University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Bikes and Trikes [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in multiplication.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Sheeps and Ducks [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use addition and multiplication to think about and calculate equal sized groups.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Pam's Shopping Trip [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of equal groups of objects to gain a foundation for multiplication.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Boxing the Pots [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate an understanding of concepts involved in multiplication and division.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: The Baker [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concepts involved in multiplication and division.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe
This is the third problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Running a Mile
Young scholars complete a task in which they need to use fraction multiplication. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Comparing Products
The purpose of this task is to generate a classroom discussion that helps students synthesize what they have learned about multiplication in previous grades. Aligns with 5.OA.A.2.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Dots in Arrays
This task aims to show learners that there is often more than one way to represent a quantity. This lesson also lays a foundation for students to understand the commutative property of multiplication.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Delayed Gratification
You won first place at your school Science Fair and have 2 choices for your prize!! The purpose of this task is for young scholars to compare two options for a prize where the value of one is given $2 at a time, giving them an...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Rabbit Costumes [Pdf]
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of multiplication and division of fractions.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Gifts From Grandma, Variation 3
This task presents three problems about money spent on grandchildren at a fair. The first problem involves decimal multiplication and the other two require decimal division. The lesson includes two additional lesson attachments that...
Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Banana Pudding [Pdf]
Young scholars are given a concrete example to solve multiplication and division of fractions in this lesson activity.
Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Comparing Money Raised [Pdf]
In this instructional activity learners use word problems to explore multiplication and building multiplication equations.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: The Answer Is 36 [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of operations and their inverses to complete number sentences.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Number Trains [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concepts of factors and multiples.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Apple Farm Field Trip [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use place value knowledge and understanding of operations.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication
The purpose of this task is to have students think about the meaning of multiplying a number by a fraction, and use this burgeoning understanding of fraction multiplication to make sense of the commutative property of multiplication in...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Wall
The purpose of this task is for students to find the answer to a question in context that can be represented by fraction multiplication. This task is appropriate for either instruction or assessment depending on how it is used and where...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa Finding the Unknown in a Division Equation
This task shows an equation that elicits key misconceptions around equations and division. Aligns with 3.OA.A.4 and CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Elmer's Multiplication Error
Fifth graders are presented with the calculations for a multiplication problem and are asked to explain why the answer is incorrect. They must use estimation, identify the error, show the correct arithmetic, and find the answer another...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Multiplication, Division and Place Value, Part 1
Sixth graders are presented with a completed multiplication equation and are asked to use it to find the answers to seven other equations. To do this, they must use their reasoning and estimation skills. Aligns with 6.NS.B.3.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Equivalent Fractions and Non Repeating Decimals
In this lesson, 7th graders determne how to find the repeating decimal using multiplication.