Multiple Representations for Multiplication

representations for multiplication

Written by Donna Boucher

Donna has been a teacher, math instructional coach, interventionist, and curriculum coordinator. A frequent speaker at state and national conferences, she shares her love for math with a worldwide audience through her website, Math Coach’s Corner. Donna is also the co-author of Guided Math Workshop.
Freebies | Grades 3-5 | Operations

Multiplication

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Assessments don’t have to be long and stressful. They don’t have to include multiple-choice answers. They don’t even have to take tons of planning. They only have to assess whether or not the kiddos mastered the learning objectives. Here’s an assessment my 3rd-grade teachers wanted for the different representations for multiplication.

multiplication representations

Of course, it doesn’t have to be used as an assessment. It would make a great math workstation task!

Click here to grab yours.  Check out this post for a free game for practicing the multiplication square facts (3 x 3, 5 x 5, etc.)!

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  1. Jamie
    Jamie on November 1, 2012 at 1:45 am

    Thanks Donna – This is exactly what I needed for my 5th and 6th grade remedial math students. They are really struggling with seeing a fraction in multiple ways. This put it all in one place for them without having to create it myself 🙂 Thanks for being awesome!!

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 1, 2012 at 1:52 am

      You’re so welcome!! Glad it fit in with what you’re doing 🙂

      Reply
  2. Brittany
    Brittany on November 1, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    This is wonderful. Thank you so much for this. Some of my 4th graders are struggling to visualize multiplication and this will really help! Thanks!

    Brittany
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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 9, 2012 at 11:34 am

      You’re welcome, Brittany!

      Reply
  3. Mrs. Dyer
    Mrs. Dyer on November 2, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    Thank you! Some of my 5th graders still struggle with this, and I can see extending it to decimal and fraction multiplication as well.

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 9, 2012 at 11:35 am

      Absolutely! Thanks for sharing a variation. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Leslie
    Leslie on December 12, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Dumb question: Do they right all of this out themselves or do I do part of it. I am a fairly new homeschool Mom & I am trying to find ways to see if my daughter is understanding the concept of multiplication.
    Thank you,
    Leslie

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on December 13, 2012 at 12:56 am

      Not a dumb question at all! This activity was designed to be an assessment, so it assumes the kiddos have worked with manipulatives and models leading up to this.

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  5. Sara at school
    Sara at school on February 17, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Hi, I’ve been looking through your blog and finding things to print off – this is one I’m printing to save for the end of the year – hoping we’ll get to a little multiplication by the end of 2nd grade. Thanks for sharing! Sara

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on February 17, 2013 at 3:42 pm

      Welcome, Sara! Glad you’re finding some useful things! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jennifer
    Jennifer on December 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    Thank you so much! This will be fantastic for my class!

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  7. Vidhya
    Vidhya on November 27, 2018 at 5:38 pm

    Thanks a ton, Donna! This is fantastic for my students with LD.

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