Multiplication with Equal Groups

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

1. understand the concept of equal groups as a foundational idea for multiplication and division;
2. represent equal groups using concrete models, arrays, and drawings;
3. use multiplication to describe equal groups and solve problems involving equal groups;
4. apply the concept of equal groups to solve real-life and mathematical problems.

Curriculum Alignment: Year 3 Number: Multiplication and Division

• Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables.
• Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods.
• Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving multiplication and division, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects.