Week 28ThursdayMultiplication Stories
1Warm-up: What Comes Next?

2-min Fluency Warm-up — What comes next?

3, 6, 9,

4, 8, 12,

6, 12, 18,

5, 10, 15,

2Word Problems: Groups in Real Life

Read carefully! Underline the important numbers. Think: how many groups? How many in each? Write the multiplication sentence and solve.

A pack of juice boxes has 6 boxes. Mom buys 3 packs for the picnic. How many juice boxes did she buy?

Multiplication sentence:

juice boxes

There are 4 fish tanks at the pet store. Each tank has 5 fish. How many fish are there in all?

Multiplication sentence:

fish

Sam reads 10 pages every night. How many pages does he read in 3 nights?

Multiplication sentence:

pages

3Two-Step Problem

Solve step by step. Write each answer as you go.

Step 1: multiply to find the total. Step 2: subtract.

1. Ella buys 3 packs of stickers. Each pack has 5 stickers. She gives 4 stickers to her brother. How many stickers does Ella have left?

4Number Talk: Compare

Number Talk — Explain WITHOUT calculating.

A: 3 × 6

B: 4 × 6

Which is bigger? How much bigger?

My thinking:

A: 2 × 10

B: 10 + 10

Which is bigger, or are they the same?

My thinking:

5Challenge: Create Your Own

Create Your Own Word Problem

Write a multiplication story about equal groups (packs, teams, legs, wheels, rows...). Use the word "each." Then write the multiplication sentence and solve.

Multiplication sentence:

Answer: