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Multiplication Strategies
Multiplication Strategies
1: appropriate 2: Efficient
Ex: For 6 x 5 think: 3 x 5 = 15 + 15 = 30 or double and half factors: 3 x 10 = 30 2. Les sautes (number line) (strategy level 1) Ex: 6 x 3 You can do 6 jumps of three or 3 jumps of 6:
Counting up from a
3. Jumps from a known fact (strategy level 2) Ex: To find 8 x 5 you can think 5 x 5 plus three more jumps of 5!
I know 5 x 5 = 25
Break one factor apart and leave the other. Then add your partial products.
5. 10s strategy for 9 times tables: (strategy level 2) Multiply by 10 then subtract one group Ex: 9 x 6 think 10 x 6 = 60 6 = 54