. Draw a picture and solve the problems.

IIII IIII IIII
IIII IIII

 
a. 
5 × 4 = ____

 

 

 
b.  4 × 6 = ____

 

 

 
c.  3 × 8 = ____

 

 

 
d.  2 × 10 = ____

Continue to Multiplication on number line











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