2-min Fluency Warm-up — What comes next?
3, 6, 9,
4, 8, 12,
6, 12, 18,
5, 10, 15,
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
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?
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:
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: