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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Bikes and Trikes [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in multiplication.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Sheeps and Ducks [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to use addition and multiplication to think about and calculate equal sized groups.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Pam's Shopping Trip [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of equal groups of objects to gain a foundation for multiplication.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Boxing the Pots [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate an understanding of concepts involved in multiplication and division.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: The Baker [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concepts involved in multiplication and division.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Running a Mile

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars complete a task in which they need to use fraction multiplication. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Comparing Products

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Dots in Arrays

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Delayed Gratification

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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...
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Rabbit Costumes [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of multiplication and division of fractions.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Gifts From Grandma, Variation 3

For Teachers 6th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Banana Pudding [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Young scholars are given a concrete example to solve multiplication and division of fractions in this lesson activity.
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Lesson Plan
Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Comparing Money Raised [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
In this instructional activity learners use word problems to explore multiplication and building multiplication equations.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: The Answer Is 36 [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of operations and their inverses to complete number sentences.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Number Trains [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concepts of factors and multiples.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Apple Farm Field Trip [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to use place value knowledge and understanding of operations.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Wall

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa Finding the Unknown in a Division Equation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
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
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Elmer's Multiplication Error

For Teachers 5th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Multiplication, Division and Place Value, Part 1

For Teachers 6th Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Equivalent Fractions and Non Repeating Decimals

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, 7th graders determne how to find the repeating decimal using multiplication.